What lpsd does

Lane Education Service District (Lane ESD) is one of 19 Education Service Districts statutorily established by the State of Oregon to provide regional support to public school districts. Headquartered at 1200 Highway 99 North in Eugene, Lane ESD serves all 16 public school districts in Lane County, Oregon (Bethel, Blachly, Creswell, Crow-Applegate-Lorane, Eugene 4J, Fern Ridge, Junction City, Lowell, Mapleton, Marcola, McKenzie, Oakridge, Pleasant Hill, Siuslaw, South Lane, and Springfield), plus Lane Community College. Its mandate is organized around four primary service areas: services for students with special needs, school improvement, technology support, and administrative services, delivered under a Local Service Plan and supplemented by oversight of federal and state grants.

The organization's service portfolio spans a Technology Services division that operates as a regional ISP and WAN provider (dark and lit-managed fiber, 24/7 network monitoring, CIPA-compliant content filtering, DNS, firewall, email, WordPress-based web hosting, and colocation in Eugene, routed over Link Oregon's statewide backbone); Special Education services including speech-language pathology, assistive technology, AAC, feeding/swallowing support, and life skills; Title III Multilingual Language Learner programming with ELPA21 testing and four-year monitoring; Career Technical Education including the HOPE Factory partnership with St. Vincent de Paul for manufactured-home construction; Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education; School Psychology; Social Emotional Learning; Migrant Education; the Tragedy Response Network; and professional development programs such as the Teaching and Learning Academy, Summer Externships, and ASIST/Section 504 workshops. Lane ESD also operates Lane School as an alternative education setting and provides administrative support including a Healthy and Safe Schools Plan and shared procurement.

Lane ESD is a public, non-profit government entity rather than a commercial enterprise. It is funded through state and federal education allocations and governed by a Board of Directors, with annual Budget Committee meetings and public review of proposed programs. Its 251-500 employee base delivers services through direct institutional relationships rather than market sales. There is no parent company, no private-equity ownership, and no M&A activity disclosed; revenue is not publicly itemized in the available data. The incoming Superintendent, Dr. Tenneal Wetherell, joins from the Oregon Department of Education on July 1, 2026, signaling continued alignment with state-level educational policy.

Name

lpsd

Legal name

Lane Education Service District

Website

https://lesd.k12.or.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Lane ESD is an Oregon public Education Service District that delivers shared technology, special education, professional development, and administrative services to all 16 public school districts in Lane County, including Eugene 4J, Bethel, and Springfield.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Support Services

NAICS

Administration of Education Programs (923110), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Career & Technical Education (CTE) Centers & Programs (EDAJAAAJ), General ESL Programs (Multi-level Adult ESL) (EDAAACAA)

Keywords

• Education service district
• Special education services
• Technology infrastructure
• Professional development
• School improvement

Headquarters

HQ city

Eugene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lane ESD is a public Education Service District that provides shared educational, administrative, technology, and student support services to Lane County's 16 public school districts and approximately 63,000 students. Core offerings include special education, career technical education, multilingual learner support, school psychology, early intervention, migrant education, school improvement, crisis response, WAN/network infrastructure, and communications/printing services.

