What Fayette Public Schools does

Fayette Local School District, operating publicly as Fayette Public Schools, is a government-run K-12 public school district headquartered at 400 E. Gamble Rd., Fayette, Ohio 43521. The district provides free public education to students from preschool through 12th grade, organized around two main campuses — an Elementary School (including preschool) and a Junior High/High School (grades 6–12) — under the leadership of Superintendent Angela R. Belcher, Ed.D. Its core academic offering is supplemented by a College Credit Plus dual-enrollment program, an on-site National ACT Testing Center, a Fayette Virtual Academy for online/distance learning, FFA (Future Farmers of America), and student athletics. Support services include food services (with a free/reduced lunch program), student transportation, nursing, student services, and a Student Resource Officer.

The district's underlying technology stack is composed entirely of third-party, standard K-12 administrative platforms rather than proprietary systems: PowerSchool for the parent and student portal (grades, attendance) accessed via fayette.ps.nwoca.org; Final Forms for online student registration and athletics paperwork; and PaySchools Central for lunch and fee payments. Recruiting runs through the Ohio Job Board. There is no proprietary technology, no AI/ML capability, and no APIs or mobile applications disclosed. The district does not publish a founding date, detailed history, or funding data.

Because Fayette Local School District is a government state entity rather than a commercial enterprise, it has no traditional revenue model, no pricing structure, no funding rounds, no investors, and no parent company. It is funded by Ohio state education appropriations and local property taxes, with free and reduced-price lunch programs available to qualifying families. Customer concentration is geographic rather than commercial: its "customers" are the school-age children and families residing within the district's legally defined catchment area. The district currently lists only 14 captured employees in the source data, which likely represents an administrative subset rather than total district headcount.

Name

Fayette Public Schools

Legal name

Fayette Local School District

Website

https://gorham-fayette.k12.oh.us

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fayette Local School District (Fayette Public Schools) is a publicly funded Ohio K-12 school district in Fayette, Ohio, offering free preschool through 12th-grade education, College Credit Plus, ACT testing, a Virtual Academy, athletics, transportation, and food services to district-resident students and families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB), Preschool Programs within Childcare Centers (EDACABAL)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district services
• Preschool programs
• Student transportation
• School food services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fayette

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 channels1 record

Core offering

Fayette Local School District is a public K-12 school district that provides free education to district residents from preschool through high school graduation. The district operates Elementary School (K-5 with Preschool) and Junior High/High School (grades 6-12), along with a Fayette Virtual Academy, College Credit Plus dual-enrollment program, and a designated National ACT Testing Center. Supporting services include food services with free/reduced lunch programs, student transportation, athletics, FFA, nursing, and mental health resources.

Product overview

Fayette Local School District is a traditional K-12 public school district offering a unified educational program consisting of Elementary School (K-5 with Preschool), Junior High/High School (grades 6-12), and Fayette Virtual Academy for online learning. The district provides add-on programs including College Credit Plus for dual enrollment, National ACT Testing Center services, FFA (Future Farmers of America), and support services such as Food Services, Student Transportation, Nursing, and Student Services. All schools share the core curriculum and are organized under a single district administration headed by the Superintendent.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Elementary School

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Final FormscoreTechnology or IntegrationFayette Local School District partnered with Final Forms to streamline all paperwork for student registration as well as district athletics. Parents can review their data anytime to verify it is current and are required to sign forms once per year and after any update. New student enrollment forms are completed online through Final Forms.
• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationDistrict uses PowerSchool platform for parent and student portal access. Parents and students sign in through fayette.ps.nwoca.org for grade tracking, attendance, and other academic information.
• Ohio Job BoardminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe district posts certified position openings and employment opportunities on the Ohio Job Board (ohiok12jobs.schoolspring.com). Full postings for certified and classified staff positions are available through this platform.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• PowerSchool: Major K–12 SIS vendor whose parent/student portal Fayette already uses. Ecosystem participant rather than a competitor — relevant as a technology/operational dependency and benchmark for what modern small-district infrastructure looks like.

Emerging players

• Ohio Connections Academy: Ohio statewide e-school (online public charter) funded by Ohio per-pupil allocations. Directly competes with Fayette Virtual Academy for online learners in Ohio and represents a key enrollment-leakage risk.
• Stride, Inc. (K12): National online K–12 operator offering tuition-free public school alternatives funded by state per-pupil dollars. Comparable to Fayette's Virtual Academy and represents a structural alternative for families considering non-traditional schooling.

Direct peers

• Archbold Area Local School District: Small rural public K–12 district in Fulton County, Ohio. Similar enrollment scale, community-based governance, and full-spectrum K–12 programming, making it a tight comparable for Fayette on operating economics.
• Wauseon Exempted Village School District: Another small public K–12 district in rural northwest Ohio (Fulton County, adjacent to Fayette's county). Comparable size, demographics, funding model, and rural-district operating profile — the most direct structural peer in the region.
• Swanton Local School District: Small public K–12 district in northwest Ohio (Fulton/Lucas border), serving a comparable rural-to-exurban population. Direct peer for benchmarking program offerings and funding dynamics.
• Edon Northwest Local School District: Small rural public K–12 district in Williams County, Ohio. Similar size, demographic profile, and small-district operating constraints to Fayette.
• Montpelier Exempted Village School District: Small public K–12 district in rural Williams County, Ohio, with a comparable operating profile — small staff, rural catchment, and similar K–12 plus preschool programming.
• Hilltop Local Schools: Small rural public K–12 district in northwest Ohio. Similar scale, governance, and rural-community operating dynamics, serving as a useful benchmark for Fayette's economics and programming trade-offs.
• Pettisville Local School District: Very small rural K–12 district in northwest Ohio, similar in scale and structure to Fayette. Comparable in terms of limited program breadth, single-site operations, and dependence on state and local funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fayette-public-schools

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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