Scottsboro City Schools

What Scottsboro City Schools does

Scottsboro City Schools is a public K-12 school district headquartered at 305 S. Scott St. in Scottsboro, Alabama, governed by the Scottsboro City Board of Education under the Alabama State Department of Education. It operates five schools — Nelson Primary, Caldwell Elementary, James Ray Collins Intermediate, Scottsboro Jr. High, and Scottsboro High — serving students from Pre-K through 12th grade within its geographic catchment. The district delivers free public education, free meals to all enrolled students under the USDA Community Eligibility Provision for 2025-26, and free Chromebooks and internet access, supported by an in-house Technology Department.

The district's core product is in-person public education, layered with a child nutrition program, special education services, gifted education, dyslexia and speech/language therapy, mental health and social work support, dual enrollment, career technical education, and the Club Wildcat after-school program (K-6). A First Class Pre-K program operates 180+ days per year at a 9:1 student-to-staff ratio. The technology stack is anchored by PowerSchool (enrollment + parent portal), Schoology (LMS), ParentSquare (unified family communication), Google Workspace, Classwize (classroom management), and LINQ Connect (meal payments), with cybersecurity and content filtering layered on the network.

The business model is government-funded rather than commercial: revenue is sourced from Alabama state appropriations via the ADEPT formula, federal Title I-IV and IDEA grants, USDA Child Nutrition Program reimbursements, and ESSER funding, with no tuition or fees for K-12 residents. Enrollment is determined by geographic residency and processed through the PowerSchool Enrollment portal; Pre-K uses the state-operated First Class Pre-K system. The customer base is a single captive cohort of district-resident families, and the primary growth levers are state funding formula changes, federal program levels, and within-district programmatic expansion rather than commercial sales.

Name

Scottsboro City Schools

Legal name

Scottsboro City Schools

Website

https://scottsboroschools.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Scottsboro City Schools is a public K-12 district in Scottsboro, Alabama, operating five schools from Pre-K through grade 12 and delivering tuition-free education, free meals, and 1:1 Chromebooks to district-resident students. It is funded by Alabama state appropriations and federal education grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC), Public Special Education Schools & Programs (EDAJAAAH)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Pre-K programs
• Special education services
• Child nutrition programs
• School district administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Scottsboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Funded primarily through Alabama state education funding formulas and federal education grants/programs. Revenue comes from state appropriations based on student enrollment (ADEPT formula), federal Title programs (Title I, II, III, IV), IDEA special education funding, and nutrition program reimbursements (USDA).
2. Child Nutrition Program Reimbursements: USDA National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program reimbursements for meals served. Currently operating under Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) providing free meals to all enrolled students, with reimbursement based on identified student percentage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Scottsboro City Schools is a public K-12 school district that delivers free primary and secondary education to students residing in its geographic catchment in Scottsboro, Alabama. It operates five schools spanning Pre-K through 12th grade, and supplements classroom instruction with Pre-K, Special Education, Career Tech, dual enrollment, after-school care (Club Wildcat), and a USDA-funded Child Nutrition Program offering free meals under the Community Eligibility Provision.

