Orangeburg Wilkinson High School

What Orangeburg Wilkinson High School does

Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School is a public secondary education institution serving grades 9-12 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, operated by Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 (OCSD5). The school is located at 601 Bruin Parkway and serves as a Title I designated institution within the district, providing college preparatory, honors, and career-focused coursework in core subjects including English, mathematics, science, and social studies, with mandatory End of Course (EOC) standardized testing. Beyond core academics, the school operates the Orangeburg Arts Academy for fine arts enrichment, a school counseling program for college and career guidance, a competitive athletics program, and various extracurricular clubs and organizations. Student-athletes have secured college athletic recruitment placements, with two seniors signing National Letters of Intent in February 2019 to play football at NCAA institutions including The Citadel and Limestone College.

The school's underlying technology infrastructure is a district-managed, standard educational SaaS stack rather than a proprietary platform. Student information is managed through PowerSchool (SIS), learning delivery through Schoology (LMS), identity and access through Clever (SSO), email through Microsoft Office 365, and parent/student alerts through NotifyMe. There is no evidence of AI/ML capability, proprietary intellectual property, or developed technology beyond standard enterprise educational tooling. The faculty reflects a traditional public school organizational structure, with a Principal (J. Preston Threatt, as of Fall 2019), Testing Coordinator (Fred S. Mack), and two Assistant Testing Coordinators (Melissa Amaker-Smalls and Jocelyn Fredrick), with site-reported headcount of 21.

The business model is non-commercial. As a public entity under OCSD5, Orangeburg-Wilkinson is funded through district budgets and state allocations rather than tuition, fees, or commercial revenue. No pricing model is applicable; enrollment is open to district residents. The school does not have private shareholders, venture capital, or private equity ownership, and does not generate commercial revenue. From an investor perspective, the entity is fundamentally a publicly funded government institution rather than a commercial enterprise, and standard PE/VC/M&A financial frameworks do not apply.

Name

Orangeburg Wilkinson High School

Legal name

Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School

Website

https://ow.ocsd5.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School is a public Title I secondary school serving grades 9-12 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, operated by Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5, offering college preparatory academics, fine arts, athletics, and standardized testing to district-resident students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD)

Keywords

• Public secondary education
• College preparatory curriculum
• Standardized test administration
• High school athletics programs
• Fine arts education

Headquarters

HQ city

Orangeburg

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, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School is a Title I public high school that delivers comprehensive secondary education to grades 9-12, including college preparatory, honors, and career-focused coursework in English, mathematics, science, and social studies, with mandatory End of Course (EOC) standardized testing. The school supplements its core academic program with the Orangeburg Arts Academy (fine arts), school counseling and college/career guidance, a competitive athletics program, and a range of extracurricular clubs and organizations, all delivered through the Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 infrastructure.

Product overview

Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School provides a comprehensive high school education program serving grades 9-12 within the Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5. The school offers a unified educational service centered on college preparatory academics, supplemented by specialized programs including the Orangeburg Arts Academy for fine arts enrichment, school counseling for academic and career guidance, athletic programs for competitive sports, and various extracurricular clubs and organizations. The academic program includes standard, honors, and career-focused coursework with mandatory End of Course (EOC) testing for core subjects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High School Education Services (Grades 9-12)
• Orangeburg Arts Academy
• School Counseling Services
• Athletics Program
• Clubs and Organizations
• EOC Test Administration

Quantifiable outcome

• Two student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent to play college football at NCAA institutions (The Citadel and Limestone College) on February 6, 2019.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• The CitadelminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2019NCAA Division I FCS institution located in Charleston, SC. Orangeburg-Wilkinson senior Ben Brockington signed National Letter of Intent to play football.
• Limestone CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2019NCAA Division II institution located in Gaffney, SC. Orangeburg-Wilkinson senior Da'Shon Scott signed National Letter of Intent to play football.
• ClevercoreTechnology or IntegrationSingle sign-on integration platform enabling students to access multiple educational applications through one login. Part of Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 technology infrastructure.
• SchoologycoreTechnology or IntegrationLearning Management System (LMS) used district-wide by Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5. Connects people, content, and systems to facilitate collaboration and learning.
• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationStudent Information System (SIS) providing parent and student portals for grades, attendance, and school communications. Used district-wide.
• Microsoft Office 365coreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Office 365 email platform providing student email services for Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 students.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• North Middle/High School: Another combined middle/high school within OCSD5 operating in the same district footprint. Overlaps directly in grade range, governance, funding streams, and extracurricular structure, making it a near-1:1 functional comparator.
• High School for Health Professions: A specialty public high school within OCSD5 focused on the health professions pathway. Competes for the same district student pool as Orangeburg-Wilkinson but with a differentiated career-and-technical focus, making it a directly comparable but alternative-school peer.
• Orangeburg Leadership Academy: An alternative public school within OCSD5 targeting the same Orangeburg student base. Provides like-for-like peer comparison with Orangeburg-Wilkinson on enrollment, funding, and accountability, but with a distinct alternative-education model.
• Bethune-Bowman Middle/High School: A sibling combined middle/high school in the same Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5. Serves a similar rural South Carolina student population with comparable comprehensive public secondary offerings, making it the most direct institutional peer.

Others

• Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5: The parent government entity that owns and operates the school. Not a direct market peer, but the closest structural comparator for governance, funding, and operational benchmark given Orangeburg-Wilkinson is a subdivision of this district.
• William J. Clark Middle School: A district middle school within OCSD5 that serves as the primary feeder into Orangeburg-Wilkinson. Comparable as an institutional peer on governance and funding, but serves a different grade band (middle vs. high school).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/orangeburg-wilkinson-high-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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