North Central Parke Community Schools

What North Central Parke Community Schools does

North Central Parke Community Schools is an Indiana public K-12 school corporation headquartered at 602 Howard Avenue, Rockville, Indiana, serving students and families within a defined geographic boundary in Parke County. The district operates four schools: Turkey Run Elementary School (K-5), Rockville Elementary School (preschool-5), Parke Heritage Middle School (grades 6-8), and Parke Heritage High School (grades 9-12), delivering college preparatory academics alongside vocational pathways in agriculture, automotive technology, business, family and consumer sciences, and veterinary technology, plus athletics, special education, and the Parke Heritage Connect Academy alternative program.

The district is funded entirely through Indiana per-pupil state allocations, federal education grants, and local property taxes; no tuition is charged to in-district students. Its technology footprint is administrative and communications-oriented rather than product-oriented: the district website is powered by Apptegy, family/student data is delivered via Harmony Family Access, parent communications and staff/family identity/SSO run through ThrillShare, and native iOS and Android apps extend district communications to mobile. There is no commercial software offering, no proprietary AI/ML capability, and no disclosed headcount or financial figures. Distribution is purely geographic — students attend the school within whose catchment they reside — and the only available channel beyond the website is a Facebook presence. The corporation is led by Superintendent Michael Schimpf with a team of directors covering curriculum, operations, technology, food services, maintenance, preschool, and athletics, plus school-level principals and an elected school board providing governance oversight.

Name

North Central Parke Community Schools

Legal name

North Central Parke Community Schools

Website

https://ncp.k12.in.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

North Central Parke Community Schools is an Indiana public K-12 school corporation operating four schools in Parke County and serving in-district students with college preparatory, vocational, and athletic programs funded by state allocations, federal grants, and local property taxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB), Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC), District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district services
• Special education programs
• Vocational career training
• Student and family services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockville

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, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

North Central Parke Community Schools is an Indiana public K-12 school corporation that delivers tuition-free education to students residing within its Parke County district boundaries. The district operates four schools spanning preschool through grade 12 and offers academic instruction, special education, athletics, band/choir, preschool, and career and technical education programs in agriculture, automotive technology, business, family and consumer sciences, and veterinary technology. Communications and family engagement are delivered through an Apptegy-powered district website, Harmony Family Access portal, Thrillshare single sign-on, and native iOS/Android apps.

Product overview

North Central Parke Community Schools operates as a public K-12 school corporation in Rockville, Indiana, consisting of four schools: Turkey Run Elementary School, Rockville Elementary School, Parke Heritage Middle School, and Parke Heritage High School. The district provides educational services including college preparatory academics, vocational programs (agriculture, automotive technology, business, family and consumer sciences, veterinary technology, work-based learning), athletics, special services, and preschool programs. The district also maintains an online presence through its main website powered by Apptegy, a Harmony Family Access portal for families, and mobile applications for iOS and Android. No commercial SaaS products or software offerings are provided—the institution is a traditional public school district.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Turkey Run Elementary School Public elementary school within the North Central Parke Community School Corporation serving students from early childhood through grade 5 in Parke County, Indiana.
• Rockville Elementary School Public elementary school within the North Central Parke Community School Corporation serving students from preschool through grade 5 in Parke County, Indiana.
• Parke Heritage Middle School Public middle school within the North Central Parke Community School Corporation serving students in grades 6-8 in Parke County, Indiana.
• Parke Heritage High School Public high school within the North Central Parke Community School Corporation serving students in grades 9-12 in Parke County, Indiana, offering college preparatory academics, vocational programs, and athletics.
• Career and Technical Education Programs Vocational pathways offered by the district in agriculture, automotive technology, business, family and consumer sciences, and veterinary technology for high school students preparing for college and career.
• Special Education Services Special education programs and services for students with disabilities attending schools within the North Central Parke Community School Corporation.
• Athletics Programs Interscholastic athletics programs at Parke Heritage High School and Parke Heritage Middle School for student athletes within the district.
• Preschool Program Preschool programming coordinated across the district, anchored at Turkey Run Elementary School (TRES) preschool, for early-childhood learners within Parke County.
• Harmony Family Access Portal Family and student portal providing access to grades, attendance, and school information for North Central Parke Community School Corporation families.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Stride, Inc. Operator of tuition-free online K-12 public schools (formerly K12 Inc.). Comparable as a provider of publicly funded K-12 education that competes for in-district enrollment through online and blended learning, an alternative pathway families may choose instead of a traditional public school district.
• Connections Academy: Operator of tuition-free online public K-12 schools in partnership with states and school districts. Comparable as a publicly funded K-12 alternative that competes for enrollment that would otherwise attend a brick-and-mortar district like North Central Parke.

Others

• Apptegy: K-12 communications and website platform provider whose CMS powers the North Central Parke district website. Adjacent ecosystem peer whose tools are used by thousands of public school districts for websites, mobile apps, and family engagement.
• PowerSchool: Leading K-12 student information system and education technology vendor. Adjacent peer serving the same K-12 public school ecosystem with the software infrastructure (SIS, data, enrollment) that North Central Parke and other Indiana districts depend on.

Direct peers

• Southwest Parke Community Schools: A neighboring Indiana public school corporation serving the southern portion of Parke County. Most directly comparable peer: same state funding formula, same county demographics, and a similar small multi-school operating model serving K-12 students in a rural Indiana community.
• Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township: Indiana public school corporation operating multiple K-12 schools under a single superintendent and board. Comparable governance and multi-school operating structure within the same state regulatory and funding environment.
• Vigo County School Corporation: Larger Indiana public school corporation operating in adjacent Vigo County (Terre Haute). Comparable in that it is a public K-12 district under the same Indiana funding and accountability framework, but operates at substantially greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• Charter Schools USA: One of the largest charter school management organizations in the U.S., operating tuition-free public charter schools K-12. Comparable as an operator of publicly funded K-12 schools competing for the same student populations under public funding mechanisms.
• KIPP Public Schools: A national network of public charter schools serving K-12 students. Comparable as a multi-school K-12 public education operator competing for publicly funded enrollment, including in Indiana.
• National Heritage Academies: A large charter school management organization operating K-12 public charter schools across multiple states. Comparable as a multi-school K-12 operator competing for the same publicly funded student population, though structured as a charter management company rather than a traditional public school district.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/northcentralparke

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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