What Oswego City School District does

The Oswego City School District is a public K-12 school district chartered by New York State and serving students in Oswego, New York. It operates seven schools across the city: one high school (Oswego High School), one middle school (Oswego Middle School), and five elementary schools (Charles E. Riley, Fitzhugh Park, Frederick Leighton, Kingsford Park, and Minetto). The district is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education and administered by Superintendent Dr. Raymond Kilmer III, with a departmental structure spanning Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, Student Services, Athletics, Transportation, Food Services, Facilities, Instructional Technology, Personnel, and Business Operations. It also operates a School-Based Health Center and a Free Summer Meals Program for children ages 18 and under.

The district runs on standard K-12 educational technology infrastructure: SchoolTool for student information, RapidIdentity for single sign-on and identity management, ParentSquare for parent communications, BoardDocs for Board of Education governance and meeting documentation, MySchoolBucks for online meal payments, and a YouTube channel (@wBUC) used for live-streaming Board meetings and student-produced media. Its website and digital communications are maintained by the Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC), a regional service partner. The district holds a stated commitment to WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility and is compliant with New York State requirements including Title IX and the Dignity for All Students Act.

OCSD is a government entity, not a commercial enterprise. It does not charge tuition; funding flows from local property taxes, New York State aid, and federal funding. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed on the district's own materials. The 2026-2027 operating budget was approved by voters with 63% support. Programmatic enrichment is delivered through community partnerships with SUNY Oswego (STEAM access), Cornell Cooperative Extension (environmental education), H. Lee White Maritime Museum (historic-site field trips), the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (grant-funded ROV/media project), and the Oswego City Common Council (community signage program).

Name

Oswego City School District

Legal name

Oswego City School District

Website

https://oswego.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Oswego City School District is a New York State public K-12 district operating one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools serving resident students and families in Oswego, NY.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Student support services
• Special education programs
• School athletics
• School food services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oswego

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, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Oswego City School District provides tuition-free public PK-12 education to resident students in the Oswego, New York area through a network of seven schools (one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools). It supplements classroom instruction with athletics, special education, mental health interventions, a school-based health center, food services, and student transportation.

Product overview

The Oswego City School District operates as a unified public school district offering a comprehensive K-12 educational program through seven schools: one high school (Oswego High School), one middle school (Oswego Middle School), and five elementary schools (Charles E. Riley, Fitzhugh Park, Frederick Leighton, Kingsford Park, and Minetto). The district provides supplementary services including a School-Based Health Center for student healthcare, free summer meals programs, and various student support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Oswego High School Public high school (grades 9-12) at 2 Buccaneer Boulevard, Oswego, NY 13126, serving as the district's secondary education institution under Principal Dr. Raina Hinman.
• Oswego Middle School Public middle school (grades 6-8) at Mark H. Fitzgibbons Drive, Oswego, NY 13126, under Principal Amy Godkin.
• Charles E. Riley Elementary School Public elementary school (grades K-5) at 269 East 8th Street, Oswego, NY 13126, under Principal Tracy Eygnor.
• Fitzhugh Park Elementary School Public elementary school (grades K-5) at 195 East Bridge Street, Oswego, NY 13126, under Interim Principal Brian Kesel.
• Frederick Leighton Elementary School Public elementary school (grades K-5) at 1 Buccaneer Blvd, Oswego, NY 13126, under Principal Stephanie Griffin.
• Kingsford Park Elementary School Public elementary school (grades K-5) at 275 West 5th Street, Oswego, NY 13126, under Principal Jennifer Petralito.
• Minetto Elementary School Public elementary school (grades K-5) at 2411 County Route 8, Oswego, NY 13115, under Principal Jennifer Sullivan.
• School-Based Health Center On-site healthcare services provided at district schools for enrolled students.
• Free Summer Meals Program Free breakfast and lunch program for children ages 18 and under offered July 6 through August 21, Monday through Friday, with breakfast from 7:30-9 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Special Education Special education programs and services for students with disabilities, administered through the district's Special Education department.
• Athletics School athletics programs for students, administered by the district's Athletics department.
• Student Transportation School bus transportation services for enrolled students, administered by the district's Transportation department.
• Riley Kid Garden Outdoor learning space at Charles E. Riley Elementary School connecting science, nutrition, and environmental stewardship through hands-on gardening experiences.
• From Classroom to Waterfront Project Grant-funded project (National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, $29,570) that bridges high school courses with the local waterfront through underwater ROV activities, student-produced media segments, and student-designed promotional artwork.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Integration6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides educational programs for students including tree planting and environmental education. Katrina Relyea, 4-H Natural Resource Educator, works with students on hands-on learning experiences.
• H. Lee White Maritime MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with WBUC TV broadcasting program for field trips and educational experiences at the historic U.S. Army WWII Tugboat LT-5 and Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse.
• SUNY OswegominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSUNY Oswego's Shineman Center hosts Kingsford Park Elementary sixth-grade students for hands-on STEAM learning and discovery activities.
• MySchoolBucksminorOthersOnline payment platform for school meal purchases linked on district lunch menus page.
• CNYRIC (Central New York Regional Information Center)coreTechnology or IntegrationDevelops and maintains the district's website and e-communications infrastructure. Located at cnyric.org.
• Oswego City Common CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerApproved installation of community signage to highlight waterfront and student efforts, with QR codes linking to educational videos produced by WBUC students.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Phoenix Central School District: Adjacent Oswego County public K-12 district with comparable school count and rural-suburban student population, facing the same property-tax and state-aid funding model — a near-substitute for OCSD in terms of operational structure.
• Fulton City School District: Neighboring public K-12 district in Oswego County, NY, operating with very similar funding mix (local property tax + state aid), same regulatory regime (NYSED), and overlapping community demographics, making it the closest geographic / scale comparable to OCSD.
• Central Square School District: Oswego County-adjacent public K-12 district along the I-81 corridor in northern Onondaga County, comparable in school count, rural-suburban mix, and reliance on NY state foundation aid as a revenue lever.
• Mexico Academy and Central School District: Public K-12 district serving the town of Mexico in Oswego County, NY — directly comparable to OCSD on enrollment scale, funding sources, and the small-city upstate New York operating environment.
• North Syracuse Central School District: Larger suburban Syracuse public K-12 district facing the same NY state regulatory framework, providing scale-up benchmarking for OCSD on administrative services, technology, and curriculum delivery.
• Baldwinsville Central School District: Suburban Syracuse-area public K-12 district that operates on the same NY public-school funding model with a slightly larger and more affluent tax base, useful as a benchmark for what OCSD could achieve under stronger demographics.
• Westhill Central School District: Suburban Syracuse public K-12 district comparable in size to OCSD with the same New York State funding structure and grade-band organization, useful as a per-pupil-spending peer benchmark.
• Liverpool Central School District: Onondaga County suburban public K-12 district operating under the same NYSED oversight as OCSD, with comparable wraparound services (food service, special education) and similar ed-tech stack expectations.
• Syracuse City School District: The largest urban public K-12 district in CNY, serving as a high-contrast benchmark for OCSD: similar state funding regime but with the demographic and resource pressures of a city district rather than a small-city one.
• East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District: Onondaga County suburban public K-12 district running a similar multi-school model with a state-aid-funded revenue base and comparable athletic and student-support programming to OCSD.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/OswegoCSD

Compliance1 record

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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