IROQUOIS COUNTY CUSD 9

What IROQUOIS COUNTY CUSD 9 does

Iroquois County CUSD 9 is a public K-12 school district headquartered at 411 W. Lafayette St., Watseka, Illinois, operating under the DBA "Watseka Schools" with the "Warriors" mascot. The district serves the compulsory education needs of resident students across four operating schools: Watseka Pre-K Programs, Watseka Elementary Schools (K-5), Watseka Junior High School (grades 6-8), and Watseka Community High School. Support functions are organized into departments including Athletics, Board of Education, Business & Finance, Curriculum, Food & Nutrition, Technology, Transportation, and WCHS Guidance Counseling, supplemented by ancillary offerings such as Warrior Summer Camps, E-Learning (Watseka Elementary), and a Report-a-Concern intake system.

The district's technology architecture is built on a stack of integrated third-party SaaS platforms rather than proprietary systems: PowerSchool serves as the student information system (grades, attendance, records) for parents, teachers, and substitutes; Clever provides district single sign-on across educational tools; RevTrak handles online fee payments; and Apptegy powers the public-facing website (watsekaschools.org) and the branded iOS and Android mobile applications. Distribution is exclusively via geographic school-zone assignment within Iroquois County CUSD 9 boundaries, with enrollment managed through online registration portals.

As a government state entity, the district is governed by a Board of Education and funded through Illinois public education funding mechanisms (state aid, local property taxes, federal programs) rather than commercial revenue. It charges limited school fees for specific services such as registration and activities, but pricing is not publicly disclosed. No parent company, private ownership, funding rounds, M&A activity, patents, or strategic partnerships are disclosed in the available data.

Name

IROQUOIS COUNTY CUSD 9

Legal name

Iroquois County CUSD 9

Website

https://watsekaschools.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Iroquois County CUSD 9 (Watseka Schools) is a public K-12 school district in Watseka, Illinois, operating Pre-K through grade 12 across four schools and supporting departments including athletics, transportation, food services, and guidance counseling.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Watseka

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Iroquois County CUSD 9 is a public Community Unit School District serving the Watseka community in Iroquois County, Illinois. The district provides free, publicly funded K-12 education spanning Pre-K through 12th grade across multiple school buildings, including elementary, middle, and high school campuses. It delivers standard academic instruction, early childhood programs, and student support services to local resident students.

Product overview

IROQUOIS COUNTY CUSD 9 is a public school district offering a comprehensive K-12 educational program. The district operates multiple schools including Pre-K programs, Watseka Elementary Schools (K-5), Watseka Junior High School (6-8), and Watseka Community High School. The district provides supporting services including E-Learning, athletics, transportation, food and nutrition, and guidance counseling. Technology integration is facilitated through PowerSchool for student information management and Clever for single sign-on access to educational resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Warriors: School mascot name for Iroquois County CUSD 9 athletic teams and programs

Products and services

• Pre-K / Early Childhood Education

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Prairie Central CUSD 8: Community Unit School District serving a comparable rural community in neighboring Ford County, Illinois. Operates a similar K-12 footprint with multiple attendance centers and is governed under the same Illinois school code as Iroquois County CUSD 9.
• Herscher CUSD 2: Rural Kankakee County CUSD operating a similar K-12 model with comparable scale and funding dynamics, sharing Illinois state-aid exposure and small-district operating constraints with Iroquois County CUSD 9.
• St. Joseph-Ogden CUSD 305: Champaign County CUSD with a similar small-town Illinois profile and full K-12 attendance-center structure, commonly cited alongside CUSD 9 in regional Illinois school-district comparisons.
• Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3: Champaign County CUSD with a comparable east-central Illinois profile and a similar K-12 attendance-center configuration, often used as a benchmark for small-to-mid Illinois CUSDs.
• Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUSD 10: Adjacent Ford County CUSD in east-central Illinois with a comparable small-town, rural K-12 enrollment profile and similar mix of elementary, junior high, and high school buildings.
• Bismarck-Henning CUSD 1: Vermilion County CUSD operating a comparable rural K-12 footprint in east-central Illinois, sharing funding model, governance structure, and demographic exposure with Iroquois County CUSD 9.
• Hoopeston Area CUSD 11: CUSD serving a similarly sized rural community in Vermilion County, Illinois. Comparable scale, Illinois public-funding model, and small-district operational structure to Iroquois County CUSD 9.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iroquois-county-cusd-9

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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