Integrated Arts Academy

What Integrated Arts Academy does

Integrated Arts Academy (IAA) is a public high school within Eastern Carver County Schools (District 112), located at 11 Peavey Road in Chaska, Minnesota. The school serves approximately 80 students in grades 9-12, drawn primarily from the Chaska, Chanhassen, Victoria, and Carver communities, and operates under the governance of the District 112 school board. IAA is founded on research linking academic success to the arts and hands-on learning, delivering an arts-integrated curriculum that embeds Culinary Arts, Horticultural Arts, and Visual Arts into core academic subjects including English, math, science, and social studies. The instructional model uses a hybridized Project-Based Learning (PBL) studio combined with teacher-led seminars, personalized learning plans, and Passion Projects (Wednesday PM Learning Experiences), with each student receiving a 1:1 Chromebook for personalized learning.

The school's technology infrastructure is largely commodity — standard district Chromebooks, Google Sites for student home pages, and Parent Portal communications — without proprietary platforms or AI-driven personalization. Differentiation instead comes from off-campus learning partnerships: Hennepin Technical College (culinary, including the ProStart state competition pathway), MacPhail Center for Arts (music and performing arts), and the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (horticulture and environmental science), supplemented by the Southwest Metro Educational Cooperative and local food markets, grocery stores, and restaurants for hands-on culinary experience.

IAA is a publicly funded institution with no tuition or enrollment fees; revenue is derived from state education funding, local property taxes, and federal education grants administered through District 112. The school adopted Minnesota's Free School Meals program (March 2023), providing one free breakfast and lunch daily to all students. Ancillary revenue includes optional activity/athletic fees and a $20/year Chromebook protection insurance program (against a ~$200 replacement cost). GTM is community-led via counselor referrals, self-referral, and state at-risk criteria, supported by a district website, organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), monthly newsletters, school tours, and quarterly family engagement events. Leadership is provided by Principal Angela Charboneau-Folch (appointed 2022-23), alongside a counselor, social worker, and main office staff across a 14-person team.

Name

Integrated Arts Academy

Legal name

Integrated Arts Academy

Website

https://iaa.district112.org

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Integrated Arts Academy is a public high school within Eastern Carver County Schools (District 112) in Chaska, Minnesota, serving approximately 80 grades 9-12 students through an arts-integrated curriculum combining culinary, horticultural, and visual arts with core academics via partnerships with Hennepin Technical College, MacPhail Center for Arts, and UMN Landscape Arboretum.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Fine Arts Schools (611610)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts Education Instruction (Visual/Performing) (EDAJAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Visual Arts Instruction (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture) (EDAMAAAA)

Keywords

• Public high school
• Arts-integrated education
• Project-based learning
• Culinary arts program
• Horticultural education

Headquarters

HQ city

Chaska

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding: As a public high school within Eastern Carver County Schools (District 112), the school is funded through state education funding, local property taxes, and federal education grants. No direct tuition or fees are charged for enrollment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Integrated Arts Academy is a public high school within Eastern Carver County Schools (District 112) that delivers arts-integrated education to approximately 80 students in grades 9-12. The curriculum embeds Culinary Arts, Horticultural Arts, and Visual Arts into core academic subjects (English, math, science, social studies) using a hybridized project-based learning and teacher-led seminar model. Off-campus learning experiences are provided through partnerships with Hennepin Technical College, MacPhail Center for Arts, and the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Product overview

