Piscataquis Community Secondary School

What Piscataquis Community Secondary School does

Maine School Administrative District #4, operating publicly as RSU 80 and SAD 4 and encompassing Piscataquis Community Elementary School (PCES) and Piscataquis Community Secondary School (PCSS), is a public K-12 school district organized under Maine state law. Headquartered at 25 Campus Drive in Guilford, Maine, the district serves students residing within the Piscataquis County boundaries, delivering Pre-K through Grade 5 at PCES, Grades 6 through 12 at PCSS, and adult education programs through the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative (PVAEC). Service scope includes core academics, athletics, special education, food services, Title I support, transportation, and technology integration. A local School Board provides governance oversight.

As a government entity, the district does not generate commercial revenue. Its funding model combines local property taxes, state education funding, and federal grants — explicitly including the ESSERF3 (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund) pandemic-recovery program, for which it has published a 3.9 application plan. The district maintains an emergency communications system for urgent district-wide family notifications, publishes a job openings page, and operates under a publicly accessible policy book, financials page, and current contracts register.

The district's operating technology stack is composed entirely of third-party SaaS platforms rather than proprietary systems: PowerSchool handles student information, enrollment, and the parent/student portal; Google Workspace (Gmail) provides institutional email; Apptegy powers the website (sad4.org), iOS, and Android applications; AndroGov processes online payments; Thrillshare manages bus route information and parent logins; and Maine Data Database (Marvel!) supplies library database access. A YouTube channel live-streams school events and board meetings. No proprietary technology, APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

Name

Piscataquis Community Secondary School

Legal name

Maine School Administrative District #4

Website

https://sad4.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Maine School Administrative District #4 (RSU 80) is a public K-12 school district serving Piscataquis County, Maine, operating PCES (Pre-K-5), PCSS (6-12), and PVAEC adult education, funded by local property taxes, state aid, and federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Secondary school services
• Special education programs
• Adult education programs
• Student transportation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Guilford, Maine

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, Supply Chain

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Piscataquis Community Secondary School (PCSS) delivers tuition-free public secondary education to students in Grades 6-12 within Maine School Administrative District #4 (RSU 80). The school provides core academic instruction, athletics, food services, special education, and student support programs, and operates as part of a district that also runs an elementary school (PCES, Pre-K-5) and adult education programs (PVAEC).

Product overview

Maine School Administrative District #4 operates a school district website providing administrative services including student enrollment, transportation, athletics, food services, technology support, and student services. The district encompasses Piscataquis Community Elementary School (PCES) for Pre-K-5, Piscataquis Community Secondary School (PCSS), and adult education programs through the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative (PVAEC).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Piscataquis Community Secondary School (PCSS) Public secondary education for students in Grades 6-12 within Maine School Administrative District #4 (RSU 80), including core academic instruction, curriculum and grading, athletics, food services, and student handbook/program of studies.
• Piscataquis Community Elementary School (PCES) Public elementary education for students in Pre-K through Grade 5 within the district, including band program, food services, library access, and special education.
• Adult Education Program (PVAEC) Adult continuing education programs hosted through the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative (PVAEC) for adult learners seeking educational opportunities outside the K-12 system.
• Student Transportation Services School bus transportation services for students residing within the district, with bus route information delivered through the Thrillshare portal.
• Food Services School meal programs for PCES and PCSS students, with online payments handled via AndroGov.
• Athletics Program Extracurricular athletic programs for secondary school students within the district.
• Special Education and Title I Services Special education and Title I support services for eligible students across the district, including dedicated student services coordination.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationPowerSchool provides the district's student information system including enrollment forms, parent and student portal login for grades and academic tracking.
• ApptegycoreTechnology or IntegrationApptegy provides the district's website content management system and mobile app infrastructure powering sad4.org and the district's iOS and Android applications.
• Federal Government (ESSERF3)majorOthersThe district participates in the ESSERF3 (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund) grant program, receiving federal pandemic relief funding for educational recovery.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Apptegy: K-12 communications, website CMS, and mobile-app platform serving public school districts; powers the subject district's sad4.org site and iOS/Android apps. Directly comparable customer base (rural and small-town US public school districts).

Direct peers

• Lewiston Public Schools: Maine public K-12 district operating multiple elementary and secondary schools with adult and special education programming. Comparable governance model (school board, state aid, federal grants) and comparable vendor stack.
• Augusta Public Schools: Public K-12 district in Maine's capital region offering Pre-K–12 instruction, special education, and adult programs. Directly comparable in funding mix and governance; useful benchmark for per-pupil spending.
• Bangor School Department: Public K-12 school district serving Bangor, Maine. Most direct functional comparable: same state funding framework, similar SIS/communications stack, and a comparable mix of elementary, secondary, special education, and adult programming.
• Brunswick School Department: Maine public school district serving Brunswick and surrounding towns. Comparable in scale and service breadth (elementary, secondary, special education, adult programming), making it a useful same-state operational peer.
• Portland Public Schools (Maine): Largest public K-12 district in Maine, serving Greater Portland. Same state-aid and ESSER funding regime and similar comprehensive services (athletics, food services, adult ed), making operational and budget benchmarking directly applicable.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: Dominant K-12 student information system provider; the subject district runs its enrollment and parent portal on PowerSchool. Comparable through shared customer base (US public K-12 districts) and overlapping domain expertise in SIS, enrollment, and state reporting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCXRlNquentjz6FqKOHfRQWQ/featured
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/piscataquis-community-secondary-school

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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