Foley Public School District

What Foley Public School District does

Foley Public School District (Independent School District No. 51) is a public K-12 school district located in Foley, Minnesota, approximately 14 miles east of St. Cloud. Founded in 1890 as a small country school serving a lumber and farming community, the district now operates three schools on a connected campus: Foley Elementary School (Pre K-3rd grade), Foley Intermediate School (grades 4-8), and Foley High School (grades 9-12), collectively serving 600+ high school students and supported by a staff directory of 265 members. The district offers a comprehensive educational program including core academics, AP and college-credit coursework, Title 1 support, special education (delivered in cooperation with Benton-Stearns Education District), vocational pathways, athletics, fine arts, and distinctive programs such as the Outdoor Learning Center (Seeds to Forest), developed in 2002 with Minnesota Department of Education funding.

The district's technology infrastructure spans 20+ integrated platforms: Infinite Campus for student information and lunch account management, Google Classroom and Google Apps for Education for instruction, IXL, Discovery Education, Study Island, Edgenuity, Renaissance Place, McGraw Hill Connected, Follett Destiny, and Think Central for content and assessment, plus GoFan for ticketing, Hudl for athletics livestreaming, Finalsite for web CMS, Jostens for yearbook photos, and Big Brothers Big Sisters for mentorship matching. The device footprint includes iPads, Interwrite Boards, and newer computers. Communication channels include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, monthly email newsletters, and the district website foley.k12.mn.us.

Revenue comes primarily from state aid, local property taxes, and federal education funding including Title 1, supplemented by ancillary transaction streams: meal programs ($1.75 student breakfast, $2.60-$2.80 student lunch, $2.50/$5.25 adult meals), $30/$60 milk program subscriptions, facility rentals for tournaments and events, community education programs delivered via foley.arux.app, and open-enrollment tuition where applicable. The district is governed by a seven-member elected school board and led by Superintendent Dan Posthumus (appointed 2025).

Name

Foley Public School District

Legal name

Foley Independent School District No. 51 (I.S.D. #51)

Website

https://foley.k12.mn.us

Company type

Public

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Child nutrition services
• Special education programs
• Community education classes
• Facility rental services

Headquarters

HQ city

Foley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding: As a public school district (ISD #51), revenue comes primarily from state aid, property taxes, and federal education funding. Additional revenue generated through community education programs, facility rentals, and food service programs.
2. Meal Program Revenue: Revenue from student meals (breakfast and lunch) and adult meals. Special day snacks program, milk programs, and after-school snack programs generate additional food service revenue.
3. Facility Rental Fees: Revenue from rental of school facilities for tournaments, conferences, business meetings, trainings, family reunions, class reunions, birthday and graduation parties, and special events. User and rental fees determined by schedule of fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Foley Public School District provides comprehensive K-12 public education across three schools on a connected campus in Foley, Minnesota, serving students from Pre-K through 12th grade. The district offers academic programming aligned with Minnesota standards, college preparatory coursework, special education, Title 1 support, athletics, fine arts, vocational pathways, and student support services including child nutrition, transportation, and health services.

Product overview

Foley Public School District (I.S.D. #51) is a connected K-12 campus in Foley, Minnesota, operating three public schools: Foley Elementary School (Pre K-3rd grade), Foley Intermediate School (grades 4-8), and Foley High School (grades 9-12, serving over 600 students). The district offers a comprehensive educational ecosystem including core academics, Title 1 support, special education programming, and career/college readiness through curriculum aligned with Minnesota standards. Supporting services include the Campus Portal for student information and meal payments, Child Nutrition Services, Athletics & Activities, Community Education, Health Services, Transportation with safety cameras, and Technology & IT Support. The district also features unique programs like the Outdoor Learning Center: Seeds to Forest for hands-on science education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foley High School
• Foley Intermediate School
• Foley Elementary School
• Child Nutrition Services
• Special Education
• Title 1 Program
• Athletics & Activities
• Community Education
• Facility Rental Program
• Transportation Services
• Health Services
• Outdoor Learning Center: Seeds to Forest

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration20 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Minnesota Department of EducationcoreOthers · 1 October 2002Initial funder of the Outdoor Learning Center Seeds to Forest Program in October 2002, providing development funds for outdoor learning site, materials, and curriculum writing incorporating Pre K-12 science curriculum.
• Pheasants ForeverminorOthersAdditional funding donor for Outdoor Learning Center development and maintenance.
• Benton-Stearns Education DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative partnership providing special education programming including K-12 Special Education, Early Childhood Special Education, Homebound Education, and center-based programs for Developmental Cognitive Disabilities.
• Big Brothers Big SisterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram coordinator Taylor Jones connects school-based youth with mentors. Program includes Little application for school-based youth and volunteer interest forms.
• AmeriCorpscoreOthersPartnership to hire AmeriCorps tutors for math tutoring at Foley Intermediate School and math/reading tutoring at Foley Elementary School.
• QuestBridgeminorOthersNational college matching scholarship program that connected Foley senior Junah Rudolph with full scholarship to Princeton University.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Infinite Campus: Student Information System vendor powering Foley's Campus Portal for grades, attendance, and lunch payments. Core infrastructure ecosystem partner.
• Edmentum: Provider of Study Island and Edgenuity, key digital learning platforms used by Foley students. Adjacent ecosystem vendor rather than a competitor.
• Minnesota Department of Education: State regulatory body that funds and oversees Foley Public Schools. Functions as a strategic counterparty and policy-setter rather than a competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Minneapolis Public Schools: Large urban Minnesota public school district serving as the broad statewide incumbent; defines the regulatory and policy environment that Foley operates within, though operational scale differs materially.

Direct peers

• Becker Public Schools: Similar-sized Minnesota public K-12 district in a comparable rural-suburban setting. Useful peer for enrollment, funding, and programming benchmarks.
• Albany Area Public Schools: Neighboring Central Minnesota public K-12 district of comparable size; corresponds via choir competitions and similar rural-community profile. Direct peer for both academic and extracurricular benchmarks.
• St. Cloud Area School District: Larger district located ~14 miles west of Foley; serves as the primary regional competitor for open enrollment families in Central Minnesota. Same regulatory environment and funding model as Foley.
• Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools: Neighboring Central Minnesota public school district of similar size and rural-suburban profile. Highly comparable as a K-12 public district; the new Activities Director previously served here, indicating direct operational comparability.
• Princeton Public Schools: Comparable Minnesota public K-12 district of similar enrollment scale, offering the same core academic and extracurricular programming; competes for boundary-area families.
• Cambridge-Isanti Schools: Regional K-12 public district in the same Central Minnesota/MSHSL competition footprint. Foley's athletics and activities programs (referenced in customer testimonials) directly compete with Cambridge-Isanti teams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FoleyFalconsHS
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/foleyfalcons51
• Facebookfacebook.com/FoleyPublicSchools
• Instagraminstagram.com/foley_public_schools

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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