NORTHEAST ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE

What NORTHEAST ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE does

Northeast Arkansas Educational Cooperative (NEAEC) is a public educational service cooperative headquartered at 211 W Hickory Street, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, operating as a government-state entity under Arkansas education governance. It provides shared educational support services to 14 traditional public school districts and 1 charter district across northeast Arkansas, collectively serving an aggregate enrollment of over 17,200 students. The cooperative's core programs include ABC early childhood education (serving approximately 369 Pre-K students across 8 sites and 20 classrooms), Early Childhood Special Education (serving approximately 250 Pre-K students per year over the last five years), HIPPY home-based parent education (serving over 100 families annually), District Support Services, and Professional Development delivered through the escweb.net state portal.

The organization is supported by approximately 80-100 staff members in roles including Director, Business Manager, Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Specialists, Coordinators, and Administrative Assistants. NEAEC distributes services directly to member districts through on-site program delivery at district locations, with centralized coordination from the Walnut Ridge headquarters. Its technology footprint is limited to a website (nea.k12.ar.us), iOS and Android mobile applications, and social media channels (Facebook, X/Twitter), with no proprietary platform, API, or disclosed AI capabilities.

NEAEC's business model is a public-sector consortium structure rather than a commercial enterprise. Funding flows from member district contributions and state/federal education allocations rather than direct customer fees. There is no disclosed pricing, no private capital, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity. The cooperative provides no public financial disclosures, operates with no patents, awards, or external partnerships, and exists as a stable, membership-bounded service provider whose addressable market is structurally defined by its 15 member districts within a fixed geographic region.

Name

NORTHEAST ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE

Legal name

Northeast Arkansas Education Cooperative

Website

https://nea.k12.ar.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NEAEC is a public Arkansas educational cooperative that delivers shared early childhood, special education, and professional development services to 14 public school districts and 1 charter district across northeast Arkansas, serving over 17,200 students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Cooperative Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

Keywords

• Educational cooperative services
• Early childhood education
• Special education services
• Professional development training
• School district support

Headquarters

HQ city

Walnut Ridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational Cooperative Services Funding: As a public educational cooperative, NEAEC operates as a consortium of school districts providing shared educational services. Funding comes from member district contributions and potentially state/federal educational funding allocated through the cooperative structure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NEAEC is a regional educational cooperative that delivers shared educational services to 14 traditional public-school districts and one charter district in northeast Arkansas, collectively serving over 17,200 students. Its core offerings include the ABC early childhood education programs (approximately 369 Pre-K students across eight sites and twenty classrooms), Early Childhood Special Education services (approximately 250 Pre-K students per year), HIPPY home-based parent education program (over 100 families annually), district-level support services, and professional development for educators.

Product overview

Northeast Arkansas Educational Cooperative (NEAEC) is a regional educational service cooperative that provides educational support services to member school districts in northeast Arkansas. The organization operates as a unified service provider offering multiple interconnected programs: the ABC Programs (early childhood education for approximately 369 Pre-K students across eight sites), EC Special Education (serving approximately 250 Pre-K students with special needs annually), HIPPY (home-based early childhood support for over 100 families), and District Support Services (serving 14 public school districts and 1 charter district with over 17,200 total students). These programs are complemented by Professional Development services for educators. The cooperative serves as a central hub connecting member districts with resources, specialized staff, and educational programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ABC Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 369 Pre-K students across 8 sites and 20 classrooms
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Crowley's Ridge Education Service Cooperative: Arkansas Education Service Cooperative geographically proximate to NEAEC's footprint, providing shared services to member districts using the same statutory cooperative structure.
• Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative: Regionally adjacent Arkansas Education Service Cooperative delivering shared services (early childhood, special education, PD) to member districts — directly comparable in structure and funding model.
• Southwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative: Arkansas Education Service Cooperative operating under the same state framework; comparable in consortium scale, PD offerings, and early-childhood programming.
• Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative: One of Arkansas's regional education service cooperatives, providing the same shared-services model (PD, special education staffing, early childhood) to member school districts in central Arkansas — structurally identical to NEAEC under Arkansas Education Service Cooperative statutes.
• Education Service Cooperative of the Ozarks: Adjacent Arkansas education service cooperative that uses the same escweb.net PD catalog and serves member districts with similar early-childhood and special-education programs — directly comparable public cooperative serving similar districts.
• River Valley Education Service Cooperative: Arkansas Education Service Cooperative in the River Valley region; structurally and functionally analogous to NEAEC, sharing the PD catalog system and consortium-district model.
• Northcentral Arkansas Education Service Cooperative: Fellow Arkansas Education Service Cooperative providing shared educational services to public school districts in north-central Arkansas — operates the same consortium model with overlapping program mix.
• Ouachita Education Service Cooperative: Arkansas Education Service Cooperative serving the south-central region, offering the same mix of shared educational services to member districts under the same statutory structure.
• Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative: Arkansas Education Service Cooperative covering the northwest region; shares the same statutory model, PD catalog platform, and member-district service structure as NEAEC.

Broad incumbents

• Arkansas Department of Education - Division of Elementary and Secondary Education: The Arkansas state education agency that funds and charters the Education Service Cooperative system — provides the regulatory umbrella, mandated services, and oversight that NEAEC operates within.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/northeastESC
• Facebookfacebook.com/NEAEducationCooperative
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northeast-arkansas-educational-cooperative

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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