Colegio Don Orione

What Colegio Don Orione does

Colegio Don Orione Quintero is a Catholic K-12 educational institution located at Luis Orione 702 in Quintero, Valparaiso Region, Chile. Founded in 1954 as 'Escuela Nuestra Señora de Lourdes' and operating under its current name since 1982, the school serves approximately 1,300 students from Pre-básica through 4° medio under the governance of the nonprofit Fundación Educacional Colegio Don Orione de Quintero. The institution offers two academic tracks — Científico-Humanista and Técnico-Profesional with an Electronics specialty — supplemented by pastoral tutoring, youth ministry, the Caridad Orionista community-service program, STEM initiatives (Mujeres + Matemática, Encuentro Femenino STEM), extracurricular bands and sports, and an active student government. It is part of the international Orionist religious network founded by Saint Luigi Orione, currently celebrating 90 years of Orionist presence in Chile (1936-2026).

The school's technology footprint is limited to the third-party Lirmi Familia mobile/web platform, used for parent communication, grade and attendance tracking, certificate issuance, and messaging. It integrates with Chile's national Sistema de Admisión Escolar for enrollment and complies with Superintendencia de Educación oversight as a 'colegio particular-subvencionado' (subsidized private school). Recent infrastructure investments include a 2015 Pre-Básica sector, 2013 dining facilities, and a 2005 second-floor buildout. The CADE advisory council of external business/professional mentors, partnerships with INACAP Valparaíso and Fundación Piñera Morel, and ongoing cooperation with Pequeño Cottolengo anchor the school's external ecosystem.

The revenue model is a hybrid of per-student government subvention (administered by Chile's Ministerio de Educación under SEP and base per-attendance frameworks) and parental co-payments; specific tuition fees are not publicly disclosed. The institution employs 181 staff across academic, administrative, and support functions, led by Director Juan De Dios Matus Hernández. Customer concentration is low at the family level but revenue is structurally exposed to Chilean public education funding policy and the local Quintero economy.

Name

Colegio Don Orione

Legal name

Colegio Don Orione Quintero

Website

https://orione.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Colegio Don Orione Quintero is a Catholic K-12 school in Quintero, Chile, serving ~1,300 students from Pre-básica through 4° medio with both Científico-Humanista and Técnico-Profesional (Electronics) tracks, operated by the nonprofit Fundación Educacional Colegio Don Orione and funded by government subvention plus parental co-payments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Quintero

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Colegio Don Orione is a Catholic K-12 school in Quintero, Chile, delivering comprehensive education from Pre-básica through 4° medio. It offers two academic tracks—Científico-Humanista and Técnico-Profesional with an Electronics specialty—supplemented by pastoral tutoring, extracurricular programs (bands, sports, audiovisual workshops), and parent engagement tools such as the Lirmi Familia digital platform.

Product overview

Colegio Don Orione is an educational institution offering a comprehensive range of academic programs from Pre-Básica through 4° Medio, including Científico-Humanista and Técnico-Professional tracks with an Electronics specialty. The school supplements its core educational services with extracurricular workshops and selection programs, pastoral services, and uses the Lirmi Familia app as a communication and academic tracking tool for parents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educación Pre-básica y Básica

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered moderate, minor and core.

• INACAP ValparaísomoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 June 2026Host institution for 'Mujeres + Matemática' event where 15 students from the school participated in a Bicentenario schools encounter. The school was accompanied by the director and a teacher.
• Fundación Piñera Morel - Vivan los Colegios BicentenariomoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 June 2026Foundation program supporting Bicentenario schools in Chile. Organized the 'Mujeres + Matemática' encounter. Participation of Seremi de Educación Juan Carlos Klenner mentioned.
• Centro Cultural Casa DowneyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2026Cultural organization that implemented the 'Kinder Cine' project, bringing cinema experience to pre-kindergarten students. Partnered with local kindergartens (Jardines Infantiles Martín Pescador, Bambi, Burbujitas, Valle de Narau, JJ Tortel de Valle Alegre) and the school.
• Mujeres del Consejo Asesor (STEM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2026Female professionals from the CADE advisory council who led the 'Encuentro Femenino STEM' event to empower female students and break gender stereotypes in STEM careers.
• Consejo Asesor para el Desarrollo Educativo Orionista (CADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal advisory council composed of business/professional representatives who mentor students, particularly for the Técnico-Profesional track. Participated in 'Construyendo mi proyecto de vida' event for 2° medio students to guide career decisions.
• Colegio Inglés (Quintero)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal school partner in the annual Spelling Bee competition, hosting the event and participating alongside Escuela República de Francia and Colegio Don Orione.
• Escuela República de Francia (Quintero)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal school partner in the annual Spelling Bee competition alongside Colegio Don Orione and Colegio Inglés.
• Pequeño Cottolengo de QuinterocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable institution serving vulnerable populations, part of the Orionist network. School maintains close ties, hosting visits from regional delegations and conducting charitable activities like 'Trueque Caritativo' to support their mission.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Lirmi: EdTech SaaS vendor whose Lirmi Familia app Colegio Don Orione deploys for parent communication, grades, and attendance. Not a peer but an enabling technology supplier whose platform adoption mirrors the broader digitalization of Chilean schools.
• INACAP Valparaíso: Chilean technical higher-education institution that hosted the 'Mujeres + Matemática' event with Colegio Don Orione. Comparable in the technical-education pathway (post-secondary vocational) the school's Técnico-Profesional students feed into.

Direct peers

• Colegio Inglés de Quintero: Local K-12 school in Quintero, Chile that participated in the same Spelling Bee competition with Colegio Don Orione. Directly comparable as a private subsidized school serving the same Quintero catchment area.
• Liceo Técnico Salesianos Padre José Fernández Pérez: Salesian Catholic K-12 with a strong Técnico-Profesional orientation across multiple specialties. Directly comparable as a religious-affiliated technical secondary school model operating in Chile.
• Colegio San Ignacio (El Bosque): Jesuit K-12 Catholic school in Santiago. Comparable as a religious-affiliated Chilean K-12 offering both Científico-Humanista and values-based formation, though substantially larger and located in a different region.
• Colegio Verbo Divino: Catholic K-12 school in Santiago offering academic and Técnico-Profesional tracks. Comparable dual-track Catholic K-12 model, though operating at much larger scale.
• Colegio Don Orione Maipú: Sister campus of the same Don Orione (Orionist) network in the Maipú commune of Santiago. Operates under identical religious/charitable mission and Orionist pedagogy, offering a same-brand model with different geographic reach.

Broad incumbents

• The Grange School: Large established Chilean private K-12 (non-subsidized) in Santiago. Comparable as a Chilean private K-12 operator but at substantially larger scale and higher price point; demonstrates the scalable end of the Chilean private school market.

Regional players

• Colegio Sagrados Corazones de Valparaíso: Catholic subsidized K-12 institution in the Valparaíso region. Comparable religious-affiliated subsidized model serving a neighboring regional market to Colegio Don Orione's Valparaíso-region catchment.
• Colegio Inmaculada Concepción de Viña del Mar: Catholic subsidized K-12 in nearby Viña del Mar. Comparable Catholic values-based K-12 model serving the broader Valparaíso region; direct local competition for families evaluating subsidized Catholic education.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colegio-don-orione

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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