Pee Dee Education Ctr

Name

Pee Dee Education Ctr

Legal name

The Pee Dee Education Center

Website

https://pdec.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Services (Regional School District Consortium)

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Education (SPED), IEP & Accessibility/Assistive Technology (EDAJAMAH)

Keywords

• Educational consortium services
• School district training
• Special education services
• STEM education support
• PowerSchool training

Headquarters

HQ city

Florence, South Carolina

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consortium Membership Fees: Funded through membership contributions from 14 school districts and 4 higher education institutions in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Pee Dee Education Center is a regional educational consortium that delivers shared services to its 14 member K-12 school districts and 4 higher education institutions in the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina. Its core offerings include Project SHARE special education services for low-incidence disabled students, PowerSchool training and support, regional STEM education support through the Coastal Pee Dee S2TEM Center, the Pee Dee Regional Spelling Bee and Academic Challenge Tournament competitions, a Minority Teacher Recruitment loan program, and Career Development Facilitator training.

Product overview

The Pee Dee Education Center is a consortium founded in 1967 serving schools and higher education institutions in the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina. It operates as a multi-program educational services organization offering: the Pee Dee Regional Spelling Bee (regional partner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee), the Pee Dee Regional Academic Challenge Tournament (middle and high school academic competitions), Project SHARE (specialized educational services for low-incidence disabled students including visually, hearing, and orthopedically impaired students), PowerSchool Training (training for district staff on the PowerSchool platform), the Coastal Pee Dee Regional S2TEM Center (STEM education support, coaching, and professional development for K-12 schools), the Minority Teacher Recruitment Program (loan program encouraging minority students to become teachers), and Career Development Facilitator Training (workforce readiness training for educators). The center also provides employee resources, an event calendar, and maintains a network of 14 member school districts and 3 higher education institution members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pee Dee Regional Spelling Bee A regional partner program of the Scripps National Spelling Bee serving the Pee Dee community, offering enrollment for schools to participate in the nation's largest and longest-running educational spelling competition. Targeted at K-12 schools in member districts.
• Pee Dee Regional Academic Challenge Tournament An academic quiz competition for middle and high school students across the Pee Dee region, including division-based tournaments and a State Championship of Academics hosted at Francis Marion University. Targeted at member districts' schools.
• Project SHARE A specialized educational services program providing itinerant instruction and support for low-incidence disabled students (visually impaired, orthopedically impaired, and hearing impaired), pooling resources across member districts. Darlington County Schools serves as a hub for hearing impaired and severely impaired students, with services including interpreters, audiology, speech therapy, physical and occupational therapy, and orientation and mobility training for the blind.
• PowerSchool Training Training services for attendance clerks and computer operators across the Pee Dee Region, covering PowerSchool Basics, Attendance, Scheduling, Enrollment, Gradebook troubleshooting, PowerScheduler, ReportWorks, and IGP (Individual Graduation Plan). Includes technical support for PowerSchool users.
• Coastal Pee Dee Regional S2TEM Center A regional STEM (Solutions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education) center offering coaching, professional development, curriculum support, and formative assessment training for K-12 schools across the Pee Dee region. Delivered as a public/private/fee-for-service not-for-profit initiative.
• Minority Teacher Recruitment Loan Program A forgivable loan program encouraging minority students to pursue teaching careers in member school districts. Offers up to $1,500 per year with a maximum of $6,000 over four years; the loan is forgiven if the recipient works in a member school district after certification, otherwise it must be repaid with interest.
• Career Development Facilitator Training A training course for K-12 educators, school counselors, special needs counselors, and workforce readiness personnel to prepare individuals for the global workforce.

Named customers14 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• S²TEM Centers SCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Pee Dee Education Center serves as the host site for the Coastal Pee Dee S²TEM Center, one of five regional sites that make up S²TEM Centers SC. This is a public/private/fee-for-service not-for-profit organization that brings information, support, innovation and research to the community with emphasis on K-12 schools. S²TEM Centers SC is an initiative of South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics and Science.
• Scripps National Spelling BeecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Pee Dee Education Center serves as the official regional partner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the 2026-2027 school year, enrolling schools in the nation's largest and longest-running educational spelling program.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Francis Marion University: Host institution for PDEC's headquarters and major events; a higher-ed member of the consortium and a tangible operating partner. Comparable only as a stakeholder, not a competitor.
• Scripps National Spelling Bee: The national competition whose regional partner PDEC serves as for the Pee Dee region. Comparable in the academic-competition and K-12 enrichment domain, though operating at national scale.

Direct peers

• LowCountry Regional Education Center: Another of South Carolina's regional education service centers serving a different set of member districts. Closely comparable consortium model, public-school membership base, and shared-services structure operating in an adjacent SC region.
• Midlands Regional Education Center: A fellow South Carolina regional consortium offering shared services (staff development, special education support, technology training) to Midlands-area K-12 districts — directly comparable scope and operating model.
• S²TEM Centers SC: State-level SC STEM education initiative with which PDEC partners as the Coastal Pee Dee regional host. Comparable focus on K-12 STEM professional development, coaching, and curriculum support across the same customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Cambium Learning Group: For-profit K-12 educational services and curriculum provider serving districts nationally. Comparable in adjacent K-12 instructional support and intervention services, though vastly larger and commercial.
• PowerSchool: The dominant K-12 student information system vendor whose platform PDEC trains districts on. Comparable in K-12 edtech adjacency but vastly larger, for-profit, and operating across all US districts.
• NYSED Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES): New York's regional cooperative service model for sharing specialized staff, training, and administrative services across member school districts — the archetypal US consortium structure analogous to PDEC.

Regional players

• Northeast RESA: Louisiana regional education service alliance offering shared services to member districts in the Northeast region of the state — directly comparable consortium operating model in a different geography.
• Region 1 Education Service Center (ESC): Texas regional ESC providing shared services, special education support, and professional development to member districts — comparable consortium service model, though serving Texas districts rather than South Carolina.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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