Carlisle Community School District

What Carlisle Community School District does

Carlisle Community School District is a public K-12 school district organized under Iowa state law, serving students in the Carlisle and Hartford communities of Warren County in the Des Moines metropolitan area. The district operates four schools — Carlisle Elementary (grades PK-3), Hartford Upper Elementary (grades 4-5), Carlisle Middle School (grades 6-8), and Carlisle High School (grades 9-12) — under the motto 'Character, Service, and Excellence in Everything We Do' with the Wildcats as its mascot. Erik Anderson serves as Superintendent, with dedicated principals at each school and central-office directors overseeing special programs, school improvement, food service, and athletics. The district is governed by an elected school board and operates under the authority of the Iowa Department of Education.

The district's core offering is free public K-12 education to resident students, supplemented by a tuition-based 3-year-old preschool and a free 4-year-old preschool subject to waitlist capacity. Programs span academic instruction, special education, career and technical education, fine arts, athletics, and extracurricular activities. The technology backbone is entirely composed of third-party vendor platforms: Infinite Campus for student information management and online registration; Apptegy for website content management; BoxCast for the CCSD Live broadcast service; BOUND for mandatory activity registration for middle and high school participants; and MySchoolMenus for dining information. Distribution and service delivery occur through physical school facilities and online enrollment portals, with mobile applications (iOS and Android) extending communication channels to families.

Carlisle Community School District is funded through a combination of state education aid, local property taxes, and federal grants, and does not charge tuition to resident K-12 students. There is no commercial revenue model, no paying customer base, and no pricing tiers beyond the tuition-based preschool. The entity is a government state entity under Iowa law rather than a commercial enterprise, which materially shapes every other analytical lens: revenue is formula-driven rather than market-driven, customer concentration is total by definition, and competitive dynamics are absent within the geographic catchment.

Name

Carlisle Community School District

Legal name

Carlisle Community School District

Website

https://carlislecsd.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Carlisle Community School District is a public K-12 school district in Iowa operating four schools (elementary, upper elementary, middle, high) that serves Carlisle and Hartford resident students with free public education, preschool, athletics, and extracurricular programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Elementary schooling
• Secondary education
• School athletics programs
• Student support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlisle

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Public school district funded through a combination of local property taxes, state education funding, and federal grants. Serves as a free public education provider for resident students in the Carlisle and Hartford areas of Iowa.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carlisle Community School District operates as a public K-12 school system providing elementary, middle, and high school education to students residing in the district. Its core offering is tuition-free academic instruction, supplemented by extracurricular activities, athletics, and student support services delivered across its school facilities.

Product overview

Carlisle Community School District is a public K-12 school district serving Carlisle and Hartford, Iowa. The district operates four schools: Carlisle Elementary (PK-3), Hartford Upper Elementary (4-5), Carlisle Middle School (6-8), and Carlisle High School (9-12). The district offers educational programs, athletics, fine arts, and extracurricular activities. Digital services include CCSD Live for video streaming, Infinite Campus for student information and online registration, and BOUND for activity registration. The district is headquartered at 430 School Street, Carlisle, IA 50047.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Elementary School Education Tuition-free public elementary education for K-5 students residing in the district, delivered at the district's elementary school campus. Includes core academic instruction in literacy, math, science, and social studies, along with art, music, physical education, and elementary-level student support services.
• Middle School Education Tuition-free public middle school education for grades 6-8, providing core subject instruction, exploratory electives, and age-appropriate student support. Includes introduction to structured athletics and extracurricular activities.
• High School Education Tuition-free public high school education for grades 9-12, offering core academics, electives, college preparatory coursework, career and technical education pathways, and comprehensive interscholastic athletics and extracurricular programs, leading to a high school diploma.
• School Athletics Program Organized team and individual sports offerings for enrolled students across grade levels, typically including seasonal sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, track and field, baseball, and softball. Open to student participants and supported by the district.
• Extracurricular Activities Program Clubs, organizations, fine arts programs (band, choir, drama), academic teams, and other student interest groups available to enrolled students outside of standard classroom instruction.
• Student Support Services Counseling, special education, health services, and other support programs addressing the academic, social-emotional, and health-related needs of enrolled K-12 students.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BOUND Activity RegistrationcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with BOUND (manager.gobound.com) for activities and athletics registration. All students participating in middle or high school activities (athletics or fine arts) must register through the BOUND platform. System handles activity registration, forms, and eligibility verification for extracurricular participation.
• Infinite CampuscoreTechnology or IntegrationStudent information system used for enrollment, grade management, attendance tracking, and parent portal access. District uses Infinite Campus for online registration and student data management.
• ApptegycoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite content management system provider powering the district and school websites with modern, mobile-responsive design and integrated features.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Johnston Community School District: Des Moines metro suburban public school district with extensive specialized programming. Comparable in mission but operates at greater scale with more advanced offerings.
• West Des Moines Community School District: Large Des Moines metro public school district serving western suburbs. Competes with Carlisle for open-enrollment families and offers broader specialized programming.
• Des Moines Public Schools: Iowa's largest public school district and the urban anchor of the metro area. Operates K-12 public education with the broadest programming in the region, providing the upper bound on competitive scale for Des Moines-area districts.
• Waukee Community School District: One of Iowa's largest and fastest-growing suburban public school districts in the Des Moines metro. Sets the competitive benchmark for programming breadth that smaller districts like Carlisle are benchmarked against.
• Ankeny Community School District: Larger Des Moines metro public school district with broader advanced programming and athletic offerings. Represents a key open-enrollment competitor to Carlisle under Iowa's inter-district transfer rules.
• Urbandale Community School District: Des Moines metro public school district with comprehensive K-12 programming and significant open-enrollment draw. Similar suburban mission to Carlisle but materially larger in scale.

Direct peers

• Norwalk Community School District: Adjacent Warren County public school district serving the Norwalk community in the Des Moines metro. Comparable small-district suburban profile, K-12 structure, and reliance on state funding.
• Indianola Community School District: Neighboring Warren County, Iowa public school district serving a similar small-city catchment with PK-12 programming. Closest comparable peer to Carlisle in scale, geography, and rural-suburban district character.
• Bondurant-Farrar Community School District: Des Moines metro suburban public school district of similar size to Carlisle, serving growing commuter-belt communities east of Des Moines with K-12 programming.
• Southeast Polk Community School District: Des Moines metro public school district serving southeast suburbs and rural areas, comparable in public K-12 mission and Iowa funding model though larger in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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