Lone Star School District 101

What Lone Star School District 101 does

Lone Star School District 101 is a public K-12 school district operating a single unified campus at 44940 CR 54 in Otis, Colorado (Washington County area). It provides free public education to students residing within district boundaries, delivering academic instruction aligned with Colorado Academic Standards, supplemented by special education services, gifted and talented programming (delivered in partnership with NE BOCES), and a range of extracurricular activities. The district employs approximately 35 staff members covering administration, teaching, coaching, and support roles, led by Superintendent/Principal Mike Bowers, with Mrs. Julie Green serving as Business Manager and Mrs. Dana Harris as Dean of Students.

The district's offering includes athletic programs (Volleyball, Basketball, Track, Football, Gymnastics, JH Football, JH Volleyball) and student activities such as FFA (Future Farmers of America), FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), and Student Council. Its technology footprint is limited to the Apptegy content management platform, which powers the district website (lonestarschool.net), mobile applications (iOS and Android), and digital communications. The district is accredited by the Colorado Department of Education and participates in the state's School Financial Transparency reporting initiative.

As a government entity, the district is funded through state per-pupil allocations, local property taxes, and federal education grants rather than tuition or fees. There is no private equity, venture, or shareholder ownership; the district is governed by an elected school board. Customer concentration is inherently geographic — services are restricted to families residing within the district's boundaries — and the business is not subject to traditional competitive dynamics, instead operating as a state-mandated monopoly over public K-12 education within its catchment area.

Name

Lone Star School District 101

Legal name

Lone Star School District

Website

https://www.lonestarschool.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Lone Star School District 101 is a public K-12 school district operating a single campus in Otis, Colorado, providing free academic, athletic, and extracurricular programs to local students and families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Career & Technical Education (CTE) Centers & Programs (EDAJAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

After-School Academic Support Programs (Centers & Clubs) (EDAJALAM)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Academic instruction programs
• Special education services
• Student athletics programs
• Career development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Otis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Public school district funded primarily through state and local tax revenues, per-pupil funding formulas, and federal education grants. Operates as a non-profit governmental entity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lone Star School District 101 operates a single-campus K-12 public school district in Otis, Colorado. It provides standards-aligned academic instruction, special education and gifted and talented services, college preparation, athletics, and student activities including FFA, FBLA, and Student Council.

Product overview

Lone Star School District is a K-12 public school district located in Otis, Colorado. The district provides educational services through a single unified school offering core academic programs, supplemented by extracurricular activities including athletics (Volleyball, Basketball, Track, Football, Gymnastics, JH Football), career and technical student organizations (FFA, FBLA), Student Council, and a Gifted and Talented program. The district operates under the Apptegy content management system for its website and communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Educational Services K-12 academic education and related instruction provided to students residing within the Lone Star School District boundaries in Otis, Colorado.

Quantifiable outcome

• District Accreditation through Colorado Department of Education accountability/strategic plan

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

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Colorado Department of EducationcoreOthersDistrict operates under Colorado Department of Education oversight and accountability requirements. References District Accountability/Strategic Plan linked to CDE website (https://www.cde.state.co.us/accountability/districtaccreditationcontract). District accreditation status maintained through CDE.
• NE BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistrict participates in regional educational cooperative for gifted and talented programs. Gifted and Talented program hosted at https://sites.google.com/neboces.org/gifted/home through the NE BOCES cooperative.
• ApptegycoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite platform powered by Apptegy (cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net). Apptegy provides the district's website infrastructure, content management system, and digital communication tools.
• State of Colorado Financial Transparency InitiativeminorOthersParticipates in Colorado School Financial Transparency reporting through the state's SchoolView platform (https://www.cde.state.co.us/schoolview/financialtransparency/homepage).

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Arickaree School District R-1: Small rural Colorado public K-12 district serving a similarly tiny Eastern Plains community. Operates on the same per-pupil state funding model, offers comparable athletics and activity programs, and faces the same enrollment and geographic concentration dynamics as Lone Star.
• Akron School District R-1: Neighboring Washington County, CO rural K-12 public district with a comparable small-campus footprint and student body. Provides a directly comparable benchmark for funding, staffing, and program breadth in the same Colorado region.
• Woodlin School District R-104: Very small rural Colorado public K-12 district. Closely comparable in scale, single-campus operating model, and reliance on BOCES partnerships for specialized programming.
• Idalia School District RJ-3: Small rural Colorado public K-12 district on the Eastern Plains. Comparable in enrollment size, athletic program breadth, and dependence on regional cooperative services.
• Bethune School District R-5: Small rural Colorado K-12 public district with similar operational scale. Useful peer for benchmarking per-pupil revenue, staffing ratios, and extracurricular program structure.
• Liberty School District J-4: Tiny Eastern Plains Colorado K-12 public district. Directly comparable in enrollment and operational scale, with a similar single-site rural operating model.

Regional players

• Northeast BOCES (NE BOCES): Regional Boards of Cooperative Educational Services that delivers shared programming (including Gifted and Talented) to member districts such as Lone Star. Not a buyer/seller relationship but a key operating ecosystem partner and structural counterparty.

Others

• PowerSchool: Dominant K-12 student information system and edtech vendor. Adjacent ecosystem participant whose software most Colorado public districts (including Lone Star peers) rely on for operations, grading, and state reporting.
• Apptegy: K-12 communications and website platform provider actually used by Lone Star (per cmsv2-assets.apptegy.net). Directly comparable as the technology infrastructure counterparty for small rural districts nationwide.

Broad incumbents

• Stride (formerly K12 Inc.): Large publicly-traded provider of online K-12 education and adjacent services. Operates in the same K-12 instructional services space as a broad incumbent, though not a same-channel competitor to a small rural public district.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LoneStarSchoolDistrict

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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