Carthage Independent School District

What Carthage Independent School District does

Carthage Independent School District (Carthage ISD) is a public K-12 school district headquartered in Carthage, Texas (Panola County), operating seven campuses that collectively serve students from Pre-K through 12th grade. The campus portfolio includes Carthage Primary, Libby Elementary, Baker Koonce Intermediate, Carthage Junior High, Carthage High School, and PACE Academy (an alternative education program). The district also delivers special education services through the Panola County Shared Services Arrangement (PCSSA), providing occupational therapy, speech therapy, and school psychology to students in the region. Carthage ISD is governed by an elected School Board and administered by central office leadership, currently headed by Interim Superintendent Dr. Glenn Hambrick, with the Athletics program recognized as a 10x state champion Bulldogs program.

The district's technology infrastructure is built on a standard Texas K-12 edtech stack rather than proprietary systems: Ascender for student information management, Frontline for absence/substitute management, Clever for single sign-on, Google for Education, TEKS Resource System and Texas Gateway for curriculum, DMAC for assessment data, FitnessGram for student health/fitness tracking, Pay Schools Central for meal payments, TransFinder for bus routing, Raptor for visitor/volunteer management, Anonymous Alerts for incident reporting, and MealAppNow for free/reduced meal applications. The district website is built on Apptegy's CMS, with ThrillShare powering the unified identity and portal layer, and dedicated iOS and Android apps extending reach to mobile. The integration footprint spans more than a dozen third-party education vendors and reflects a buy-vs-build posture of adopting commodity SaaS rather than developing proprietary platforms.

As a political subdivision of the State of Texas, Carthage ISD is not a revenue-generating enterprise. Funding is sourced from state per-student allocations, federal education grants, and local property taxes, and the district provides public education at no direct cost to in-district residents. The revenue line is therefore best understood as an annual operating budget rather than commercial revenue. Customer relationships are governed by geographic residence within district boundaries, with direct enrollment handled through the district's online registration system. The district is supported by the Carthage ISD Education Foundation for alumni engagement and supplemental fundraising, and maintains an active multi-channel communication presence (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, mobile apps, website) for community engagement.

Name

Carthage Independent School District

Legal name

Carthage Independent School District

Website

https://carthageisd.org

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Carthage Independent School District is a public K-12 school district in Carthage, Texas, operating seven campuses from Pre-K through 12th grade and serving in-district students and families with comprehensive public education, special education, athletics, and college and career preparation programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district services
• Special education programs
• College and career preparation
• School athletics programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Carthage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Carthage Independent School District is a public K-12 school district operating seven campuses (Carthage Primary, Libby Elementary, Baker Koonce Intermediate, Carthage Junior High, Carthage High School, and PACE Academy) in Carthage, Texas, serving students from Pre-K through 12th grade. The district provides free public education, career and technical education, college preparatory programs, special education services through the Panola County Shared Services Arrangement, and extracurricular athletics featuring the Carthage Bulldogs (recognized as 10x state champions).

Product overview

Carthage Independent School District is a public school district operating seven schools (Carthage Primary, Libby Elementary, Baker Koonce Intermediate, Carthage Junior High, Carthage High School, and PACE Academy) serving students from Pre-K through 12th grade. The district provides educational services supported by a central website portal built on the Apptegy platform, along with special education services through the Panola County Shared Services Arrangement (PCSSA), athletics programs featuring the Carthage Bulldogs with 10x state championships, and the Carthage ISD Education Foundation. The district utilizes third-party educational technology platforms including Ascender for student information management, Google for Education, and various state-mandated assessment and curriculum systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carthage ISD District Website

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tyler Independent School District: Regional East Texas public K-12 district with an extensive multi-campus system; comparable in governance and Texas public funding structure but operates at significantly greater scale than Carthage ISD.
• Longview Independent School District: Larger East Texas public K-12 district operating in a more urbanized market; overlaps with Carthage ISD's mission and funding model but serves a materially bigger student population and broader program portfolio.

Direct peers

• Kilgore Independent School District: East Texas public K-12 district with similar athletics-driven community identity and comparable enrollment size, providing a useful operating benchmark for Carthage ISD.
• Nacogdoches Independent School District: East Texas public K-12 district serving a small city, with a comparable multi-campus Pre-K-12 structure and public funding model, offering peer-level operating and academic comparisons.
• Marshall Independent School District: Adjacent East Texas public school district serving a small city with a full K-12 campus structure and comparable athletics and CTE offerings, making it one of the closest demographic and operational analogs to Carthage ISD.
• Center Independent School District: Small East Texas public K-12 district operating multiple campuses including a primary, elementary, intermediate, junior high, and high school, closely matching Carthage ISD's grade-band structure and rural-community profile.
• Henderson Independent School District: Nearby East Texas public K-12 district of comparable community size, operating a similar Pre-K through 12 structure with public funding, athletics, and CTE programs — directly comparable in scale, mission, and operating model.

Others

• Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA): Statewide professional association for Texas school district leaders; serves as an industry-level peer body that benchmarks governance, leadership, and operational practices for districts like Carthage ISD.
• Region 7 Education Service Center: Texas ESC that supports small East Texas districts including Carthage ISD with shared services, training, and state-mandated systems; an enabling peer rather than a direct competitor.
• Panola County Shared Services Arrangement: Collaborative regional service arrangement in which Carthage ISD participates for special education; not a competitor but an adjacent public-sector partner whose structure and funding model shape how Carthage ISD delivers services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CarthageISD
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC7oCiP4PYpVkZGLTvSOa31Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/Carthage-ISD-2119771424765602
• Instagraminstagram.com/CarthageISD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carthageisd

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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