Pojoaque Schools

What Pojoaque Schools does

Pojoaque Valley School District (PVSD) is a K-12 public school district operating under the New Mexico Public Education Department and serving approximately 2,000 students from PreK through grade 12 in the Pojoaque Valley region north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The district runs five schools along the State Road 502 West corridor — Pablo Roybal Elementary School (PreK-3), Pojoaque Valley Intermediate School (4-5), Sixth Grade Academy/Middle School (6-8), and Pojoaque Valley High School (9-12) — and draws students from seven communities in the valley and six Pueblo communities (Nambe, Pojoaque, Ohkay Owingeh, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, and Tesuque). Governance rests with an elected five-member Board of Education, with operational leadership distributed across directors of Curriculum, Student Services, Security/Transportation, Facilities, IT, Food Services, Nursing, and Athletics, plus site principals at each school.

The district's core technology stack centers on PowerSchool as the student information system with ParentVUE for family access, supplemented by Synergy/NOVA for student data management and ClassDojo for daily teacher-family communication. Student transportation is differentiated by Zonar GPS tracking with a MyView parent app and PRO-Vision on-bus camera systems supported by electronic bus passes for ridership tracking. Academic and support tools include Lumos Learning for standards-aligned ELA at the middle school, Sora/OverDrive for eBooks, Destiny Discover for library catalog, Brainfuse for live homework help, STOPit for anonymous safety reporting, MySchoolBucks for meal payments, NutriSlice for menu display, OKTA Visions for staff self-service, and Vector Solutions for professional development. A district-branded mobile app and active Facebook and Instagram accounts form the external communications layer.

Revenue is generated primarily through New Mexico state education funding formulas and federal programs including Title I and IDEA, with secondary streams from facility rental fees and student nutrition (free meals to all under the Community Eligibility Provision, with paid seconds and à la carte items). Teacher compensation is structured in three tiers — $55,000 starting, $65,000 intermediate, and $76,193 experienced — with a $2,000 bilingual endorsement premium and a $500 TESOL endorsement premium. Distribution is exclusively through the five school campuses plus Open Enrollment for out-of-district students under the New Mexico Open Enrollment Act for school year 2026-2027, supported by outreach across the district website, mobile app, social media, and community events.

Name

Pojoaque Schools

Legal name

Pojoaque Valley School District

Website

https://pvs.k12.nm.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

K-12 public school district serving approximately 2,000 students across five schools in northern New Mexico's Pojoaque Valley, including students from six Pueblo communities, funded primarily by state education appropriations and federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Charter Indigenous/Culturally Focused & Community-Based Schools (EDAJACAM)

Keywords

• Education services
• School district operations
• Student instruction
• Academic programs
• Public education

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. State and Federal Education Funding: Public school district funded primarily through New Mexico state education funding formulas and federal education programs including Title I, IDEA, and other federal grants
2. Student Meal Services: School nutrition program under Community Eligibility Provision providing free meals to all students; paid seconds and à la carte items
3. Facility Rental Fees: Revenue from community use of school facilities for events, meetings, and athletic activities

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

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Product overview

Pojoaque Valley School District (PVSD) is a K-12 public school district serving approximately 2,000 students in northern New Mexico. The district operates five schools: Pablo Roybal Elementary School (PreK-3), Pojoaque Valley Intermediate School (4-5), Sixth Grade Academy/Middle School (6-8), and Pojoaque Valley High School (9-12). The district provides comprehensive educational services including core academics, special education, Native American education, food services, transportation, nursing services, and athletics. The district utilizes PowerSchool as its student information system and integrates with various educational technology platforms for learning, library services, parent communication, and meal management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Free meals for all students under CEP
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFE provides comprehensive food service management for the district's student nutrition program. The partnership extends to Hatch Valley Schools, Capital Municipal Schools, and Truth or Consequences Municipal Schools. Anthony Lovato serves as Senior Area General Manager.
• TEACH New MexicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with TEACH New Mexico for teacher recruitment and professional guidance. The organization provides free guidance and direct financial assistance for individuals interested in becoming teachers.
• CONNECTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of helpers linking families to community services and resources through a shared technology platform for secure electronic referrals. Operated by the City of Santa Fe.
• Las Clinicas Del NortecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool-based clinic providing addiction treatment including Medically Assisted Treatment for Opiates, psychiatric services, psychological testing, court-ordered treatment, behavioral health services, family/couples therapy, grief and loss support, and trauma services. Located on the PVHS campus near the Sixth Grade Academy.
• Hatch Valley SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner district in the food service management partnership with Southwest Foodservice Excellence, serving as a collaborative purchasing consortium.
• Capital Municipal SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner district in the food service management partnership with Southwest Foodservice Excellence.
• Truth or Consequences Municipal SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner district in the food service management partnership with Southwest Foodservice Excellence.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Albuquerque Public Schools: Largest New Mexico school district; functions as the state's broad-incumbent K-12 operator with similar governance, federal funding exposure, and instructional technology ecosystems. Represents the upper-bound scale benchmark for NM public K-12 operations.
• Las Cruces Public Schools: Second-largest NM school district; comparable as a Southern New Mexico K-12 operator with similar bilingual education demand, Free-Reduced Lunch populations, and Title I funding composition.
• Rio Rancho Public Schools: Larger New Mexico district serving a growing suburban corridor north of Albuquerque. Comparable as a New Mexico K-12 operator with similar state-funding structure but materially different growth profile.
• Santa Fe Public Schools: Same metro area (Santa Fe) and a major recipient of open-enrollment transfers out of PVSD. Operates a much larger K-12 footprint with overlapping transportation, nutrition, and edtech ecosystems against which PVSD must compete.

Direct peers

• Truth or Consequences Municipal Schools: Another SFE food-service consortium partner with PVSD. Rural NM district with similar Title I dependency and free-meals demographics, making it directly comparable for operational benchmarking.
• Hatch Valley Public Schools: Similar small New Mexico district co-participating in Southwest Foodservice Excellence's purchasing consortium with PVSD. Directly comparable on food-service scale, federal CEP participation, and rural-district operating profile.
• Capital Municipal Schools (Santa Rosa): Partner district in the joint SFE food-service consortium with PVSD. Comparable small/midsize NM district operating rural schools with similar funding mix and transportation challenges.
• Española Valley Public Schools: Adjacent Northern New Mexico district serving a similar multicultural community with significant Pueblo and Hispanic populations. Amy Rendon, an incoming PVHS administrator, previously served at Española Valley High School, indicating direct leadership cross-pollination.

Regional players

• Bureau of Indian Education: Federal operator of K-12 schools serving Native American communities with similar demographics to PVSD's six Pueblo-served population. Comparable as an institutional comparator for indigenous student education programs even though not a direct competitor.
• Peñasco Independent School District: Small Northern New Mexico district where PVHS Assistant Principal Amy Rendon previously taught math. Comparable rural-district scale and operations, situated in a similar mountain-valley geography with overlapping teacher labor market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/pojoaquevalleyschools

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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