Pittsburg Unified School District

What Pittsburg Unified School District does

Pittsburg Unified School District (PUSD) is a public K-12 school district located in Pittsburg, California, approximately 40 miles east of San Francisco. Founded in 1958 and governed by an elected Board of Trustees, the district operates 13 schools serving approximately 10,740 students across elementary, junior high, and high school levels, plus the Pittsburg Adult Education Center. Its core academic offering is tuition-free public education supplemented by dual immersion (Spanish-English), special education, career technical education, and an award-winning adult education program; 25% of students are multilingual learners and the district reports an 88% graduation rate. The district's underlying technology infrastructure is built on standard K-12 SaaS platforms: Aeries for student information and enrollment, ParentSquare and PeachJar for family communications, Facilitron for facility rental processing, PowerSchool for school locator services, Perryweather for WBGT heat-safety monitoring, InformedK12 for transportation forms, and CatapultCMS for the district website.

The district's funding model is fundamentally different from a commercial enterprise. Operating revenue is derived from state apportionment (tied to Average Daily Attendance), federal categorical grants, and local property-based sources. Capital is raised through voter-approved general obligation bonds; the district has secured $310 million across six successful bond measures since 2004 (Measure E $40.5M in 2004, Measure J $85M in 2006, Measure L $100M in 2010, Measure N $85M in 2014, Measure P $100M in 2018) plus parcel taxes (Measure C expired 2016; Measure S generating ~$1.2M annually for athletics, music, and art). Ancillary income comes from facility rentals of the 1,850-seat Creative Arts Building managed through Facilitron. The district does not charge tuition and serves all students residing within its attendance boundary. Recent strategic activity includes the July 2026 appointment of Superintendent Sonjhia Lowery and ongoing construction of the Hillview Junior High School replacement campus, funded by Measure P. Fitch Ratings affirmed the district's credit profile at 'A+' (Issuer Default Rating) and 'AAA' (unlimited tax GO bonds) with a stable outlook in June 2026.

Name

Pittsburg Unified School District

Legal name

Pittsburg Unified School District

Website

https://pittsburgusd.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Pittsburg Unified School District is a public K-12 school district in Pittsburg, California, serving approximately 10,740 students across 13 schools plus an adult education center, funded primarily through state apportionment, voter-approved general obligation bonds, and parcel taxes.

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 industries

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE), Public Alternative, Continuation & Credit-Recovery Schools (EDAJAAAG)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Adult education programs
• Special education services
• Facility rental services
• Dual immersion programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Local General Obligation Bonds: Voter-approved bonds for school construction and modernization projects. Total $310 million in local bonds approved since 2004.
2. Parcel Taxes: Annual parcel taxes levied on taxable real property. Measure S: $91/year with annual $6 inflation adjustment. Measure C (expired): $65/year.
3. Facility Rentals: Rental income from Creative Arts Building and other district facilities to community organizations and event holders.
4. State and Federal Funding: State apportionment and federal categorical funding based on enrollment and demographic factors.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pittsburg Unified School District provides free public K-12 education across 13 schools (elementary, junior high, high school, and continuation), serving approximately 10,740 scholars in Pittsburg, California. It also operates the Pittsburg Adult Education Center for continuing education and workforce development, and offers specialized programs including Dual Immersion (Spanish/English), Special Education, After School Programs, Child Nutrition, Transportation, and School Nursing. The district additionally generates facility rental revenue through the Creative Arts Building, a historical theatre complex managed via the Facilitron platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Schools (13 schools)

Quantifiable outcome

• 88% graduation rate
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FacilitroncoreTechnology or IntegrationFacilitron provides the district's online facility request and rental system, enabling reservation requests, photo access, real-time availability, estimated quotes, and online payment processing for community facility rentals.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mt. Diablo Unified School District: Adjacent Contra Costa County unified school district serving Concord and surrounding areas; comparable governance structure as a voter-funded California public K-12 district with overlapping labor market and bond funding mechanisms.
• Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District: Solano County unified school district of similar scale (~21,000 students) operating comparable K-12 programs and adult education services in a working-class Bay Area suburb with similar demographics.
• Antioch Unified School District: Neighboring K-12 unified school district in eastern Contra Costa County with comparable enrollment scale (~16,000 students) and similar demographic profile including substantial multilingual learner populations.
• Brentwood Union School District: Adjacent eastern Contra Costa County elementary district that overlaps with Pittsburg's feeder geography, facing similar demographic shifts and competing for the same growing suburban family population.
• Vallejo City Unified School District: Solano County unified school district serving a demographically comparable Bay Area city with high multilingual learner populations, similar parcel tax reliance, and comparable state funding exposure.

Emerging players

• Rocketship Public Schools: Bay Area charter school network operating publicly-funded schools in similar East Bay demographics, partially competing for the same multilingual learner and Title I-eligible student populations in adjacent geographies.
• KIPP Northern California Public Schools: Bay Area charter school network serving similar low-income and multilingual learner populations through publicly-funded but independently-operated schools, representing an alternative educational model within the same regulatory framework.

Regional players

• San Ramon Valley Unified School District: Higher-income Contra Costa County district operating under the same California K-12 funding framework but serving a markedly more affluent population with different parcel tax capacity and voter dynamics.
• Liberty Union High School District: Brentwood-area high school district that serves some of the same feeder communities as Pittsburg Unified, providing a partial geographic overlap in secondary education serving the same East Contra Costa population.

Broad incumbents

• Oakland Unified School District: Larger Bay Area urban unified school district operating under the same California public school framework with significantly greater scale, more diverse programmatic offerings, and broader administrative complexity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/PittsburgUSD
• Facebookfacebook.com/PittsburgUSD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pittsburgusd
• Instagraminstagram.com/pittsburgusd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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