Healdsburg Unified School District

What Healdsburg Unified School District does

Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) is a public K-12 school district headquartered at 1028 Prince Avenue in Healdsburg, California, serving more than 1,200 students from preschool through 12th grade across five schools on four campuses: Healdsburg Elementary School, Fitch Mountain Campus, Healdsburg Junior High School, Healdsburg High School, and Marce Becerra Academy. The district is the sole public school system serving the Healdsburg area and operates under the governance of an elected Board of Trustees with oversight from the California Department of Education and the Sonoma County Office of Education.

Unlike most California districts, HUSD is funded almost entirely through local property taxes rather than state apportionments, supporting an annual operating budget of approximately $30 million and enabling smaller class sizes plus elevated student services such as dedicated mental health staff, Wellness Centers, and bilingual coordinators. Academic programming is built on California Content Standards and delivered through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), AVID college readiness, Career Technical Education pathways, and a Social-Emotional Learning framework. Supporting services include Child Nutrition under California's Universal Meal Program (free meals to all students via Provision 2), Multilingual/English Learner support, a Wellness Center, and an Academic Internship Program placing 150 juniors annually at 80+ local businesses.

The technology stack is a conventional K-12 portfolio: Aeries as the student information system, ParentSquare for parent communication, SchoolCafe for meal payments, Panorama for assessment, Google Apps for Education as the productivity layer, Parchment for transcript services, and adaptive learning platforms (Lexia, IXL, STMath, Read180, LaLiLo) layered onto instruction. Strategic partners include the Healdsburg Education Foundation (HEF), which contributes over $600,000 annually for innovative programming, plus the City of Healdsburg for facilities upkeep and a network of community organizations supporting student service requirements. Leadership has been stable under Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel since 2010, with a new HHS principal recruited in 2023-2024. The district is currently executing a multi-year bond-funded facilities buildout while simultaneously implementing $915,000 in operating budget reductions driven by expired COVID-era federal funding and rising Special Education costs.

Name

Healdsburg Unified School District

Legal name

Healdsburg Unified School District

Website

https://www.husd.com

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Healdsburg Unified School District is a community-funded public K-12 district in Healdsburg, California, serving 1,200+ preschool-through-12th-grade students across five schools and uniquely funded by local property taxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Student Support & Related Services (Counseling, SEL, Health, Safety) (EDAJAAAK), Specialized Programs & Classrooms (Autism, Emotional/Behavioral, Intellectual/Developmental, Multi-Disability) (EDAJAKAH), Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia Schools & Programs (EDAKAAAB)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Preschool through grade 12
• Special education services
• College readiness programs
• Child nutrition services

Headquarters

HQ city

Healdsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Local Property Tax Revenue: As a community-funded school district, HUSD receives revenues generated strictly from local property taxes, not from state revenues like most districts in California. The district has an annual budget of $30 million.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Healdsburg Unified School District provides free public preschool through 12th-grade education to over 1,200 students across five schools on four campuses in Healdsburg, California. Core academic instruction is aligned to California Content Standards and supported by student services including Child Nutrition (free meals via the California Universal Meal Program), Multilingual/English Learner support, College and Career readiness (AVID), Career Technical Education pathways, a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Social Emotional Learning, and a Wellness Center. The district also runs an Academic Internship Program placing 150 juniors annually with 80+ local businesses.

Product overview

Healdsburg Unified School District is a community-funded public school district serving over 1,200 students from preschool through 12th grade across five schools on four campuses: Healdsburg Elementary School, Fitch Mountain Campus, Healdsburg Junior High School, Healdsburg High School, and Marce Becerra Academy. The district operates as a unified platform of educational services including core academic instruction aligned to California Content Standards, supported by MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Support), AVID college readiness programs, Career Technical Education pathways, and Social Emotional Learning frameworks. Supporting services include the Wellness Center at HHS, Child Nutrition Services under the Universal Meal Program, Multilingual/English Learner programs, and the Academic Internship Program for work-based learning. The district partners with external platforms including Aeries SIS, ParentSquare communication, SchoolCafe meal payments, Panorama assessment, Google Apps for Education, and various adaptive learning programs (Lexia, IXL, STMath, Read180) to deliver its educational mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healdsburg Elementary School

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates gain acceptance to highly competitive academic institutions including Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, and Columbia University
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Healdsburg Education Foundation (HEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEF is a primary strategic partner providing over $600,000 annually to fund innovative programs for HUSD students. The foundation supports district initiatives and helps provide a deeper and more innovative educational experience than would otherwise be possible.
• City of HealdsburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe district partners with the City of Healdsburg for the upkeep and maintenance of school grounds. This public-private collaboration helps maintain school facilities.
• Local Healdsburg BusinessescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 80 local businesses participate in the Healdsburg High School Academic Internship Program, hosting 150 juniors for 6-day internships. Businesses mentor students based on career interests and provide feedback on student performance.
• Community OrganizationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with various non-profit organizations for student community service requirements, including Chamber of Commerce, Corazon Healdsburg, Russian River Cleanup, Healdsburg Food Pantry, Boys & Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, and others.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cloverdale Unified School District: Small Sonoma County unified school district serving a comparable Northern California small-city profile. Comparable to HUSD in scale, district structure, and reliance on local property tax dynamics within the same county economic base.
• Fort Bragg Unified School District: Small California unified school district operating on a similar rural-coastal K-12 model. Comparable in scale, California LCAP/MTSS accountability structure, and dependence on local revenue streams.
• Sonoma Valley Unified School District: Sonoma County unified school district serving K-12 students in a similar geographic and demographic profile. Directly comparable in operating model, accountability framework, and exposure to local funding dynamics.
• Windsor Unified School District: Neighboring Sonoma County unified school district of broadly similar scale and rural-suburban character. Most directly comparable because it is the district mentioned in the HUSD superintendent's background (he previously taught in Windsor) and operates the same California K-12 district structure serving a comparable community profile.
• Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District: Sonoma County unified school district of similar small-mid scale operating California K-12 public schools. Directly comparable in governance structure, funding model, and geographic market, making it a like-for-like reference point for HUSD's enrollment, programs, and budget dynamics.

Broad incumbents

• Aspire Public Schools: California-based public charter school network operating college-prep K-12 campuses with strong emphasis on English learner support and SEL. Directly relevant as a broad California K-12 incumbent pursuing a similar college-readiness and equity mission.
• Rocketship Public Schools: National charter network operating elementary K-5 campuses with intensive use of adaptive learning technology (a comparable digital approach to HUSD's Lexia/IXL/STMath stack). Comparable in leveraging edtech for personalized instruction in K-12 public education.
• KIPP Public Schools: National public charter school network operating K-12 campuses serving similar underserved and diverse student populations. Comparable as a broader K-12 public education incumbent pursuing college-readiness outcomes (notably selective college placement) at scale, albeit under a charter rather than traditional district structure.
• Green Dot Public Schools: Large California charter management organization operating public K-12 schools with a focus on college readiness and serving historically underserved communities. Comparable to HUSD in mission and California K-12 operating environment, but at significantly greater scale.

Others

• California Department of Education: State-level public education agency overseeing all California public K-12 districts including HUSD. Relevant as the regulatory and funding counterpart that shapes LCAP compliance, EL programs, and accountability requirements even though HUSD is locally property-tax funded.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HealdsburgUSD

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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Investments

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