Cape Cod Regional Technical High School

What Cape Cod Regional Technical High School does

Cape Cod Regional Technical High School (Cape Cod Tech / CCT) is a Massachusetts public regional vocational-technical high school established in 1975 and located at 351 Pleasant Lake Avenue, Harwich, MA. It serves secondary students from approximately ten Cape Cod sending districts — including Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis-Yarmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Monomoy, Nauset, and Provincetown — through a lottery-based admissions process with no tuition charged. The school employs roughly 75 staff and operates with a 10:1 student-to-teacher ratio across a single campus that includes academic classrooms, technical shop facilities, a student-run restaurant (The Cove), a public cosmetology salon (The Salon), and athletic fields.

Its core offering is a dual-education model combining Massachusetts curriculum-standard academic instruction (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Business, Wellness, Spanish, Fine Arts) with hands-on technical training across 15 career pathways organized into four academies: Construction (Carpentry, Electrical, Horticulture, HVAC, Plumbing), HHH Services (Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, Health Technology, Dental), STEAM (Design + Visual Communication, Engineering, IT), and Transportation (Auto Collision, Auto Technology, Marine Services). Ninth-grade students rotate through all 15 areas in an exploratory academy before selecting a pathway. Students complete a Senior Project (Product, Paper, Portfolio, Presentation) as a graduation requirement and may participate in paid cooperative education placements with local employers, often alumni-owned businesses, during shop cycles.

Revenue derives almost entirely from state Chapter 74 vocational education funding and member-town assessments, supplemented by ancillary income from The Cove Restaurant, The Salon, the school store, Community School adult-education fees, and Cape Cod Tech Foundation donations. The institution holds no patents, has no parent company or investor backing, and reports no M&A, funding rounds, or executive leadership changes in the available data. Its strategic positioning rests on the Massachusetts vocational model recognized by Harvard's 2011 Pathways to Prosperity study and on industry advisory committees that shape curriculum and provide co-op employment pipelines.

Name

Cape Cod Regional Technical High School

Legal name

The Regents of Cape Cod Regional Technical High School

Website

https://capetech.us

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cape Cod Regional Technical High School is a Massachusetts public regional vocational-technical high school in Harwich, MA, serving Cape Cod secondary students through 15 career pathways across construction, healthcare, STEAM, and transportation trades, funded by state aid and member-town assessments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Technical Secondary Education

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Career & Technical Education (CTE) Centers & Programs (EDAJAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD)

Keywords

• Vocational technical education
• Career pathway training
• Secondary education services
• Cooperative education programs
• Technical high school

Headquarters

HQ city

Harwich

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Publicly funded regional technical high school supported by state and local tax funding. Operates as a regional school district serving multiple Cape Cod communities. No tuition charged to students.
2. Student Services Revenue: Revenue generated from student services including The Cove Restaurant (student-staffed restaurant), The Salon (cosmetology services), and school store. These are training facilities where students gain real-world experience.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cape Cod Regional Technical High School is a publicly funded regional high school that delivers integrated academic instruction and hands-on vocational technical training to high school students across 15 career pathways organized into four academies: Construction, HHH Services (Health, Hospitality, Horticulture), STEAM, and Transportation. Students participate in a 9th Grade Academy for exploration, complete senior projects, and gain work-based learning through a cooperative education program and student-operated businesses such as The Cove Restaurant and The Salon.

Product overview

Cape Cod Regional Technical High School is a comprehensive technical high school offering a dual education model combining academic instruction with career and technical training. The school operates 15 career pathways organized into four academies: Construction Academy (Carpentry, Electrical, Horticulture, HVAC, Plumbing), HHH Services Academy (Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, Health Technology, Dental), STEAM Academy (Design + Visual Communication, Engineering, Information Technology), and Transportation Academy (Auto Collision, Auto Technology, Marine Services). Students receive hands-on technical training through shop-based instruction and real-world experience via cooperative education placements, with additional learning opportunities through student-run businesses including The Cove Restaurant and The Salon. The school also provides athletics, clubs, and community education programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Technical Career Programs
• Academic Departments
• Cooperative Education Program
• The Cove Restaurant
• The Salon
• 9th Grade Academy
• Senior Project
• Athletics Program
• Community School (Adult Education)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and minor.

