What Coronado High School does

Coronado High School is a public charter high school located at 3057 S Cleveland Ave in Fort Myers, Florida (Lee County), serving at-risk students who have fallen behind academically, are at risk of dropping out, or need an alternative educational setting, including students with ADHD and other learning challenges. The school delivers a self-paced, technology-enhanced learning model designed around each student's individual needs, supported by intensive wraparound services and certified staff in a safe, controlled environment. Students can enroll and graduate at any point in the academic year and earn an accredited diploma, with documented outcomes including a 106% increase in credit-earning rate and 95% parent satisfaction.

Coronado High School is one of 27 schools in the Second Mile Education network (formerly Accelerated Learning Solutions / ALS Education), founded in 1996 and rebranded in February 2025. The network operates under ALS Education Holdings, LLC, a Delaware LLC led by CEO Angela Narine. Schools are operated in partnership with non-profit charter school boards and authorizers across 12 counties in Florida (23 locations, including Lee County), Georgia (1 location), and North Carolina (3 locations), with South Carolina and Texas announced as 'coming soon.' The consumer-facing brand is 'Finish School.'

The business model is per-pupil public funding: as a public charter school, no tuition is charged; revenue is generated through state and local charter-school funding formulas based on student enrollment and attendance, supplemented by grants such as a $2 million Florida Department of Education Workforce Capitalization Incentive Grant awarded in October 2024 to the Lee County district. GTM is community-led and sales-led via district referrals, parent outreach through the website and an enrollment hotline (888-437-9353), and word-of-mouth in underserved communities.

Name

Coronado High School

Legal name

ALS Education Holdings, LLC

Website

https://finishschool.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coronado High School is a public charter high school in Fort Myers, Florida, serving at-risk students with self-paced, technology-enhanced learning and wraparound support. It is one of 27 schools in the Second Mile Education network operating across the southeastern U.S. via per-pupil public funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charter School Education / Alternative Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter Alternative & At-Risk Schools (Continuation, Credit Recovery, Juvenile) (EDAJACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Credit Recovery & Learning Loss Catch-Up Programs (K–12) (EDAJAGAI), Continuation & Credit Recovery Schools (EDAJAEAA)

Keywords

• Charter high school
• Dropout prevention programs
• Alternative education services
• Credit recovery programs
• Self-paced learning

Headquarters

HQ city

FT MYERS, Florida

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charter School Operations: Operates as a full-service school management company offering dropout prevention and recovery programming in partnership with non-profit charter school boards and authorizers. Revenue is generated through charter school funding formulas based on student enrollment and attendance.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Coronado High School is a tuition-free public charter high school in Fort Myers, Florida that delivers self-paced, technology-enhanced learning to at-risk students. It operates as part of Second Mile Education's dropout prevention and recovery program, enabling flexible year-round enrollment, accelerated credit earning (up to twice as fast as traditional high school), and accredited diploma completion with intensive wraparound support services.

Product overview

Second Mile Education (formerly Accelerated Learning Solutions) operates as a full-service educational management company offering best-in-class dropout prevention and recovery programming. The company manages a network of high-performing charter high schools including Coronado High School, operating across multiple states. Their educational model is built on three pillars: flexible, personalized, and supportive instruction delivered to underserved communities and at-risk students. The company provides comprehensive school management services in partnership with non-profit charter school boards and authorizers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coronado High School A tuition-free public charter high school located in Lee County, Florida (3057 S Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers), offering self-paced, technology-enhanced learning designed around each student's unique needs with intensive wraparound services. Designed for at-risk students seeking an alternative pathway to earn an accredited high school diploma.
• Dropout Prevention and Recovery Programming (DPRP) Programming designed to help at-risk students complete their education and earn their diploma, operated in partnership with non-profit charter school boards and authorizers. Delivers self-paced, technology-enhanced learning with intensive wraparound services.
• School Management Services Full-service school management including individualized instruction, certified supportive staff, and wraparound services that support the whole student in a safe, controlled environment. Delivered through charter schools in underserved communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 106% increase in credit earning rate
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Florida Department of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 October 2024Recipient of Workforce Capitalization Incentive Grant Program. Lee County school district received $2 million state grant benefiting 13 high schools including Island Coast, with programs supporting workforce development.
• Non-Profit Charter School BoardscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecond Mile Education operates in partnership with non-profit charter school boards and authorizers to establish and manage charter schools in underserved communities. These partnerships enable the delivery of dropout prevention and recovery programming through shared governance and accountability structures.
• PBSC (Palm Beach State College)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for STEM education exposure, including hosting STEM Expo events where middle and high school students from across Palm Beach County learn about STEM opportunities at PBSC's campus.
• School DistrictscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local school districts to serve at-risk students and those referred from traditional schools. Districts benefit from dropout prevention services while Second Mile provides alternative educational pathways.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• National Heritage Academies: For-profit charter school management organization operating public charter schools focused on college readiness. Comparable in operating a scaled multi-state charter network with similar academic outcomes emphasis.
• Charter Schools USA: For-profit charter school management company operating a large network of public charter schools across multiple states with a strong Florida presence. Directly comparable as a multi-state charter operator serving at-risk and underserved student populations.
• Academica: Florida-based charter school management organization operating a large network of charter schools primarily in Florida. Comparable as a fellow Florida-anchored charter management operator with significant overlap in target geographies and student demographics.
• Ombudsman Educational Services: Operates alternative education programs specifically designed for credit recovery and dropout prevention, partnering with school districts. Highly comparable as a direct competitor in the credit-recovery/alternative high school space Coronado serves.
• Green Dot Public Schools: National charter management organization operating a network of public charter schools focused on dropout prevention and college readiness in underserved communities. Closely comparable mission, charter-authorizer partnership model, and at-risk student focus to Second Mile Education/Coronado High School.
• KIPP Public Schools: One of the largest nonprofit charter management organizations in the U.S., operating college-preparatory public charter schools in underserved communities. Comparable scale, charter-authorizer model, and student-outcomes orientation to Second Mile's network of schools including Coronado High School.
• Imagine Schools: Nonprofit charter management organization operating public charter schools across multiple states with a focus on underserved communities. Comparable as a charter school operator with similar student demographics and accountability-driven model.

Emerging players

• Penn Foster: Accredited online school offering alternative pathways for at-risk students and adults seeking high school completion. Comparable as an alternative education provider competing for the same dropout-recovery student population.
• Edmentum: Provides online learning programs, credit recovery, and alternative education curriculum widely used by schools and districts for at-risk students. Adjacent competitor in the technology-enabled credit recovery space that Coronado High School's self-paced model targets.

Broad incumbents

• K12 (Stride): Large publicly-traded operator of online and blended learning programs including alternative and credit-recovery offerings for K-12 students. Comparable as a broad incumbent in technology-enabled alternative education serving similar at-risk student populations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/coronado-high-school-93

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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