Msad11

What Msad11 does

MSAD 11 (Maine School Administrative District 11) is a public school district operating under a School Board governance structure, serving the municipalities of Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, and West Gardiner in central Maine. The district provides free PreK–12 public education to students residing within its four-town boundary and operates a portfolio of seven schools: one high school (Gardiner Area High School, with a separate athletics program), one middle school (Gardiner Regional Middle School), and four elementary or K-8 schools (Laura E. Richards, Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School, River View Community School, and Helen Thompson), supported by a central administrative office at 150 Highland Ave, Gardiner. Supporting services include a district Transportation Department providing bus service to all schools and the Tiger Health Center, a school-based health facility operated in partnership with HealthReach Community Health Centers.

The district runs a conventional K-12 education technology stack composed of commercial off-the-shelf platforms rather than proprietary systems. PowerSchool is used for student information management, with separate staff and parent portal endpoints; Apptegy powers the district website and content management; and ThrillShare handles parent and staff communications and sign-in. Mobile applications are published for both iOS and Android, and a WMTW weather reporting integration supports closure announcements. There is no proprietary technology development, no AI/ML capability disclosed, no public API or developer platform, and no data flywheel. The district was previously branded as RSU 11 (Regional School Unit 11) before being renamed MSAD 11.

As a government entity, MSAD 11 is not a revenue-generating enterprise. The district is funded through a combination of local property taxes, Maine state education funding, and federal grants, and does not charge tuition to district residents. It has no parent company, no venture capital or private equity involvement, no shareholders, no M&A history, and no disclosed funding rounds. The customer base is geographically captive — only families residing within the four member towns attend MSAD 11 schools — making the entity fundamentally unlike a conventional PE/VC/M&A target. Marketing and community engagement rely on the district website, individual school social media accounts on Facebook and X, and the mobile apps, with no paid acquisition or sales motion.

Name

Msad11

Legal name

Maine School Administrative District 11

Website

https://msad11.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

MSAD 11 is a public K-12 school district governed by a School Board, serving the Maine towns of Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, and West Gardiner through seven schools, a transportation department, and the Tiger Health Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Special Education Schools & Programs (EDAJAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district services
• Student transportation
• School health services
• Adult education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Gardiner

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, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MSAD 11 (Maine School Administrative District 11) operates as a public school district providing free PreK-12 education across seven schools in Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, and West Gardiner, Maine. The district delivers academic instruction, athletics, student transportation, school-based health services, and adult/community education programs to district residents, funded through local property taxes, state education funding, and federal grants.

Product overview

MSAD 11 is a public school district serving the communities of Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, and West Gardiner in Maine. The district operates a unified platform-plus-schools architecture consisting of one administrative office, one high school (Gardiner Area High School with its Athletics program), one middle school (Gardiner Regional Middle School), and four elementary/primary schools (Laura E. Richards, Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School, River View Community School, and Helen Thompson). Supporting services include Transportation Services and the Tiger Health Center. The district utilizes PowerSchool for student information management, ThrillShare for parent/staff communications, and Apptegy for website services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Administrative Office (Central Office) District administrative headquarters located at 150 Highland Ave, Gardiner, ME 04345, housing the Superintendent's Office. Phone: 207-582-5346. Provides district-wide governance and administrative services for MSAD 11.
• Gardiner Area High School (GAHS) High school serving students in grades 9-12, located at 40 West Hill Road, Gardiner, ME 04345. Offers comprehensive academic programs for high school students.
• GAHS Athletics Athletics program for Gardiner Area High School students, providing competitive sports opportunities and extracurricular activities.
• Gardiner Regional Middle School Middle school serving students in grades 6-8, located at 161 Cobbossee Ave, Gardiner, ME 04345. Provides transitional academic programs between elementary and high school.
• Laura E. Richards Elementary School Elementary school located at 279 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345, serving students in grades K-5.
• Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School Consolidated K-8 school located at 23 Pittston School Street, Pittston, ME 04345. Part of the MSAD 11 district consolidation serving students from Pittston and Randolph.
• River View Community School Community school located at 821 River Road/PO Box 9, South Gardiner, ME 04359, serving local students in the district.
• Helen Thompson School School located at 309 Spears Corner Rd, West Gardiner, ME 04345, serving students in the district.
• Transportation Services Student transportation services for the MSAD 11 district, providing bus services to and from all schools for district residents.
• Tiger Health Center School-based health center providing medical services to students, operated in partnership with HealthReach Community Health Centers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Bangor School Department: One of Maine's larger public school districts, providing K-12 education, transportation, and student services across multiple schools. Operates the same category of public K-12 services as MSAD 11 but at greater scale and with broader program offerings.
• Lewiston Public Schools: Larger Maine public school district operating a broader portfolio of schools and programs in an urban setting. Comparable in core K-12 mission but operates at meaningfully greater scale than MSAD 11.
• Portland Public Schools: Largest public school district in Maine, serving as a broad incumbent in the same K-12 public education space as MSAD 11. Operates a much larger and more diverse portfolio of schools and supporting services.

Others

• Apptegy: K-12 communications and website platform provider powering MSAD 11's district website. Functions as an enabling technology vendor rather than a direct competitor, supplying the district's primary community-facing digital infrastructure.
• PowerSchool: K-12 student information system provider used by MSAD 11 for staff and parent portals. Functions as an enabling technology vendor rather than a direct competitor, but is materially relevant as the operating backbone of MSAD 11's administrative workflow.
• Maine Department of Education: State-level education agency that provides regulatory oversight, state funding, and policy guidance to MSAD 11 and all other Maine public school districts. Functions as an enabling/regulatory counterpart rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Augusta School Department: Public K-12 school department serving Augusta, Maine — directly adjacent to MSAD 11's catchment. Operates a similar portfolio of elementary, middle, and high schools with comparable district-wide services, transportation, and student information systems.
• Brunswick School Department: Public K-12 school department in Brunswick, Maine within the same regional labor market. Operates comparable PK-12 schools, athletics, and transportation services with similar funding model (state aid + local property taxes).
• MSAD 54 (Skowhegan area): Maine School Administrative District serving the Skowhegan area — a multi-town MSAD with the same naming convention and governance structure as MSAD 11, offering direct comparability in district administration, school operations, and funding approach.
• RSU 2 (Regional School Unit 2): Regional School Unit in central Maine operating under the same multi-town, K-12 public school district model as MSAD 11. Provides directly comparable offerings across multiple school buildings within a defined catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ler_msad11
• Facebookfacebook.com/lerschool

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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