Durham Unified School District

What Durham Unified School District does

Durham Unified School District is a California public K-12 school district serving the unincorporated farming community of Durham in Butte County. Founded in 1922 and operating across a 46-acre shared campus, the district runs three schools — Durham Elementary School (Transitional Kindergarten through 5th grade), Durham Intermediate School (grades 6-8, mascot Panthers), and Durham High School (grades 9-12, mascot Trojans) — serving approximately 1,200 students. The district is governed by an elected five-member Board of Trustees and led by Superintendent John Bohannon. It is a state government entity, not a private enterprise, with no tuition charged for in-district students.

The district's core technology stack is anchored by Aeries, a student information system used for enrollment, grades, attendance, and assignments across all three schools; the public-facing website is delivered on Apptegy, and ParentSquare handles family communications. Supporting tools include Frontline (AESOP) for substitute scheduling, MySchoolBuilding for maintenance work orders, StopIt for anonymous safety reporting, and the Cal-SCHLS survey system for school climate assessment. Programs span the K-12 curriculum including FFA/Agriculture at the high school, Career Technical Education, dual enrollment, athletics, health services, special education coordination through Butte County SELPA, nutrition, and transportation. Durham High School holds WASC accreditation.

The revenue model is government-funded and formula-based, with no direct consumer pricing. Funding flows from California's Local Control Funding Formula (per-pupil base grants plus supplemental grants tied to demographics such as English learners, low-income, and foster youth), federal grants including Title I, II, III, IDEA Special Education, and ESSER COVID-19 recovery funds, and local parcel taxes including the Measure X bond program for facility improvements. The district distributes services exclusively through direct enrollment — in-district via the Aeries online portal requiring proof of residency, and out-of-district through an Inter-District Transfer process under Board Policy BP 5117. The customer base is students and families residing within Durham, California, concentrated in a single small-town geography.

Name

Durham Unified School District

Legal name

Durham Unified School District

Website

https://durhamunified.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Durham Unified School District is a California public K-12 school district serving approximately 1,200 students across three schools on a 46-acre campus in Durham, Butte County, delivering TK-12 education funded by state per-pupil formula, federal grants, and local parcel taxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• School district administration
• Student information systems
• Special education services
• Agricultural education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Per-Pupil Funding: State funding based on Average Daily Attendance (ADA). California Local Control Funding Formula provides base grant plus supplemental grants based on student demographics and district characteristics.
2. Federal Funding: Federal grants including Title I, Title II, Title III, Special Education (IDEA), and ESSER funds for COVID-19 recovery.
3. Local Parcel Taxes and Bonds: Local measure X bond program for facility construction and improvements. Citizens Bond Oversight Committee provides accountability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Durham Unified School District is a public K-12 school district operating three schools (Elementary TK-5, Intermediate 6-8, High School 9-12) on a shared 46-acre campus in Durham, California. It delivers tuition-free in-district public education to up to 1,200 students, supported by the Aeries Student Information System, athletics, FFA/agriculture programs, summer school, nutrition services, transportation, and student support services including special education coordination through Butte County SELPA.

Product overview

Durham Unified School District operates as a three-school K-12 public school district in Durham, California. The district's core technology product is Aeries, a student information system (SIS) that provides parents and students access to grades, attendance, assignments, and progress reports across all schools. The district website platform is powered by Apptegy and provides access to various services including enrollment, athletics programs, health services, student supports (Section 504, special education through Butte County SELPA), FFA/Agriculture programs, summer school, nutrition services, and transportation. The district serves approximately 1,200 students across Durham Elementary School (TK-5), Durham Intermediate School (6-8), and Durham High School (9-12), all located on a 46-acre campus in the farming community of Durham.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Durham Elementary School (DES): Elementary school serving students in Transitional Kindergarten through 5th grade
• Durham Intermediate School (DIS)
• Durham High School (DHS)
• Durham Athletics

Products and services

• Aeries Student Information System
• Durham Elementary School (DES)
• Durham Intermediate School (DIS)
• Durham High School (DHS)
• Summer School Program
• Health Services
• Student Supports & Services
• District Athletics Programs
• FFA/Agriculture Program
• Transportation Services
• Nutrition Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% graduation rate for Class of 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Butte County SELPA (Special Education Local Plan Area)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for special education services and compliance. Butte County SELPA provides oversight and coordination of special education programs across county school districts including Durham Unified.
• Care SolacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health and substance use support partnership. Care Solace connects students, staff, and families with community mental health providers matched to their needs. Available 24/7 by calling 888-515-0595 or visiting caresolace.com/durham.
• HEART (Butte County Crisis Response)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrisis response program offering 24-hour services to homeless and runaway youth (under 18) and their caregivers in Butte County.
• School Ties / Butte County Office of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoster youth education services including tutoring, mentoring, case management, and educational advocacy for children placed outside their biological parents' homes.
• California Teachers Association (CTA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeacher union representing Durham Unified teachers. Current contract (DUTA Agreement 2023-2026) governs teacher compensation, benefits, and working conditions.
• California School Employees Association (CSEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClassified employee union representing support staff including paraeducators, clerical staff, and maintenance workers. Current contract 2025-2028.
• Butte County Office of Education (BCOE)coreTechnology or IntegrationBCOE provides IT helpdesk support (helpdesk.bcoe.org) and IT work orders for district technology infrastructure.
• Benefit Providers NetworkminorOthersGroup of health benefit providers including Anthem Blue Cross (health), Medco (prescriptions), Delta Dental, Vision Service Plan, American Fidelity, Standard Insurance, CalSTRS, CalPERS.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Gridley Unified School District: Small unified district in a similar agricultural community in Butte/Glenn counties; operates comparable K-12 programs funded through California's LCFF attendance-based formula.
• Biggs Unified School District: Tiny rural unified district in Butte County similar in scale and rural-agricultural context to Durham, making it a direct structural comparable for funding, enrollment, and program design.
• Oroville City Elementary School District: Neighboring Butte County district that, like Durham, is a small-tree public TK-8 system participating in SELPA-based special education; comparable funding model and community-led enrollment motion.
• Paradise Unified School District: Butte County K-12 district serving a similar small-town foothill community; comparable size, rural operating environment, and reliance on LCFF plus federal aid for post-disaster recovery funding.
• Las Plumas High School (Oroville Union High School District): Butte County high school district offering WASC-accredited secondary education with FFA and CTE pathways analogous to Durham High School's program mix.
• Chico Unified School District: Adjacent K-12 unified district also in Butte County, serving a larger but overlapping regional catchment; directly comparable as a California public K-12 district financed by LCFF and serving similar student demographics.

Others

• California Department of Education: State-level governing body that administers LCFF, federal Title funds, and compliance requirements which together drive essentially all of Durham Unified's funding and operating framework.
• Butte County Office of Education (BCOE): Provides IT, SELPA coordination, payroll (Escape), and back-office services to Durham Unified and other county districts — making it the closest enabling/infrastructure peer to Durham's operating model.
• Aeries (Eagle Software / Frontline Education): Vendor of the student information system that anchors Durham Unified's enrollment, grading, and attendance operations; useful adjacent peer for the SIS platform layer the district depends on.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DURHAMUNIFIEDX
• Facebookfacebook.com/DurhamUSD
• Instagraminstagram.com/durhamunified
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/durham-unified-school-district

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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