Mt Vernon Public School

What Mt Vernon Public School does

Mount Vernon School District 17-3 is a public K-12 school district operating under South Dakota state law from a single main campus at 3500 N Main Street in Mount Vernon, South Dakota. The district serves students across the full K-12 spectrum, with a preschool extension for pre-kindergarten families, and offers 15 different extracurricular activities including athletics. It holds South Dakota Department of Education accreditation and has earned six consecutive CBH Academic Champion titles (2021-2026) plus multiple State Art Championships and Spirit of Sportsmanship awards.

The district's core instructional and administrative stack is built entirely on third-party vendor platforms: Infinite Campus serves as the student information system, gradebook, and parent/student portal; Google Workspace for Education underpins productivity and collaboration; Apptegy powers the district website and digital communications; GoBound handles activities scheduling; and the 7 Mindsets curriculum delivers the district-wide Social-Emotional Learning program. Career, Technical & College Dual Credit pathways are offered to grades 9-12, and the federally regulated USDA school lunch program provides nutrition services.

The business model is non-commercial: as a government state entity, the district does not charge tuition and is funded by state aid, local property taxes, federal grants, and USDA nutrition reimbursements. Governance is provided by a locally elected School Board, with operational oversight by a superintendent and the South Dakota Department of Education. Customer segments include K-12 students (primary), preschool families, and high school students pursuing dual credit or career-technical tracks — all drawn exclusively from the district's defined geographic attendance boundary. The listed headcount of 11 is likely a partial administrative subset; an 11:1 student-to-teacher ratio implies a teaching workforce in the 15-25 range and total enrollment in the low hundreds.

Name

Mt Vernon Public School

Legal name

Mount Vernon School District 17-3

Website

https://mtvernon.k12.sd.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mount Vernon School District 17-3 is a South Dakota public K-12 school district operating a single campus, serving preschool through 12th-grade students with SEL programming, dual credit pathways, and 15 extracurricular activities, funded by state and local tax revenues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

After-School Academic Support Programs (Centers & Clubs) (EDAJALAM)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Social-emotional learning
• Dual credit courses
• Preschool programs
• School athletics programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Vernon

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, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mount Vernon School District 17-3 provides tuition-free public K-12 education, including preschool, a 7 Mindsets social-emotional learning curriculum, Career, Technical and College Dual Credit courses for grades 9-12, a 15-activity extracurricular and athletics program, and a federally regulated school lunch program. All services are delivered through a single main campus in Mount Vernon, South Dakota, accredited by the South Dakota Department of Education.

Product overview

Mount Vernon School District operates a unified K-12 educational platform with multiple integrated services. The core offering is the school district website powered by Apptegy, which serves as the digital hub connecting students, parents, and staff to academic programs (K-12 Education, Preschool), social-emotional learning (7 Mindsets), extracurricular activities (Athletics & Activities), and administrative services (Infinite Campus Portal, School Lunch Program). The district offers 15 different extra-curricular activities and maintains a student-to-teacher ratio of 11:1 with 45% of certified staff holding advanced degrees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Education Program

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Charter Schools USA: Large national operator of public charter schools representing the broader K-12 public education services space; offers scale perspective on K-12 educational delivery as an institutionalized category rather than as a comparable district.

Others

• Apptegy: Provider of the school district website and communications platform that powers MVSD's public site; relevant as a vendor-peer and ecosystem participant rather than a direct education competitor.
• Infinite Campus: Vendor of the student information system (Infinite Campus) used by Mount Vernon; relevant as the technology infrastructure peer and ecosystem participant enabling MVSD's gradebook and parent portal services.

Emerging players

• K12 Inc. (Stride): Provider of online and blended K-12 education programs serving public and private school students; comparable as a K-12 educational service provider, though largely virtual vs. Mount Vernon's brick-and-mortar model.

Direct peers

• Howard School District 48-3: Small rural South Dakota public K-12 district in the same region with similarly modest student populations; operates under the same DOE framework and serves a comparable demographic catchment.
• Mitchell School District 17-2: South Dakota public school district serving K-12 with comparable rural/small-city footprint and academic offerings; directly comparable to Mount Vernon in district structure, state accreditation, and athletics conference membership.
• Parkston School District 33-3: South Dakota public school district within regional proximity; similar rural-to-mid-sized district structure with comparable K-12, athletics, and community education roles.
• Plankinton School District 01-3: Small rural South Dakota public school district operating under identical state accreditation and funding mechanisms; comparable scale and program offering set including athletics and extracurriculars.
• Corsica-Stickney School District 21-3: Rural South Dakota K-12 public district in the same CBH athletic conference footprint as Mount Vernon; comparable small-scale operations, extracurricular programming, and state accreditation profile.
• Ethan School District 17-1: Small South Dakota public K-12 district serving a rural catchment very similar in scale to Mount Vernon; comparable curricular scope, athletic participation, and DOE accountability requirements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mountvernon173
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/mt-vernon-public-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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