Roland-Story Community School District

Name

Roland-Story Community School District

Legal name

Roland-Story Community School District

Website

https://rolandstory.school

Company type

Public

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district administration
• Student transportation services
• Special education services
• School nutrition programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Story City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Roland-Story Community School District is a public K-12 school district that delivers preschool-through-12th-grade education across three school buildings in Roland and Story City, Iowa. It provides core academic instruction, special education, Title I reading support, vocational programs (agriculture, industrial arts), performing arts, and athletics, supplemented by food service, nurse services, and student transportation including a shuttle between the two communities.

Product overview

Roland-Story Community School District is a public K-12 school district serving approximately 900 students in the communities of Roland and Story City, Iowa. The district operates three schools: Elementary School (preschool through grade 4), Middle School (grades 5-8), and High School (grades 9-12). The district provides educational services including core academic instruction, special education, vocational programs (agriculture, industrial arts, family and consumer science), performing arts, athletics, and Title I reading support. Supporting services include student transportation with bus routes covering rural areas and city limits, food service with hot lunch programs, and nurse services at each building. The district utilizes JMC student information software for family portal services including online registration, fee payments, and meal account management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Roland-Story Elementary School: Elementary school serving students from preschool through 4th grade located in Story City, IA
• Roland-Story Middle School
• Roland-Story High School

Products and services

• Roland-Story Elementary School
• Roland-Story Middle School
• Roland-Story High School
• Student Transportation Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Grant Wood Area Education AgencyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Grant Wood Area Education Agency: Iowa's regional education service agency that provides shared services, special education support, and payroll/HR systems to Roland-Story and other member districts. Functions as an ecosystem partner rather than a competitor.
• Apptegy: Provider of the district website, CMS, and mobile app platform used by Roland-Story. Serves as a communications and digital infrastructure vendor for K-12 districts across the U.S.
• JMC (Iowa Student Information Systems): Vendor of the student information system used by Roland-Story for registration, grades, attendance, and meal management. Representative of the broader ed-tech infrastructure layer serving Iowa school districts.

Broad incumbents

• Des Moines Public Schools: Iowa's largest public school district, serving Des Moines. While serving a much larger urban population, it operates under the same Iowa public school governance framework and competes with Roland-Story for open enrollment students seeking broader program offerings.
• Iowa City Community School District: Major Iowa public school district operating under the same state regulatory framework. While geographically distant and much larger, it serves as a benchmark for metropolitan Iowa K-12 governance and program breadth.

Direct peers

• Nevada Community School District: Public K-12 district in Nevada, Iowa, also in Story County. Closest geographic peer in terms of community size and rural Iowa setting, operating under the same state funding and open enrollment rules.
• Gilbert Community School District: Public K-12 district in Gilbert, Iowa, adjacent to Story City. Similar small-town Iowa profile, comparable grade-band structure, and direct open enrollment competitor for Roland-Story families.
• Boone Community School District: Public K-12 district in Boone, Iowa, located in the same central Iowa region. Comparable in rural-mid-size scale, operating a similar multi-school structure with vocational and athletics programs, and competing for open enrollment students in Story County.
• Ames Community School District: Public K-12 school district headquartered in Ames, Iowa, serving students in the neighboring community. Operates multiple schools across elementary, middle, and high school grade bands under the same Iowa public school funding and open enrollment framework as Roland-Story, making it the most directly comparable geographic peer.
• Colo-Nesco Community School District: Public K-12 district in Colo, Iowa, in the same central Iowa region. Comparable rural district profile with multi-school structure, sharing Iowa's funding model and open enrollment competition dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Xx.com/rolandstorycsd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/roland-story-community-school-district-foundation

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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