Guam Department of Education

What Guam Department of Education does

The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) is the sole public K-12 education authority for the U.S. Territory of Guam, operating 39 schools that serve the territory's school-age population. As a government agency, GDOE does not operate a commercial business model; it is funded through territorial appropriations from the Government of Guam and federal grants administered by the U.S. Department of Education. Its "customers" in the service-delivery sense are K-12 students, their families, and the educators and staff who serve them, while its "purchaser" in the fiscal sense is the public sector.

GDOE's technology stack is built on three commercial third-party platforms: PowerSchool as the Student Information System (SIS) for enrollment and records management, Schoology as the Learning Management System (LMS) for instructional delivery, and Google Workspace for productivity and collaboration. Curriculum content includes McGraw Hill integrated instructional materials, and the district maintains a CHamoru Studies division for culturally-specific programming. The district operates under federal compliance frameworks including WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standards, Section 504, and Title II of the ADA.

Operationally, GDOE employs between 1,001 and 5,000 staff across teaching, administrative, and support functions. Its strategic direction is governed by a published Strategic 5-Year Plan and shaped by annual budget cycles, with the most recent fiscal planning signal being the FY 2026 Budget Stakeholder Survey. The district has no disclosed commercial revenue, no M&A activity, and no AI/ML capabilities of its own.

Name

Guam Department of Education

Legal name

Guam Department of Education

Website

https://gdoe.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The Guam Department of Education is the sole public K-12 education authority for the U.S. Territory of Guam, operating 39 schools and serving students, families, and educators through territorial appropriations and federal grants. It runs on PowerSchool, Schoology, and Google Workspace platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Virtual & Blended Learning Programs (District-Run) (EDAJAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB), Curriculum, Lesson Planning & Instructional Content Platforms (EDAJAMAD), K–12 Digital Curriculum & Interactive Lessons (EDAGAEAA)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Government education services
• Special education programs
• Early childhood education
• Student information systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Barrigada

HQ country

Guam

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Guam Department of Education delivers free public K-12 education to over 30,000 students across 39 schools on the island of Guam. Its services span general K-12 classroom instruction, early childhood/Head Start programs, English Learner support, special education, Career and Technical Education, and JROTC. The department operates digital learning via Schoology and tracks student data through PowerSchool.

Product overview

Guam Department of Education (GDOE) is a government education agency serving approximately 39 schools and the students of Guam. The department operates as a unified K-12 public education system with integrated technology platforms for student information management, learning management, and administrative operations. The core technology stack includes PowerSchool (student information and parent portal), GDOE Schoology (learning management system), and Google Workspace (staff email and communication). The department provides educational programs including Special Education, Head Start (early childhood), GATE (gifted and talented), School Health Services, and Food and Nutrition Services. The Research, Planning, and Evaluation division provides data-driven insights through School Progress Report Cards and the Annual State of Public Education Report (ASPER).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public K-12 Education Free public kindergarten through 12th-grade education delivered across 39 schools to over 30,000 students on the island of Guam. Core instructional program covering required subject areas for resident school-age children.
• Early Childhood Education / Head Start Federally funded Head Start early childhood program providing school readiness services to eligible pre-K age children and families on Guam.
• Special Education Services Special education services for students with disabilities, delivered in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 across GDOE schools.
• English Learner (EL) Program Language instruction and support services for students whose primary language is not English, addressing Guam's multilingual student population.
• Career and Technical Education (CTE) Career and Technical Education pathways preparing high school students for workforce entry and post-secondary technical training.
• JROTC Program JROTC leadership and citizenship program offered at GDOE high schools.
• PowerSchool Student Information System PowerSchool SIS platform used across GDOE to manage student enrollment, attendance, grades, transcripts, and family/student portal access.
• Schoology Learning Management System Schoology LMS used to deliver digital classroom instruction, course content, assignments, and communication between teachers, students, and parents.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationPowerSchool provides the student information system used by GDOE for gradebook (PowerTeacher), administrative functions, and the Parent Portal for families to access student information.
• SchoologycoreTechnology or IntegrationSchoology provides the learning management system used by GDOE for online learning, course management, and educational content delivery.
• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Workspace services including Gmail for staff communications and Google Forms for various data collection and survey purposes.
• U.S. Department of EducationcoreOthersU.S. Department of Education provides federal funding and oversight for compliance with federal education laws including Title IX, ADA, and Section 504.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activity): DoDEA operates federally-funded K-12 schools for military dependents worldwide and shares GDOE's reliance on federal appropriations, similar governance structure, and use of enterprise SIS/LMS stacks.
• New York City Department of Education: NYC DOE is the largest U.S. public school district, comparable to GDOE as a unified city/territory-wide public K-12 system using PowerSchool-family SIS tools and similar curriculum vendors, though at vastly greater scale.

Emerging players

• Stride (formerly K12 Inc.): Stride is a leading online K-12 learning provider that competes for the same student outcomes and adjacent technology budget dollars as GDOE's distance learning programs and is a comparable operating model for virtual/blended K-12 instruction.
• Khan Academy: Khan Academy provides free digital K-12 instructional content and tools that increasingly substitute for or augment traditional district curriculum stacks like McGraw Hill, making it a comparable alternative-content provider relevant to GDOE's curriculum spend.

Direct peers

• Bureau of Indian Education: BIE funds and operates K-12 schools for Native American students on tribal lands, sharing GDOE's structure as a federally-supported public K-12 system with comparable regulatory compliance requirements.
• American Samoa Department of Education: American Samoa DOE is the public K-12 authority for the U.S. territory of American Samoa, comparable to GDOE as another small, federally-supported Pacific island public school system.
• Puerto Rico Department of Education: Puerto Rico DE is the sole public K-12 authority for the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, structurally identical to GDOE as a U.S. territory-wide public school system with federal funding ties and comparable budget/scale dynamics.
• CNMI Public School System: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System is the public K-12 operator for another U.S. Pacific territory, making it a direct functional peer to GDOE in scale, governance, and student demographics.
• U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Education: USVI DOE operates the public K-12 system across the U.S. Virgin Islands territory, paralleling GDOE as a small U.S. territory public school district with similar federal funding exposure and demographic challenges.
• Hawaii Department of Education: Hawaii DOE is the single statewide public K-12 district serving Hawaii's island school-age population, the closest geographic and structural analog to GDOE as a multi-island Pacific U.S. jurisdiction with sole-provider public K-12 status.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/guamdoe
• Facebookfacebook.com/GuamDepartmentofEducation
• Instagraminstagram.com/guamdoe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/guamdoe

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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