Cesa 12

What Cesa 12 does

CESA 12 (Cooperative Educational Service Agency 12) is a Wisconsin government state entity serving as one of twelve regional educational service agencies in the state. Headquartered at 400 Lake Shore Drive East in Ashland, Wisconsin, the agency operates a cooperative model serving public K-12 school districts in northwestern Wisconsin with a staff of 45 employees. It provides shared educational services including professional learning and development, special education and pupil services, educational consulting, early learning programs, youth apprenticeship coordination, family-school partnerships, and career readiness programming. These services allow small and rural member districts to access specialized expertise (special education, school psychology, occupational therapy, speech therapy, instructional coaching) that they could not cost-effectively maintain independently.

The agency's core proprietary technology asset is WISEdash Local, a regional educational data dashboard and analytics platform providing data visualization and assessment capabilities to member districts, supported by in-house database administration and customer success functions. CESA 12 also maintains iOS and Android mobile applications as distribution channels for its resources and information. The agency's operations are supported by a defined leadership team including an Agency Administrator, Director of Professional Learning and Continuous Improvement, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services, Director of Business Services, and Regional Special Education Network (RSN) Director.

CESA 12 generates revenue through member district contributions, state educational funding, and grant programs under a cooperative funding model. Specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The organization is governed by a Board of Control composed of member district representatives, and customer acquisition is driven by the cooperative model rather than traditional sales. Marketing and outreach are conducted through the agency website, email, Facebook, Instagram, and a Learning Stream event calendar. Given its status as a government state entity, CESA 12 is not privately owned, does not have outside investors, and is not a candidate for traditional venture capital, private equity investment, or acquisition in the conventional sense.

Name

Cesa 12

Legal name

Cooperative Educational Service Agency 12

Website

https://cesa12.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CESA 12 is a Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency providing shared educational services—including professional learning, special education support, and data analytics via WISEdash Local—to public K-12 school districts in northwestern Wisconsin through a cooperative funding model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Educational Support Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

Keywords

• Educational services
• Special education support
• Professional learning
• Educational data analytics
• Cooperative purchasing

Headquarters

HQ city

Ashland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. School District Shared Services Contributions: CESA 12 operates as a Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency, providing shared services to member school districts. The agency receives funding through member district contributions, state educational funding, and potentially grant programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CESA 12 is a Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency that provides shared educational services to member K-12 school districts in northwestern Wisconsin. Core offerings include professional learning for educators, special education support services, cooperative purchasing, and the WISEdash Local data analytics dashboard for district student data.

Product overview

CESA 12 is a Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency providing a portfolio of services to member school districts. Its core offerings include WISEdash Local, a data dashboard product; professional learning and development programs; special education and pupil services; and shared services across the Wisconsin CESA network. The organization employs educational consultants and instructional staff to deliver these services regionally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WISEdash Local: A data and assessment platform administered by CESA 12 for regional school districts

Products and services

• WISEdash Local

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Questar III BOCES: Questar III is a New York State BOCES providing cooperative educational services — including special education, instructional support, and professional learning — to school districts in the Hudson Valley/Capital Region, structurally analogous to a Wisconsin CESA.
• Region 10 Education Service Center: Region 10 ESC is one of Texas's 20 regional Education Service Centers, serving as the Texas functional equivalent of a Wisconsin CESA by delivering shared services, professional development, and special education support to member school districts in north Texas.
• Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13: Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13 is a Pennsylvania Intermediate Unit providing cooperative special education, instructional technology, and professional learning services to member districts, mirroring the Wisconsin CESA cooperative service model.
• Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21: Carbon-Lehigh IU 21 is a Pennsylvania Intermediate Unit, the Keystone State's structural equivalent of a Wisconsin CESA, providing special education, professional development, and shared services to member school districts in eastern Pennsylvania.
• Eastern Suffolk BOCES: Eastern Suffolk BOCES is a New York State Boards of Cooperative Educational Services organization, the structural equivalent of Wisconsin CESAs, providing shared special education, career and technical education, and professional development to member districts on Long Island.
• Region 4 Education Service Center: Region 4 ESC is a Texas regional Education Service Center delivering cooperative professional development, instructional support, and shared services to member districts in the Houston area, structurally parallel to a Wisconsin CESA.

Direct peers

• CESA 1: CESA 1 is another Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency providing pupil services, professional development, and cooperative shared services to school districts in southeastern Wisconsin under the same statutory framework as CESA 12.
• CESA 9: CESA 9 is a geographically adjacent Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency serving north-central districts with shared educational services, making it a near-neighbor peer with directly comparable service portfolio and member-district model.
• CESA 6: CESA 6 is one of Wisconsin's 12 Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, operating under the same state legal structure as CESA 12 to deliver shared educational services — special education, professional learning, and cooperative purchasing — to member K-12 districts in a different region of the state.
• CESA 4: CESA 4 is a Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency serving western Wisconsin school districts with the same cooperative service mandate, special education support, and shared services model as CESA 12.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CESA12Ashland
• Instagraminstagram.com/cesa12ashland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cesa-12

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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