Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo

What Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo does

Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo is a private Catholic K-12 educational institution located in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, operating as a member school of the Rede de Educação Notre Dame network under the Congregação de Nossa Senhora (Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur). Founded in 1923 by ten Sisters of Notre Dame who arrived from Mülhausen, Germany, the school offers a continuous educational pathway spanning Educação Infantil (early childhood), Ensino Fundamental (elementary), and Ensino Médio (high school), serving children and adolescents in the Passo Fundo region. The institution operates from a single main campus at Av. Brasil Oeste, 952, complemented by extracurricular programs including the Integral Notre Dame full-day offering, Super Férias vacation program, and Cursos Livres covering Spanish, English, and music instruction through its Escola de Música.

The school's core technology consists of a centralized academic system portal (Sistema Acadêmico) that provides students and parents with access to academic records and institutional information, supported by the broader Rede de Educação Notre Dame's shared IT infrastructure. There is no indication of proprietary AI/ML systems, third-party AI integrations, or differentiated technology platforms. The institution does not publicly disclose pricing or revenue figures, and enrollment is managed through the network's centralized matriculation portal (matriculas.notredame.org.br), with a parallel scholarship channel (bolsasdeestudo.notredame.org.br).

The business model is tuition-based with a B2C go-to-market targeting local families; the school supplements its core academic programs with paid and free auxiliary offerings (full-day care, holiday programs, language and music courses) to expand wallet share and lock-in extended engagement. Revenue mechanics are not disclosed, but the 73-employee headcount and single-campus footprint are consistent with a small, locally-concentrated private school. The school relies on its 103-year institutional heritage, Catholic education branding, and network-level referral as its primary demand-generation channels, supplemented by community events such as Festival de Talentos and Festa Junina.

Name

Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo

Legal name

Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo

Website

https://passofundo.notredame.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo is a 103-year-old private Catholic K-12 school in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, offering early childhood through high school education, plus extracurricular programs and language/music courses, as part of the Rede de Educação Notre Dame network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Private Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Day Schools (EDAJABAA)

Keywords

• K-12 Catholic education
• Private school services
• Early childhood education
• Extracurricular programs
• Language and music courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Passo Fundo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo is a private Catholic K-12 school delivering Educação Infantil (early childhood), Ensino Fundamental (elementary), and Ensino Médio (high school) education to children and adolescents in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul. It complements core academics with extracurricular programs including the Integral Notre Dame full-day program, Super Férias holiday program, language courses (Spanish and English), and the Escola de Música music school, all grounded in the educational tradition of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

Product overview

Colégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo is a private Catholic educational institution with 103 years of history, part of the Rede de Educação Notre Dame network. The institution offers a unified educational platform comprising early childhood education (Educação Infantil), elementary school (Ensino Fundamental), and high school (Ensino Médio) as core products. Beyond regular academic programs, the institution provides extracurricular offerings including the full-day Integral Notre Dame program, Super Férias Notre Dame vacation program, and free elective courses (Cursos Livres) covering Spanish and English languages and music education (Escola de Música). The school also maintains an academic portal system for student and parent access. The institution was founded by Sisters of Notre Dame who arrived from Mülhausen, Germany, and has grown into a comprehensive educational institution serving the Passo Fundo community in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Integral Notre Dame: Full-time education program offering extended hours of pedagogical activities beyond regular school hours.
• Super Férias Notre Dame
• Cursos Livres
• Escola de Música
• Festival de Talentos

Products and services

• Educação Infantil

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rede de Educação Notre DamecoreOthersColégio Notre Dame Passo Fundo is a member institution of the Rede de Educação Notre Dame, a network of Catholic schools founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. The network provides educational standards, shared resources, and brand identity across member schools.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Colégio Notre Dame Recreio: Another member of Rede de Educação Notre Dame offering Catholic K-12 education with the same network governance, curriculum standards, and brand identity.
• Colégio Anchieta: Jesuit Catholic K-12 network with similar religious-affiliated educational philosophy and comparable programmatic breadth across elementary and secondary levels.
• Colégio Santo Agostinho: Augustinian Catholic K-12 school with comparable curriculum structure, religious-order management, and full extracurricular program offering.
• Colégio Marista: Brazilian Catholic K-12 network run by the Marist Brothers — a directly comparable religious-order-operated private school group with comparable scale, mission, and extracurricular portfolio.
• Colégio Notre Dame Aparecida: Sister school within the same Rede de Educação Notre Dame network, operating the same Catholic K-12 model and shared institutional systems — the closest direct comparison for benchmarking.
• Colégio de São Bento: Traditional Benedictine Catholic K-12 school offering the same full educational continuum (infantil through médio) with strong religious identity — comparable in mission and segment.
• Colégio Notre Dame Rainha: Network sibling in Rede de Educação Notre Dame; comparable private Catholic K-12 offering with identical mission and curricular pillars.
• Colégio Notre Dame Ipanema: Direct network peer within Rede de Educação Notre Dame, sharing operational templates, faculty development programs, and centralized administrative systems.

Broad incumbents

• Colégio Positivo: Large publicly-listed Brazilian private K-12 network operating at much greater scale; competes in the same private K-12 segment but is not religiously affiliated and serves broader geographies.

Emerging players

• Maple Bear: Brazilian franchise of Canadian bilingual K-12 schools — competing in the same private K-12 segment with a differentiated bilingual curriculum and growing national footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/col%C3%A9gio-notre-dame-passo-fundo

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