Texas Association Of Community Schools

Name

Texas Association Of Community Schools

Legal name

Texas Association of Community Schools

Website

https://tacsnet.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. District Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from public school districts that join TACS. There are 952 public school districts eligible for institutional membership in Texas.
2. Corporate Partnership Program: Corporate partners at various tiers (Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver) provide sponsorship and partnership revenue. Partners include Government Capital, Leon|Alcala, A. Bargas & Associates, and many others.
3. Professional Liability Insurance: Partnership with Association Insurance Management (AIM) to offer professional liability insurance to member districts and employees at reduced rates, generating referral/administrative revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TACS is a nonprofit membership association that provides legislative advocacy, professional development conferences, scholarship programs, professional liability insurance access, and networking services to small, mid-sized, and rural Texas public school districts. Its core product is institutional District Membership for districts with up to 12,000 ADA or one traditional high school, supplemented by tiered corporate partnerships and reduced-rate insurance offerings delivered through partner organizations.

Product overview

The Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS) is a membership association offering a portfolio of member services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include District Membership providing advocacy and support for small and mid-sized Texas public school districts; Scholarships Program with multiple annual awards for students and employees; Professional Liability Insurance through partnership with AIM; District Career Opportunities job posting service; Conferences and Events including the annual Fall Conference; and Advocacy Services for legislative representation. These services are delivered through the tacsnet.org website and are designed to support public education in Texas community schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• District Membership Annual institutional membership for small, mid-sized, and rural Texas public school districts, providing legislative advocacy, policy reporting, professional development access, networking, scholarship eligibility, and reduced-rate insurance access.
• Scholarships Program Annual scholarship program offering multiple awards to students and employees of member school districts, including corporate partner-sponsored scholarships, with 2026 recipients already announced.
• Professional Liability Insurance Group-rated professional liability insurance coverage offered at reduced rates through the AIM partnership for full-time employees of member public school districts, including teachers, administrators, coaches, and other professional staff.
• District Career Opportunities Online job posting service enabling member school districts to submit open positions for 30-day listings on the TACS website, supporting educator and administrator recruitment across member districts.
• Conferences and Events Annual professional development conference programming including the TACS Annual State Conference and the Annual Fall Conference, providing superintendents, administrators, and board members with networking, training, and policy updates.
• Advocacy Services Legislative advocacy and policy representation for member districts at Texas legislative hearings, State Board of Education meetings, and Texas Education Agency meetings, including development of an annual advocacy agenda.

Quantifiable outcome

• 952 public school districts eligible for membership representing small, mid-sized, and rural schools across Texas

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National School Boards Association (NSBA): National umbrella association for school boards with advocacy, conferences, and member services — same broad business model as TACS/TASB but operating at national scale through state affiliates, with a much broader and deeper advocacy operation in Washington, D.C.
• AASA (The School Superintendents Association): National professional association for school superintendents offering advocacy, conferences, and leadership development — directly mirrors TASA's superintendent-focused engagement model at national scale, with substantial overlap on the superintendent constituency that TACS also serves through its field agents and Executive Committee.

Regional players

• New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA): State-level school board membership association providing advocacy, training, and policy support to New York public school districts — comparable service mix and governance structure to TACS, geographically distinct.
• Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB): Large state-level school board association serving Illinois K-12 districts with advocacy, training, and member services — same membership-association and advocacy business model as TACS but focused on Illinois rather than Texas.
• Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA): Pennsylvania statewide school board association providing advocacy, training, and member services to public school districts — directly comparable to TACS in business model and services, but Pennsylvania-only.
• California School Boards Association (CSBA): California-focused school board membership association delivering advocacy, governance training, and member services to public school districts — same association model and stakeholder set as TACS/TASB, but operating in California.

Direct peers

• Texas School Alliance: Coalition of Texas school districts organized around state school-finance equity — directly comparable to TACS's legislative-advocacy role on funding issues, though its membership skews toward larger suburban and urban districts rather than small/rural.
• Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA): Statewide Texas professional association for school administrators with advocacy, conferences, and professional development offerings — direct comparable to TACS in mission, advocacy role, and event-driven engagement model, but serving administrators across all district sizes.
• Texas Association of School Boards (TASB): The largest Texas-based membership association serving K-12 school boards and districts, providing advocacy, training, and risk-management services statewide — the closest direct comparable to TACS in business model and constituency, but operating at materially larger scale and across all district sizes rather than only small/rural.
• Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO): Texas-based membership association for K-12 school business officials offering training, networking, and advocacy — uses the same association business model (dues + conferences + corporate partners) that TACS uses, but focused on the business-officer function across Texas districts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-association-of-community-schools

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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