Jacksonville High School

What Jacksonville High School does

Jacksonville High School (JHS) is a public secondary school operating within Jacksonville School District 117 in Jacksonville, Illinois, serving students in grades 9-12. The school delivers a comprehensive high school curriculum across English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Modern Languages, Visual Arts, Music, Business, Career and Technical Education, Driver's Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and vocational programs, and supplements academics with extensive athletics, fine arts, and student organizations. Student services include college readiness counseling, NCAA guidance, scholarship and financial aid support, peer tutoring, and credit recovery through Apex Learning, with special education services for individualized needs.

JHS does not charge tuition; revenue is derived from property taxes, state education funding, and federal programs allocated by the district. Nominal elective course fees (e.g., $15 for Introduction to Crafts, $10 for Pottery, $50 lab fee for Photography) and athletic season ticket sales provide minor ancillary income. The school uses standard educational technology infrastructure — ClassLink for single sign-on, Skyward as the Student Information System, GoGuardian for student device filtering, PBIS World for behavioral intervention, Google Apps for Education, an Atriuum online library, and a SchoolMessenger-powered web presence — none of which are proprietary to JHS.

Operationally, the school is led by Principal Joey Dion, with district governance provided by Superintendent Steve Ptacek and an elected Board of Education. Safety infrastructure includes a formal Emergency Response Plan, intruder training, five AED devices, entry buzz-in doors, and Classroom Emergency Kits. The school's reach is confined to district residents, and there are no commercial revenue streams, private investors, or expansion ambitions disclosed beyond continued operation of its existing programs.

Name

Jacksonville High School

Legal name

Jacksonville High School

Website

https://jhs.jsd117.org

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jacksonville High School is a public secondary school in Jacksonville, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 under Jacksonville School District 117 with no tuition, funded through local, state, and federal education allocations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Career & Technical Education (CTE) Centers & Programs (EDAJAAAJ)

Keywords

• Public secondary education
• College readiness programs
• Career technical education
• High school athletics
• Special education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville, Illinois

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, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding: Jacksonville High School is a public educational institution funded through property taxes, state education funding, and federal education programs managed through the district office. No direct tuition or fee-based revenue model exists as the school serves district residents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Jacksonville High School is a public secondary school serving grades 9-12 within Jacksonville School District 117 in Jacksonville, Illinois. The school delivers a comprehensive high school education including standard academic departments (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Modern Languages, Visual Arts, Music, Business, CTE, Driver's Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Vocational), AP and dual credit coursework, special education services, credit recovery via Apex Learning, athletic programs, and extracurricular clubs. The school is funded through public taxation and district budget, with no tuition charged.

Product overview

Jacksonville High School is a public high school within Jacksonville School District 117. The school offers a comprehensive website that serves as the primary digital interface for students, parents, and staff. The school's educational offerings include academic courses across multiple departments (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Modern Languages, Visual Arts, Music, Business, Career and Technical Education, Driver's Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Vocational programs), athletic programs, and extracurricular clubs and organizations. Student services include college readiness support, scholarship information, financial aid guidance, credit recovery (via Apex), and peer tutoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High School Academic Curriculum (Grades 9-12)

Quantifiable outcome

• Students prepared for college and career through comprehensive academic programming
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Jacksonville School District 117coreOthersJHS is operated by Jacksonville School District 117. The district provides administrative oversight, funding, human resources, curriculum coordination, and operational support including transportation, food service, technology, and facilities management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lincoln Elementary School (JSD117): Another JSD117-operated public school sharing the same district superintendent, SIS, transportation, and funding flows. Functionally adjacent K-12 peer within the same operational ecosystem.
• Jacksonville Middle School: Sister school within the same Jacksonville School District 117, serving grades 6-8 in the same building/network. Directly comparable as a public school in the same district governance structure, sharing administration, SIS, and feeder pipeline to JHS.
• Rochester High School (Illinois): Public high school in nearby Rochester, Illinois (Sangamon County), of comparable size and demographic profile. Same Illinois state accountability framework and similar curricular/athletic footprint.
• Beardstown High School: Public high school serving Beardstown, Illinois — a small/rural central-Illinois community of comparable scale to Jacksonville. Competes for the same regional student population, same IHSA athletic classifications, and similar state funding formula.

Others

• PowerSchool (Schoology): K-12 SaaS vendor providing SIS and learning-management platforms broadly comparable to JHS's Skyward/Google Apps stack. Not a competitor but a vendor in JHS's operating model; meaningful for tech-stack benchmarking.
• Instructure (Canvas): K-12 LMS vendor serving public high schools nationally. Adjacent enabler to JHS's curriculum delivery; relevant benchmark for the ed-tech infrastructure layer JHS operates in.

Broad incumbents

• Springfield High School (Capital City High School): Larger public high school in the broader Springfield metro area offering overlapping AP/CTE/athletic programming. Larger enrollment and broader resource base position it as a broader-incumbent competitor for student open-enrollment decisions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/schooldistrict117
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/jacksonville-high-school-24

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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