What HARRISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS does

Harrison Community Schools is a publicly funded K-12 school district serving the Harrison, Michigan community. It operates a full educational pathway through five operating units: an Early Childhood Preschool at 224 W. Main Street, Larson Elementary School (K-5) at 455 W. Spruce Street, Harrison Middle School (grades 6-8) at 710 S. Fifth Street, Harrison High School (grades 9-12) at 700 S. Fifth Street, and a separate Harrison Athletics program. District administrative offices share the 224 W. Main Street address with the Early Childhood Preschool. The district's sole named customer segment is local community students and families within its Michigan service area.

The district's technology stack is built entirely on third-party vendor platforms rather than proprietary systems. The official website at harrisonschools.com and the iOS/Android mobile applications are powered by Apptegy. Student records, enrollment, and grades are managed through the Skyward Student Information System, with parent and student login access provided. Document management, including RFPs and vendor communications, runs on Thrillshare. Additional commercial channels include GoFan for digital athletics ticketing and BSN Sports for spirit merchandise and Hornet gear fulfillment, alongside the district's Facebook page and @HCShornetnation Twitter/X account for community engagement.

Harrison Community Schools is a government entity, not a privately held company — there is no parent company, no private shareholders, no institutional investors, and no equity funding activity. Its operating budget is funded through Michigan state aid, local property taxes, and federal grants; no K-12 tuition is charged, with only nominal activity fees for athletics and extracurriculars. As such, conventional PE/VC/M&A investment frameworks (ownership, equity value, growth equity, revenue per employee) do not directly apply. The entity is governed by a locally elected school board under Michigan state education regulations, with the ownership commentary explicitly noting no private equity involvement has been identified in available data.

Name

HARRISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Legal name

Harrison Community Schools

Website

https://harrisonschools.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Harrison Community Schools is a publicly funded K-12 school district in Harrison, Michigan, operating an Early Childhood Preschool, an elementary, a middle school, a high school, and an athletics program for local community students and families, funded by state aid, local property taxes, and federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Harrison Township

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Harrison Community Schools is a public K-12 school district in Harrison, Michigan that delivers preschool through grade-12 educational services across four schools (Early Childhood Preschool, Larson Elementary, Harrison Middle School, and Harrison High School) together with a district-wide athletics program. In addition to core instructional services, the district offers community communications via an Apptegy-powered website and mobile apps, manages student records through the Skyward SIS, and runs athletics ticketing and spirit merchandise through GoFan and BSN Sports.

Product overview

Harrison Community Schools is a public school district offering a comprehensive K-12 educational program across multiple schools: Early Childhood Preschool, Larson Elementary School, Harrison Middle School (grades 6-8), and Harrison High School. The district also operates a separate Athletics program. The district maintains an official website powered by Apptegy platform that serves as the primary digital portal for parents, students, and community members to access school information, employment opportunities, RFP documents, and event tickets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early Childhood Preschool Early childhood education program for preschool-age children operated by Harrison Community Schools at 224 W. Main Street, Harrison, MI 48625.
• Larson Elementary School Public elementary school serving students in grades K-5, located at 455 W. Spruce Street, Harrison, MI 48625.
• Harrison Middle School Public middle school serving students in grades 6-8, located at 710 S. Fifth Street, Harrison, MI 48625.
• Harrison High School Public high school serving students in grades 9-12, located at 700 S. Fifth Street, Harrison, MI 48625.
• Harrison Athletics District-wide athletics program offering interscholastic sports for Harrison Community Schools students, with event tickets sold through the GoFan platform and spirit merchandise (Hornet Gear) sold through BSN Sports.
• Harrison Community Schools District Website Official district website (harrisonschools.com) powered by the Apptegy platform, serving as the primary digital portal for parents, students, and community members to access school information, employment opportunities, RFP documents, and event tickets. Includes linked mobile applications on iOS and Android.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ApptegycoreTechnology or IntegrationApptegy provides the district's website platform and mobile application infrastructure. The district uses Apptegy-powered website technology as its primary digital presence and communication system with families and the community.
• SkywardcoreTechnology or IntegrationSkyward is the district's student information system (SIS) used for managing student records, enrollment, grades, and other academic data. The district provides Skyward login access to parents and students.
• GoFanminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGoFan provides the ticketing platform for Harrison Athletics events, allowing fans to purchase event tickets online through the GoFan mobile application.
• BSN SportsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBSN Sports provides merchandise fulfillment for Harrison Community Schools athletics merchandise and spirit gear through their online storefront.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Farwell Area Schools: Farwell Area Schools is a small public K-12 district in Clare County, Michigan, the same county seat in which Harrison is located. Both serve rural Michigan communities of comparable scale, share the same funding model, and operate similar vertically integrated K-12 structures anchored by a single high school footprint.
• Clare Public Schools: Clare Public Schools is a small public K-12 district serving Clare, Michigan, within the same north-central Michigan region as Harrison. Both districts share comparable rural Michigan footprints, similar enrollment scale, the identical Michigan state aid and local property tax funding model, and a vertically integrated preschool-through-12 structure, making it the closest operational comparable.
• Evart Public Schools: Evart Public Schools is a small rural Michigan public K-12 district serving Osceola County. Both districts share the structural traits of small public K-12 systems in rural northern Michigan with similar funding mechanisms, demographic exposure, and operational pressures.
• Houghton Lake Community Schools: Houghton Lake Community Schools is a small public K-12 district in Roscommon County, Michigan, geographically adjacent to Clare County. Both districts serve rural Michigan communities and operate under the same state education funding framework with comparable enrollment scales and rural operating pressures.
• Marion Public Schools: Marion Public Schools is a small public K-12 district serving Marion in Missaukee County, Michigan. Both districts are small rural Michigan systems facing comparable demographic, funding, and operational headwinds under the same state education framework and foundation allowance structure.
• Beaverton Rural Schools: Beaverton Rural Schools is a small rural Michigan public K-12 district in Gladwin County, contiguous to Clare County where Harrison sits. Both districts face similar demographic, funding, and operational constraints as small rural Michigan districts operating under the same state education framework.
• Gladwin Community Schools: Gladwin Community Schools is a small public K-12 district serving Gladwin, Michigan, in the same regional cluster as Harrison. Both districts operate under identical Michigan state education regulations, rely on the same state aid and local property tax funding, and serve rural communities of comparable population scale.

Broad incumbents

• Detroit Public Schools Community District: Detroit Public Schools Community District is the largest public K-12 district in Michigan, operating under the same state education regulations and funding mechanisms as Harrison. While orders of magnitude larger in scale, it provides a broad reference point for statewide public K-12 operating dynamics in Michigan, including funding volatility and enrollment exposure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/HCShornetnation
• Facebookfacebook.com/harrisoncommunityschooldistrict

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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