Product overview

Scottsboro City Schools is a public K-12 school district operating five schools (Nelson Primary, Caldwell Elementary, James Ray Collins Intermediate, Scottsboro Jr. High, and Scottsboro High) serving students in Scottsboro, Alabama. The district's product portfolio centers on its web-based parent/student engagement ecosystem anchored by the district website, PowerSchool Enrollment, PowerSchool Parent Portal, and ParentSquare communication platform. Supporting programs include a First Class Pre-K program, Club Wildcat after-school program, Special Education services (gifted education, dyslexia services, speech/language therapy, Section 504, Child Find), and a Child Nutrition Program participating in Community Eligibility Provision. The Technology Department provides no-cost devices (Chromebooks), software, internet access, repairs, and cybersecurity to all students and staff. Student Support Services offers mental health resources, attendance intervention, and Parent Project parenting support. All five schools are individually branded with their own websites within the district domain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)coreOthersScottsboro City Schools participates in multiple USDA child nutrition programs including School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, Second Chance Breakfast, After School Snack Program, and Farm to School Program. Currently operating under Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) providing free meals to all students. USDA provides reimbursements for meals served and sets nutrition standards.
• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationPowerSchool provides the district's student information system including enrollment management (PowerSchool Enrollment) and parent portal access. Students and parents use PowerSchool for registration and accessing academic records, grades, and attendance.
• ParentSquarecoreTechnology or IntegrationParentSquare is the district's unified communication platform providing mass notifications, urgent alerts, two-way communication, teacher/classroom communication, direct messaging with translation, attendance notifications, and family engagement tools. District uses ParentSquare for all school-to-home communication.
• Alabama State Department of EducationcoreOthersScottsboro City Schools operates under the Alabama State Department of Education. District follows state curriculum standards (Alabama Course of Study), participates in state assessments, complies with Alabama Literacy Act requirements, and receives state funding through ADEPT formula. District follows ALSDE guidelines for accountability, certification, and reporting.
• Farm to School ProgramminorOthersPart of the USDA Farm to School Program, bringing locally sourced foods into school cafeterias. Supports local farmers while providing fresh, nutritious meals to students.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fort Payne City Schools: Small public K-12 city school district in DeKalb County, Alabama, operating a similar handful of schools serving a comparable rural northeast Alabama community. Closely comparable to Scottsboro City Schools in scale, mission, funding model, and demographic profile.
• Boaz City Schools: Small public K-12 city school district in Marshall and Etowah counties, Alabama. Comparable to Scottsboro City Schools as a similarly-sized northeast Alabama public K-12 district operating within the same state regulatory and funding environment.
• Guntersville City Schools: Small public K-12 city school district in Marshall County, Alabama, situated on Lake Guntersville. Directly comparable to Scottsboro City Schools in size, rural northeast Alabama geography, and operating model under Alabama's public K-12 framework.
• Arab City Schools: Public K-12 city school district in Marshall County, Alabama, serving a similar-sized rural/suburban community. Directly comparable to Scottsboro City Schools in scale, Alabama public K-12 mission, and reliance on state/federal education funding.
• Jackson County Schools (Alabama): County-wide public school district covering the area surrounding Scottsboro City Schools' catchment. Directly comparable as a same-county public K-12 system operating under identical Alabama state regulations, ADEPT funding, and federal Title programs, with overlapping feeder populations.
• Albertville City Schools: Public K-12 city school district in Marshall County, Alabama, serving a similarly-sized rural Alabama community. Comparable to Scottsboro City Schools in district scale, federal program participation (Title I, CNP), and reliance on Alabama state education funding.

Others

• Scottsboro City Board of Education (governance layer): The governing body of Scottsboro City Schools; included as an ecosystem peer since Alabama school board governance structures, board policies, and meeting cadence are the operational framework within which the district executes its K-12 mission.

Broad incumbents

• Huntsville City Schools: Large Alabama public school district headquartered in Huntsville, operating dozens of schools across elementary, middle, and high school. Directly comparable to Scottsboro City Schools as a state-funded public K-12 district serving northeast Alabama, with the same regulatory framework, ADEPT funding formula, and similar technology stack (PowerSchool/Google), but at materially greater scale.
• Madison City Schools: High-performing public school district adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County. Directly comparable as a peer Alabama public K-12 district governed by the same state education policies, using similar SIS/LMS tools, but serving a larger and more affluent student base than Scottsboro City Schools.

Regional players

• DeKalb County Schools: Public school district covering the county surrounding Scottsboro (which sits in Jackson County but borders DeKalb). Comparable as a rural northeast Alabama public K-12 system funded through the same state formula, but it is a county-wide district rather than a city district, giving it a different geographic footprint than Scottsboro City Schools.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scottsboro-city-board-of-ed

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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