Smithton High School

What Smithton High School does

Smithton High School is the secondary-school campus of the Smithton R-VI School District, a public K-12 district operating as a government political subdivision of the State of Missouri in Smithton, Missouri. The district serves students from preschool through 12th grade across multiple campuses (PreSchool, Elementary, Middle School, and High School) under the leadership of Superintendent David Bray and High School Principal Patrick Treece. It is funded through state aid, local property taxes, and federal grants — including Title I support — with no tuition charged to resident students.

The district's technology footprint centers on an Apptegy-hosted public website, the Lumen Touch student information system and parent/student portal, native iOS/Android mobile applications, and a Rooms communication platform with dedicated support pages. Functional offerings include K-12 instruction, special education (led by Special Education Director Courtenay Treece), Project Lead The Way (PLTW) STEM pathways, vocational training in agriculture, business, and family/consumer sciences (FACS), Title I services, athletics, food service, and before/after-school programs. Operational scale is modest, with approximately 80-100 staff across all roles and an active career-opportunities page signaling ongoing recruitment.

The revenue model is government appropriation rather than commercial: per-pupil state aid, local property tax receipts, federal grants (including Title I), and community-passed ballot measures such as Proposition T.I.G.E.R. Go-to-market is purely community-led within district boundaries — enrollment is driven by residency and geographic catchment. Customer segments are effectively captive: K-12 students and families residing in the district, with district staff and educators as an internal user base. No parent company, private equity, or venture capital ownership applies.

Name

Smithton High School

Legal name

Smithton R-VI School District

Website

https://smithton.k12.mo.us

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Smithton High School is the 9-12 campus of the Smithton R-VI School District, a public K-12 Missouri school district funded by state aid, local taxes, and federal grants, serving resident students preschool through grade 12 with programs including PLTW, special education, and vocational training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAAAE

Public K–12 Combined Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Public K–12 Schools & Districts

SECONDARYEDAJAAAH

Public Special Education Schools & Programs

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Public K–12 Schools & Districts

SECONDARYEDAAAFAB

Community Center Education Programs

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Community & Public Education Programs (Libraries, Community Centers)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Special education services
• Vocational training programs
• Extracurricular athletics
• Community school district

Headquarters

HQ city

Smithton

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding: Government-funded public school district operating through state and local tax revenues, federal grants, and per-pupil funding allocations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Smithton R-VI School District is a public K-12 school system that delivers preschool through high school education to students residing within its district boundaries in Smithton, Missouri. Offerings span core academic instruction, special education services, vocational tracks including Agriculture, Business, and FACS (Family and Consumer Sciences), Project Lead The Way (PLTW) programs, athletics, and arts extracurriculars. The district supplements instruction with Title I support, health and food services, and before/after school programs, and communicates with families through a Lumen Touch-based portal and a district mobile application.

Product overview

Smithton R-VI School District operates a unified website platform (powered by Apptegy) that serves as the primary digital presence for the district. The platform integrates a parent/student portal (Lumen Touch), staff directory, strategic planning documents, career opportunities, and communication tools including Rooms support. The offering is a single unified website with multiple functional modules rather than separate standalone products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Public Education (Preschool through Grade 12) Core academic instruction delivered across preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school campuses to students residing within the Smithton R-VI School District boundaries in Missouri.
• Special Education Services District-wide special education programming and individualized support for students with disabilities and individualized education plans across all grade levels.
• Vocational and Career Training Programs Career-pathway instruction in Agriculture, Business, and Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS), supplemented by Project Lead The Way (PLTW) STEM-focused programs.
• Athletics and Extracurricular Activities School-sponsored athletic programs and extracurricular activities including arts programs available to enrolled students to support college and career readiness.
• Title I Academic Support Federally funded Title I academic support services provided to eligible students within the district to address educational disadvantage.
• Health, Food, and Before/After School Services Supporting student services including school health services, food services, and before- and after-school programs for enrolled families.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Apptegy (Thrillshare): Vendor platform powering the district's website, parent portal, and mobile app; comparable to districts of similar size that deploy the same digital infrastructure stack.
• Lumen Touch: Student information system provider used by Smithton R-VI for the parent/student portal; widely deployed across small and mid-size K-12 districts.
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE): State-level regulatory and funding authority overseeing all Missouri public K-12 districts including Smithton R-VI; sets the funding formula, report card standards, and special education compliance framework.

Direct peers

• Tipton R-VI School District: Rural Missouri public K-12 district of similar size and structure, serving a comparable community footprint.
• Otterville R-VI School District: Small rural Missouri K-12 district with similar student enrollment, agricultural community identity, and vocational programming.
• Cole Camp R-I School District: Another small rural Missouri public K-12 district in a similar size community; directly comparable in offerings, funding model, and operational scale.
• Green Ridge R-VIII School District: Small rural Missouri public K-12 district with comparable enrollment, staffing, and program offerings to Smithton R-VI.

Regional players

• Sedalia School District 200: Nearby larger public school district in the same region of Missouri; comparable in offerings but operates at greater scale and competes for students in the broader Pettis County area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/SmithtonR6
• Instagraminstagram.com/smithtonr6
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/smithton-high-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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