Product overview

Lane Education Service District (Lane ESD) is an Oregon Education Service District providing collaborative services to Lane County's 16 school districts. The organization operates as a multi-service educational support organization with a platform architecture consisting of core service divisions including Technology Services (networking, web hosting, email), Special Education Services (speech-language pathology, assistive technology, AAC, life skills), Title III Multilingual Language Learners programs, Career Technical Education including the HOPE Factory, Tragedy Response Network, Early Intervention/ECSE, School Psychology, and Social Emotional Learning. Additional programs include the Teaching and Learning Academy for professional development, Library Services, STEM programs, Migrant Education, and alternative education options. Lane ESD also provides Summer Externships, Friends and Fun Summer Camp, and Sign Language Interpreting services. The organization focuses on four primary areas: services for students with special needs, school improvement, technology support, and administrative services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Special Education Services
• Technology Services (WAN & Network Infrastructure)
• Career Technical Education (CTE)
• Title III Multilingual Language Learners
• Early Intervention / ECSE
• School Psychology Program
• Tragedy Response Network
• Migrant Education Program
• Lane School
• Web Hosting Services
• Teaching and Learning Academy
• Print Shop and Mailing Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Blachly School DistrictminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 November 2025Joint Request for Proposals for audit services along with Marcola School District, McKenzie School District, and South Lane School District. Lane ESD is the lead ESD coordinating the solicitation.
• Marcola School DistrictminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 November 2025Joint Request for Proposals for audit services along with Blachly School District, McKenzie School District, and South Lane School District.
• McKenzie School DistrictminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 November 2025Joint Request for Proposals for audit services along with Blachly School District, Marcola School District, and South Lane School District.
• South Lane School DistrictminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 November 2025Joint Request for Proposals for audit services along with Blachly School District, Marcola School District, and McKenzie School District.
• Oregon Department of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLane ESD collaborates with the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) on statewide educational initiatives. The new superintendent, Dr. Tenneal Wetherell, previously served as Deputy Director of Operations at ODE with over 25 years of experience in education.
• St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the HOPE Factory program - a collaboration between Lane ESD, Lane CTE, and St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County. Students produce high-quality, affordable, energy-efficient manufactured homes while earning credits and certifications.
• Western Regional Educator Network (WREN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn educator-led, improvement-focused network that elevates and embraces teachers' voice by emphasizing the Equity Lens to interrupt historical patterns of inequities and support educators through every stage of their career from recruitment through retirement.
• Link OregoncoreTechnology or IntegrationLink Oregon provides statewide network connectivity used by Lane ESD for Internet access to serve Lane County school districts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Education Service District 112: Washington state's largest ESD serving southwest Washington districts. Provides equivalent shared technology, special education, and professional development services under a comparable state-level statutory framework.
• Southern Oregon Education Service District: Oregon ESD serving Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties with parallel services including technology, special education, CTE, and migrant education — a rural-to-mixed regional peer of comparable scope.
• Linn Benton Lincoln Education Service District: Oregon ESD serving Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties with the same statutory model as Lane ESD — shared technology, special education, CTE, and administrative services to component districts. LBL ESD also built the mobile app Lane ESD uses, evidencing direct operational similarity.
• Washington County Education Service District: Oregon ESD serving Washington County districts (Tigard, Tualatin, Beaverton-area) with the same technology, special education, and school improvement service portfolio as Lane ESD under Oregon's ESD statutory framework.
• Clackamas Education Service District: Oregon ESD serving Clackamas County districts with parallel statutory responsibilities for special education, technology, school improvement, and administrative services to component school districts.
• Multnomah Education Service District: Oregon's largest ESD serving Multnomah County (Portland metro) school districts. Operates the same statutory ESD model with a much larger urban footprint, including special education, technology services, and equity programming directly comparable to Lane ESD's service architecture.
• Northwest Regional Education Service District: Oregon ESD serving Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, and Washington counties. Another direct statutory peer offering the same shared-service architecture for special education, technology, CTE, and administrative support to small/medium districts.

Others

• Education Northwest: Regional education research and professional services nonprofit serving Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Comparable as a partner/adjacent provider of professional development, evaluation, and equity-focused services that Lane ESD also delivers.
• Oregon Association of Education Service Districts: The statewide umbrella association representing all 19 Oregon ESDs including Lane ESD. An ecosystem/coordination peer rather than direct competitor, shaping collective bargaining, legislative advocacy, and shared service initiatives.

Emerging players

• Cosmos Technologies: Provides managed broadband, CIPA filtering, and network services specifically built for K-12 districts and ESDs, intersecting with Lane ESD's Technology Services stack — a potential substitute vendor for the same districts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LaneESD

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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