Harvey High School

What Harvey High School does

Harvey High School (legal name Thomas W. Harvey High School) is a public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Painesville, Ohio, operated as part of the Painesville City Local Schools (PCLS) district — a government state entity. The school delivers a comprehensive high school education including academics, athletics (Red Raiders), arts, music, drama, and extracurricular clubs and organizations. Its differentiated offerings center on the ECITY entrepreneurship program (piloted since 2009 in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Ohio, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) and a competitive FBLA chapter that has produced national finalists and award winners. The school also provides college preparation services, including an annual college fair with 45+ college representatives and a Senior Awards Ceremony that has distributed over $200,000 in scholarships.

Harvey's technology infrastructure is built on commodity K-12 platforms: the website and parent/staff communications run on Edlio; student records, grades, and attendance are managed in Infinite Campus; and Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Forms, SSO) supports staff productivity and enrollment workflows such as summer school credit recovery registration. The school does not maintain a mobile app and has no disclosed AI/ML capabilities.

As a public institution, Harvey does not charge tuition. Funding flows through state education allocations, local property taxes, and federal education grants routed via the PCLS district. The school has no parent corporation in the commercial sense — ownership and governance reside with the PCLS Board of Education. Revenue is therefore a function of Ohio per-pupil funding and the Painesville property tax base rather than a discretionary GTM motion. Customer base is a single, captive, geographically-bounded segment (district-resident grade 9-12 students and their families), with no competitive enrollment market.

Name

Harvey High School

Legal name

Thomas W. Harvey High School

Website

https://harvey.painesville-city.k12.oh.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Harvey High School is a public grades 9-12 high school in Painesville, Ohio, operated by the Painesville City Local Schools district and funded by state and local tax revenues, with notable entrepreneurship (ECITY, FBLA) and college preparation programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ)

Keywords

• Public high school education
• Secondary education services
• College preparation programs
• Student extracurricular activities
• Youth entrepreneurship education

Headquarters

HQ city

Painesville

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, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Public high school funded through a combination of state education funding, local property taxes, and federal education grants. No tuition charged to students.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Harvey High School is a public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Painesville, Ohio. It provides comprehensive secondary education including academic programs, college preparation, career readiness (notably the ECITY entrepreneurship program and FBLA chapter), athletics, arts, clubs, and counseling services. Educational services are delivered tuition-free through public school enrollment in the Painesville City Local School District.

Product overview

Harvey High School is a public K-12 high school offering a comprehensive educational program built around its Edlio-powered website as the primary communication platform. The school's product portfolio centers on educational programs (ECITY entrepreneurship, FBLA), communications (Harvey Newsletter), athletics (Red Raiders), and extracurricular activities. The ECITY program, in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters and Youth Opportunities Unlimited, uses the NFTE curriculum to teach entrepreneurship. The school maintains active FBLA participation with national competition achievements. The website serves as the central hub for all school information, news, events, and student resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ECITY Entrepreneurship Program Entrepreneurship education program for high school students that teaches entrepreneurship and life skills using the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) curriculum, delivered in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Ohio and Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU). Students develop business plans and compete in competitions, with Harvey winning Young Entrepreneur of the Year 8 out of 10 years.
• Athletics Program (Red Raiders) Competitive athletics program featuring Red Raiders teams including basketball, football, volleyball, wrestling, track, soccer, and softball, with dedicated athletics website and booster organization.
• FBLA Chapter (Future Business Leaders of America) National business student organization chapter that provides opportunities for students to develop business and career objectives, promotes civic and personal responsibility, and competes in business-related competitive events at state and national levels, with multiple national finalists and award winners.
• Clubs and Organizations Various student clubs and organizations offered at the school, listed on the School Profile page, providing extracurricular engagement opportunities beyond academics and athletics.
• Harvey Newsletter Monthly digital newsletter (PDF) distributed via email covering school news, events, achievements, and announcements for families and community members.

Quantifiable outcome

• Harvey students have won Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition 8 out of 10 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Award-winning entrepreneurship curriculum provider used by ECITY program. Harvey students compete in NFTE National Challenge after winning ECITY competitions.
• Lubrizol CorporationmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017Major corporate sponsor providing funding for ECITY program fees, FBLA activities, and hosting business plan competitions at Lubrizol headquarters in Wickliffe.
• Avery Dennison CorporationmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017Corporate partner providing program fee funding for FBLA and ECITY students. Hosts dress rehearsal events and workshops at Avery Dennison facility in Mentor, Ohio.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast OhiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Long-standing partnership since 2009 when Harvey was chosen to pilot the ECITY entrepreneurship program. Big Brothers Big Sisters provides mentorship recruitment and program coordination for students.
• Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Nonprofit youth workforce development organization that partners with ECITY program. Y.O.U. helps teens earn salaries and stipends through training programs and job placement.
• Lake Erie CollegeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal college partner for LAB (Learning About Business) program and college fair participation.
• The Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartners with ECITY class for Jobs Boot Camp and Financial Education Day activities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Metropolitan School District: Large urban Ohio public school district operating multiple high schools with overlapping mission (public K-12, college prep, career tech). Significantly larger scale and broader programmatic footprint, but serves a comparable Ohio public-school product.

Others

• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA): National student business leadership organization whose chapter at Harvey has produced multiple national finalists. Enables Harvey's competition track record rather than competing with it.
• Edlio: K-12 website and communications platform vendor; Harvey's site is built on Edlio. Not a competitor but a key enabling technology provider whose product directly shapes Harvey's parent/student communications surface.
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE): National entrepreneurship curriculum provider whose curriculum underpins Harvey's ECITY program. Curriculum partner rather than competitor, but a direct dependency for Harvey's signature entrepreneurship program.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Ohio: Youth-mentoring nonprofit partnering with Harvey's ECITY program since 2009. Adjacent enabling organization whose mentor pipeline is foundational to Harvey's entrepreneurship program delivery.

Direct peers

• Madison High School (Madison Local School District): Lake County public high school offering a comparable comprehensive high-school program including athletics, arts, and FBLA participation. Geographic peer with overlapping student demographics.
• Mentor High School: Public high school in Mentor, Ohio, also in Lake County and the largest comparable public high school in the immediate area. It competes with Harvey for in-county enrollment and runs a similar comprehensive academic + extracurricular + athletics portfolio.
• Riverside High School (Riverside Local Schools): Public high school serving Painesville Township, directly adjacent to Harvey's Painesville City catchment. Same county, overlapping feeder patterns, and a directly comparable public-school product offering for grades 9-12.
• Fairport Harbor Public Schools: Small Lake County public school district directly adjacent to Harvey. Comparable scale, similar Ohio public-school funding model, and serves an overlapping low-income/Lake County student population.
• Perry High School (Perry Local School District): Lake County, Ohio public high school with similar size and a comprehensive program offering. Operates in the same regional labor and college-going market as Harvey and competes for the same families.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GoooooooRaiders
• Facebookfacebook.com/Painesville-City-Local-Schools-215659438496752
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/harvey-high-school-81

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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