Integrated Arts Academy (IAA) is a public high school within the Eastern Carver County Schools (District 112) located in Chaska, Minnesota. It is not a product or technology company. The institution offers an arts-integrated educational program focused on three specialty areas: Culinary Arts, Horticultural Arts, and Visual Arts. The school serves approximately 80 students in grades 9-12 with a personalized, inquiry-based curriculum that embeds arts into core academic subjects including English, math, science, and social studies. This is an educational institution, not a commercial product or software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arts-Integrated High School Program (Grades 9-12) Personalized, inquiry-based public high school education for grades 9-12 that embeds Culinary Arts, Horticultural Arts, and Visual Arts into core academic subjects. Serves approximately 80 students through a hybrid project-based learning and teacher-led seminar model.
• Culinary Arts Pathway (ProStart Program) Culinary-focused arts track partnering with Hennepin Technical College and local food markets, grocery stores, and restaurants, enabling students to compete at the state level in culinary competitions.
• Horticultural Arts Pathway Horticulture-focused track partnering with the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, integrating hands-on horticultural biology with science curriculum including Environment, Chemistry, and Physics.
• Visual Arts Pathway Visual arts-focused track partnering with MacPhail Center for Arts, integrating visual and performing arts programming with core academic instruction.
• Free School Meals Program One breakfast and one lunch provided daily at no cost to all enrolled students under Minnesota's Free School Meals law, with a la carte items available for purchase.
• Chromebook Protection Insurance Optional annual protection program for the school's 1:1 Chromebook program, covering accidental damage for $20 per year; replacement cost approximately $200 without insurance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Four-year graduation rate tracked by Minnesota Department of Education
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hennepin Technical CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides culinary arts education pathway. Students gain experience from off-campus learning experiences and the ProStart class enables students to compete at the state level in culinary competitions.
• MacPhail Center for ArtscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides music and arts education opportunities as part of the arts-integrated curriculum. Supports visual arts and performing arts programming for students.
• University of Minnesota Landscape ArboretumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides horticultural and environmental education experiences. Supports integrated science curriculum through study of Environment, Chemistry, Physics and Horticultural Biology with hands-on learning at the arboretum.
• Southwest Metro Educational CooperativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSome classes are scheduled at this cooperative location in Chaska to support specialty area programs and provide additional educational resources.
• Local Food Markets, Grocery Stores, RestaurantsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCulinary arts students gain hands-on experience from off campus learning experiences to places like local food markets, grocery stores, and restaurants as part of their culinary education.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Duke Ellington School of the Arts: Public secondary institution (grades 9-12) in Washington, D.C. that integrates arts across academic disciplines. Comparable to IAA in mission and public-school structure, though serves a larger and more selective cohort with performing-arts emphasis.
• Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA): Public, tuition-free arts high school serving grades 9-12 with a focus on visual and performing arts integration. Comparable to IAA as a public secondary institution built around arts-integrated academics, though at a much larger scale and audition-based.
• Las Vegas Academy of the Arts: Public magnet high school (grades 9-12) with arts-integrated curriculum including visual arts, culinary arts, and performing arts. Directly comparable to IAA in combining arts-integration with core academics in a public secondary setting.
• Frank Sinatra School of the Arts: Public arts-focused high school in Queens, NY serving grades 9-12 with integration of performing and visual arts. Comparable to IAA as a public secondary institution dedicated to arts-integrated academics.
• Baltimore School for the Arts: Public secondary institution (grades 9-12) combining academic college-preparatory coursework with intensive arts training. Comparable to IAA in mission and structure, though larger and more audition-selective with performing-arts emphasis.
• New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA): Public arts-focused secondary institution offering specialized creative-arts training to high school students. Comparable to IAA in serving public high school students through arts-integrated pathways, though larger in scale and more audition-based.

Others

• Minnesota State High School League arts programs: Statewide governing body that supports arts competitions and curriculum standards across Minnesota public secondary schools. Relevant as the ecosystem context in which IAA's ProStart culinary program competes at the state level.

Broad incumbents

• Chanhassen High School: Second sister high school in District 112 serving the Chanhassen community. Directly comparable as a public secondary institution in the same district catchment, providing the conventional alternative to IAA's specialized model.
• Chaska High School: Sister high school within the same Eastern Carver County Schools (District 112) district. Comparable as a public secondary institution serving the same Chaska, MN community, but operates as a traditional comprehensive high school rather than the small arts-integrated model.

Emerging players

• Interlochen Arts Academy: Arts-focused boarding high school for grades 9-12 (and 11-12) with intensive programs across visual and performing arts. Comparable to IAA in arts-integration focus, though operates as a private residential academy rather than a public day school.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ECCSchools
• Facebookfacebook.com/IArtsAcademy
• Instagraminstagram.com/integrated_arts_academy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/integrated-arts-academy

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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