Vandalia Community High School

What Vandalia Community High School does

Vandalia Community High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 as the secondary campus of Vandalia Community Unit School District #203, a state-operated unit district headquartered at 1109 N. 8th St. in Vandalia, Illinois. The district operates three schools: Vandalia Elementary School (PreK-5), Vandalia Junior High School (6-8), and Vandalia Community High School (9-12), supplemented by a vocational-education partnership with OKAW Area Vocational Center and a special-education cooperative with Mid-State Special Education. Its core technology stack consists of standard K-12 administrative infrastructure — TeacherEase as the student information system, Clever for student SSO, Frontline (Aesop) for absence management, Google Workspace for email and calendars, Ebsco databases for research, SDS for employee portal access, and Apptegy as the CMS powering the public website and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Athletic operations are supported by Hudl (video analysis), NFHS Network (live streaming), and Jostens (yearbook commerce), while Kissflow handles workflow automation and FamilyZone provides a parent-facing online-safety hub.

The district is governed by an elected Board of Education and funded through local property taxes, Illinois state aid, and federal grants — there is no tuition charged to families. Its GTM motion is non-commercial: students enroll by residency within district boundaries, and the district communicates with families through a multi-channel mix that includes per-school Facebook pages, X accounts, a YouTube channel, mobile applications, and email/newsletters via the TeacherEase parent portal. Marketing and distribution are effectively public-information channels rather than demand-generation, consistent with its status as a governmental entity rather than a commercial enterprise.

Vandalia CUSD #203 has no parent company, no venture or private-equity ownership, and no subsidiaries in the corporate sense — VCHS, VJHS, VES, and OKAW are wholly-owned operating units under district administration. It is not a candidate for traditional PE/VC investment; its strategic significance is as a captive, geographically-monopolized public education provider for the Vandalia, Illinois catchment, with operational value tied to state funding formulas and local property-tax base rather than market position.

Name

Vandalia Community High School

Legal name

Vandalia Community Unit School District #203

Website

https://vandals203.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vandalia Community High School is the grades 9-12 campus of Vandalia CUSD #203, a public unit school district in Vandalia, Illinois serving PreK-12 students via three schools and vocational partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD), Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC), Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Secondary education
• Vocational training
• Special education services
• Student athletics programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Vandalia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vandalia Community High School is the grade 9-12 secondary school within Vandalia Community Unit School District #203, a public K-12 unit school district in Vandalia, Illinois. The district delivers free public education to resident students across three schools (elementary, junior high, and high school), supplemented by career and technical education through OKAW Area Vocational Center and special education services through Mid-State Special Education, along with athletics, clubs, meal programs, and transportation.

Product overview

Vandalia CUSD #203 is a public school district operating a three-school unit system: Vandalia Elementary School (PreK-5), Vandalia Junior High School (6-8), and Vandalia Community Unit High School (9-12). The district also partners with OKAW Area Vocational Center for career technical education. The district offers educational programs, athletics, extracurricular clubs, meal services, transportation, and technology support. Schools are managed through the Apptegy content management platform with integrations for student information, communication, and academic resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vandalia Community Unit High School (VCHS)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OKAW Area Vocational CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVocational education partnership providing career and technical education opportunities for high school students in the district. Students attend OKAW for specialized vocational training programs.
• Mid-State Special EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecial education cooperative providing specialized educational services and support for students with special needs within the district. Joint program for comprehensive special education services.
• Vandalia Schools FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAlumni and friends organization supporting the district through fundraising, scholarships, and community engagement. Facebook-based community organization.
• Vandalia ONE Leadership CommunityminorOthersCommunity leadership initiative focused on regional development and education outcomes. Dashboard available showing community metrics and education progress.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Apptegy: Provider of the CMS, mobile app, and communication platform that Vandalia CUSD #203 currently uses; an ecosystem/enabling peer whose product stack directly supports the district's parent-facing digital presence.
• Frontline Education: K-12 operational technology vendor providing the absence management and HR platform used by Vandalia CUSD #203; an enabling/ecosystem peer that supplies core district infrastructure.
• PowerSchool: Dominant K-12 student information system and education technology vendor; an ecosystem peer to Vandalia CUSD #203 because it provides core SIS infrastructure comparable to the TeacherEase platform the district uses.

Direct peers

• St. Elmo Community Unit School District #202: Neighboring Illinois unit school district serving a similar rural community, sharing comparable funding structure, program scope, and competitive position for student enrollment.
• Greenville Unit School District #2: Nearby Illinois unit school district operating elementary, junior high, and high school campuses in a similar small-town Midwestern setting with comparable funding mix and program scope.
• Salem Community High School District #600: Adjacent Illinois unit high school district serving a comparable small-town catchment area in southern Illinois, with similar curricular, athletic, and vocational programming structures to Vandalia CUSD #203.
• Centralia School District #135: Illinois public school district serving a similar southern Illinois community with overlapping programming, athletics, and vocational partnerships — directly comparable for enrollment and funding benchmarks.
• Altamont Community Unit School District #10: Small Illinois unit school district operating PreK-12 in a rural Midwestern community with a comparable governance structure, funding mix, and extracurricular profile.
• Carlyle Community Unit School District #1: South-central Illinois unit school district serving a small-town community, offering directly comparable K-12 programming, athletics, and special education services under the same Illinois funding regime.
• Brownstown Community Unit School District #201: Adjacent small-town Illinois unit school district with a directly comparable PreK-12 footprint, athletic offerings, and reliance on regional vocational and special-education cooperatives.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vandals203
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCQOOgifal-CAkylpxhEcuYg
• Facebookfacebook.com/vcusd203
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/vandalia-community-high-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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