• Cape Cod Five (Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank)supportingOthersCape Cod Five provides generous support for The Credit for Life Fair, an annual event organized by the Business and Computing Department. This financial literacy event provides students with hands-on experience in budgeting and financial planning. The partnership demonstrates the bank's commitment to youth financial education in the Cape Cod community.
• Cape Cod Tech FoundationcoreOthersThe official fundraising arm of Cape Cod Regional Technical High School. Manages donations and scholarship funds for students. Supports school programs and student opportunities including toolships and scholarships.
• The Community SchoolcoreOthersAdult education division of Cape Cod Tech offering continuing education and professional development programs to the broader Cape Cod community. Located at the same campus and integrated with the technical programs.
• Harvard UniversityminorOthersHarvard's 2011 Pathways to Prosperity study highlighted the Massachusetts technical education model (including Cape Cod Tech) as the most successful educational high school model for technical training, validating the school's approach to integrated vocational and academic education.
• Auto Collision Advisory Committee MemberssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvisory committee including Tony Fajo (Chair), Keith Tilton, Kurt Carlson, and other industry professionals. Members meet with the Auto Collision shop twice yearly to recommend software, equipment, and discuss industry trends to shape curriculum for student training.
• Marine Service Technology Advisory CommitteesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvisory committee including Dave Carey (Chair), Alan Cohen, and 13 other marine industry professionals who meet twice yearly with the Marine Services shop to guide curriculum development and industry alignment for the 4-year marine services program.
• SkillsUSAsupportingOthersNational student leadership organization serving over 300,000 high school students in technical training programs. Cape Cod Tech students participate in district, state, and national competitions. School hosts annual Holiday Craft Fair benefiting students attending SkillsUSA competition.
• Cooperative Education EmployerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal businesses that employ Cape Cod Tech students through the cooperative education program. Students work in their technical field during two-week shop cycles. Many employers are alumni of the school. Employers must provide liability insurance, workers compensation, and pay at least minimum wage.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Greater Lowell Technical High School: Massachusetts regional vocational technical high school with parallel structure to Cape Cod Tech: regional sending districts, lottery admissions, career pathway shops, and co-op-style work-based learning.
• Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School: Regional Massachusetts vocational technical high school with parallel admissions lottery, career pathway shops, cooperative education program, and student-run training businesses.
• Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School: Massachusetts regional vocational and agricultural high school (city-operated) that shares the hands-on CTE shop model, cooperative education, and trade certification offerings with Cape Cod Tech.
• Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School: Massachusetts regional vocational technical high school serving a comparable multi-town catchment, offering the same academic-CTE integrated model and industry-aligned training.
• Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School (Essex Tech): Massachusetts regional agricultural and technical high school with comparable CTE shop structure, cooperative education, and industry advisory committees; serves a comparable set of sending communities.
• Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School: Massachusetts regional vocational technical high school operating under the same Chapter 74 framework, with multi-shop training academies, cooperative education, and public lottery admissions.
• Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School: Massachusetts regional vocational technical high school operating under the same state Chapter 74 framework as Cape Cod Tech, with multi-shop CTE academies, cooperative education, and a public regional lottery admissions model.
• Shawsheen Valley Technical High School: Another Massachusetts regional vocational technical high school serving multiple sending districts, offering similar career-pathway academies, co-op placement, and student-run training businesses.
• Nashoba Valley Technical High School: Massachusetts regional vocational technical high school offering academic-plus-vocational career pathways with co-op opportunities, mirroring Cape Cod Tech's public school district model.

Regional players

• Norfolk County Agricultural High School: Massachusetts regional secondary school that, while thematically adjacent, is a residential agricultural school with a more narrowly focused mission than Cape Cod Tech's 15-pathway CTE model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/capecodtech
• Instagraminstagram.com/thecapecodtech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cape-cod-regional-technical-high-school

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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