Emmanuel Christian School

What Emmanuel Christian School does

Emmanuel Christian School is a non-profit, K-12 private Christian school located on a 20-acre campus at 4607 W. Laskey Road in Toledo, Ohio. Founded in 1967 as a ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church (originally Emmanuel Baptist Christian School), the school serves students from over 80 churches across Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, with an emphasis on integrating a biblical worldview into every subject, grade level, and extracurricular activity. The school holds ACSI accreditation (since 1992, most recently renewed in 2015) and AdvancEd/North Central accreditation (since 2012), and was chartered as a non-public school by the State of Ohio in 2000.

The academic program is a college-preparatory liberal arts curriculum structured around the classical trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, with additional offerings including a high school honors program, dual-enrollment College Credit Plus courses with Cedarville University, the University of Toledo, and Owens Community College, and an Independent Study Program serving homeschool families. Co-curricular offerings include athletics (fall, winter, spring, and Little Warriors programs), band and choir, chapel services, house mentorship, mission trips, and service projects. The school's technology footprint is modest and operational rather than differentiated: Google Apps for Education (since 2013), RenWeb/FACTS for enrollment and student information, ParentSquare for parent communications, and Zoho Recruit for hiring.

Emmanuel Christian School generates revenue primarily through recurring tuition, supplemented by Ohio state scholarships (EdChoice at $6,166 K-8 and $8,408 grades 9-12, plus Jon Peterson up to $27,000 for students with IEPs), need-based Emmanuel Endowment assistance (up to 50% of tuition), SGO tax-credit donations channeled through Every Child Every Family, $1,000 new-student referral credits, and a volunteer program that applies $10/hour to tuition. Enrollment is funneled through RenWeb with admissions steps including open houses, shadow days for grades 7-12, and family interviews. Marketing is community- and church-led via the school's website, open houses, shadow days, the Facebook ECS Alumni community, a public calendar, and church pastoral-reference relationships.

Name

Emmanuel Christian School

Legal name

Emmanuel Christian School

Website

https://ecstoledo.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Emmanuel Christian School is a non-profit K-12 private Christian school in Toledo, Ohio, serving students from over 80 churches with a college-prep liberal arts curriculum and biblical worldview integration across all subjects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Christian K-12 education
• Private school education
• College preparatory programs
• Biblical worldview curriculum
• Elementary secondary education

Headquarters

HQ city

Toledo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition: Primary revenue stream from tuition payments for K-12 education services. Tuition rates for 2026-2027 are published on the school's website.
2. State Scholarship Programs: Revenue supported by Ohio EdChoice scholarships ($6,166 for K-8, $8,408 for 9-12) and Jon Peterson scholarships for special needs students (up to $27,000).
3. Donations and SGO Tax Credits: Ohio Tax Credit Campaign through Every Child Every Family SGO allows donors to receive tax credits while supporting student scholarships.
4. Volunteer Program Credits: Families can earn tuition credits at $10/hour through volunteering, reducing overall tuition costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Emmanuel Christian School is a K-12 non-profit private Christian school that provides college-preparatory education integrating a biblical worldview into every subject. It offers elementary (K-5) and upper school (6-12) instruction, a Discipleship program, College Credit Plus dual enrollment, an Independent Study Program for homeschool families, and co-curricular athletics and music programs. Tuition is the primary revenue stream, with financial assistance available through state scholarships, endowment aid, SGO donations, and volunteer credits.

Product overview

Emmanuel Christian School is a K-12 non-profit charter school that provides educational services, not a technology product company. The school offers a unified educational program consisting of K-12 instruction, with programs including athletics, music (band and choir), and an Independent Study Program for homeschool families. The school does not offer technology products or software services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Christian Education Program
• Shadow Day Experience (grades 7-12)
• College Credit Plus Dual Enrollment

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cedarville UniversitycoreTechnology or IntegrationEC partners with Cedarville University to offer fully accredited dual enrollment college courses right on the Emmanuel Christian School campus. Students can earn college and high school credits simultaneously through Ohio's College Credit Plus program.
• University of ToledocoreTechnology or IntegrationEC students have access to dual enrollment options through University of Toledo's College Credit Plus pathway specifically for Emmanuel Christian School students.
• Every Child Every Family (Ohio Scholarship Fund DBA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe SGO Financial Assistance Fund allows qualifying students to receive scholarships that help reduce tuition costs. This Ohio-based organization enables tax-credit donations to support ECS scholarships.
• Sylvania SchoolsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvides bus transportation services to ECS students at no cost through the local school district.
• Toledo Public SchoolsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvides bus transportation services to ECS students at no cost through the local school district.
• Washington Local SchoolsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvides bus transportation services to ECS students at no cost through the local school district.
• Emmanuel Baptist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe founding church of Emmanuel Christian School. The school was established in 1967 as a ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church, which purchased the 20-acre campus property. Ongoing spiritual partnership and board leadership through church members.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Calvary Christian Academy: Private Christian K-12 academy. Comparable as a faith-based, parent-funded K-12 alternative with similar reliance on biblical worldview instruction and state scholarship programs.
• Central Christian School: Private K-12 Christian school operating in the Toledo region. Comparable in mission, grade span, and reliance on Ohio EdChoice scholarships, competing for the same pool of church-attending families.
• Toledo Christian Schools: Private Christian K-12 school serving the greater Toledo area. Directly comparable as a faith-based, parent-pay private school competing for the same regional Christian families and benefiting from the same Ohio scholarship programs.

Broad incumbents

• Maumee Valley Country Day School: Established independent (non-faith-based) day school in the Toledo area serving grades through 12. Comparable as a regional private K-12 competitor for college-prep families, but without a religious mission.
• Notre Dame Academy: Catholic all-girls college-preparatory high school in Toledo. Comparable as a faith-based regional private school with similar college-prep positioning and tuition-assistance infrastructure.
• St. Francis de Sales High School: Catholic college-preparatory high school in Toledo area. Comparable regional faith-based private secondary school competing for college-bound families with scholarship-supported affordability.
• St. John's Jesuit High School: Catholic college-preparatory high school in Toledo. Comparable as a faith-based private upper-school option competing for the same regional families seeking rigorous secondary education with a values-based lens.

Regional players

• Liberty Christian Academy: Christian K-12 school operating outside the immediate Toledo market. Comparable in mission and academic model, but serves a different regional catchment and does not directly compete for the same families.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ecsalumnitoledo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/ecstoledo

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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