CHS-Horizons School

What CHS-Horizons School does

The Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & Keweenaw (doing business as CLK Schools) is a public K-12 school district operating under Michigan state education law, headquartered at 57070 Mine Street, Calumet, Michigan. The district serves pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students across the Calumet, Laurium, and Keweenaw communities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, organized into four instructional units: Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (grades 6-8), High School (grades 9-12), and Horizons School (alternative high school program led by Principal Darren Kinnunen). The district is governed by a school board under Superintendent Joel Asiala and operates without tuition for in-district students, funded primarily through Michigan's per-pupil foundation allowance, local property taxes, and voter-approved bond measures — a $21.85 million bond measure renewal is proposed for voter consideration on August 4, 2026.

The district's product portfolio extends beyond core academics to include CLK Virtual Programs (online and personalized learning), CLK Childcare (before/after-school care), CLK Library (with digital integrations to Overdrive, MeL, Gale, and Mango Languages), CLK Athletics (operated at a separate domain), CLK Food Service, and the CLK Foundation (a nonprofit fundraising arm). Technology infrastructure is built entirely on standard K-12 SaaS: Skyward Family Access and Student Access portals for student information, Schoology for learning management with LDAP-based authentication, Google Forms for enrollment, and Sirsi for library management — no proprietary technology or AI/ML capabilities are evident in the disclosed stack.

The district's competitive positioning emphasizes breadth of extracurricular programming (athletics, industrial and performing arts, business, technology, engineering, and JROTC) as the key differentiator against neighboring Michigan districts. Revenue mechanics are entirely public-sector: there is no tuition, no pricing model, and no go-to-market motion in the commercial sense. The district's "market" is the captive K-12 resident population within its statutory attendance boundaries, supplemented by limited school-of-choice in-migration and the wraparound fee-based services.

Name

CHS-Horizons School

Legal name

Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & Keweenaw

Website

https://clk.k12.mi.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Public K-12 school district (CLK Schools) serving Calumet, Laurium & Keweenaw in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with elementary, middle, high, and alternative high school programs; funded by state aid, local taxes, and bond measures, with no tuition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJADAD

Blended/Hybrid K–12 Schools (Online + In-Person)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Online & Virtual Schools

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Alternative high school programs
• Virtual learning programs
• School district administration
• Extracurricular student services

Headquarters

HQ city

Calumet

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CHS-Horizons School is an alternative high school program within the Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & Keweenaw (CLK Schools) district, providing personalized education to students in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The district as a whole delivers a full K-12 educational portfolio (elementary, middle, high school, and Horizons alternative program) along with virtual learning, childcare, library, athletics, and food service offerings.

Product overview

CLK Schools (Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & Keweenaw) operates as a unified school district offering a comprehensive K-12 educational portfolio across multiple campuses: Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (grades 6-8), High School (grades 9-12), and Horizons School (alternative high school program). The district complements its core academic offerings with supplementary programs including CLK Virtual Programs (online/personalized learning), CLK Childcare (before/after school care), CLK Library (with digital resource integrations), CLK Athletics, CLK Food Service, and the CLK Foundation (fundraising arm). The portfolio includes an optional 2026 bond measure ($21.85 million) for facility improvements. Led by Superintendent Joel Asiala, the district serves the Calumet, Laurium, and Keweenaw communities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Horizons School: High school alternative program within CLK Schools district
• CLK Virtual Programs
• CLK Childcare

Products and services

• Horizons School
• CLK Elementary School
• CLK Middle School
• CLK High School
• CLK Virtual Programs
• CLK Childcare
• CLK Library
• CLK Athletics
• CLK Food Service
• CLK Foundation

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Public Schools of Baraga: Small public K-12 district in Michigan's UP/Baraga County with comparable scale, traditional academic offerings, and tax-and-bond funding model.
• Hancock Public Schools: Neighboring public K-12 district in Michigan's Upper Peninsula serving a similarly small rural community. Directly comparable geographic, demographic, and funding context, with overlapping program offerings and shared regional competition for students.
• Iron Mountain Public Schools: UP-based public K-12 district of comparable scale with traditional K-12 programming and athletics. Operates under the same Michigan public school funding framework and faces similar rural demographic pressures.
• Houghton-Portage Township Schools: Adjacent public K-12 district in Houghton County, UP Michigan. Comparable academic portfolio, similar extracurricular breadth (including athletics and STEM), and direct competitor for the same regional student population.
• Lake Linden-Hubbell Public Schools: Small neighboring K-12 public district in the same Copper Country region of Michigan's UP. Comparable size, rural footprint, tax-funded revenue model, and similar reliance on bond measures for capital needs.
• Marquette Area Public Schools: Larger regional public K-12 district in Michigan's UP. Operates a comparable traditional-plus-virtual K-12 portfolio and is the primary destination that CLK families consider when seeking broader programming or alternative pathways.
• L'Anse Area Schools: Small rural public K-12 district in Michigan's UP/Baraga County. Direct comparable on scale, demographics, tax-funded revenue model, and rural community service profile.
• Baraga Area Schools: Small neighboring K-12 public district in the same UP Copper Country region. Similar enrollment scale, funding constraints, and rural service profile; competing for the same regional talent pool.
• Kingsford Community Schools: Mid-sized public K-12 district in Michigan's UP/Dickinson County area. Comparable funding model, governance structure, and reliance on bond proceeds for facility investment.

Regional players

• Escanaba Area Public Schools: UP-based public K-12 district serving a Delta County community. Operates similar traditional and vocational programming with shared access to UP-wide EdTech and library consortium resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/chs-horizons-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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