CERAI-98-02
Last updated 4 February 1999
Summary Of For-profitEducation Management Companies
This chart is a summary of themore detailed individual company profiles which follow.
| Company Name and Location | Total Number of Schools Operating | Number of Schools That Are Charter Schools | States in Which Company Is Operating |
| Advantage Schools, Boston, MA | 8 | 8 | AZ, IL, MA, MI, NC, NJ, TX |
| Beacon Education Management, Westborough, MA | 11 | 11 | MA, MI, NC |
| Charter Schools Administrative Services, Southfield, MI | 5 | 5 | MI |
| Edison Project New York, NY | 38 | 15 | CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, KS, MA, MI, MN, NC, NJ, TX |
| Educare, Inc., Petoskey, MI | 6 | 6 | MI |
| Excel Education Centers, Prescott, AZ | 7 | 7 | AZ |
| Helicon Associates, Flat Rock, MI | 1 | 1 | MI |
| Leona Group, East Lansing, MI | 19 | 19 | AZ, MI |
| Malone Management, Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | 1 | MI |
| Montessori Charter School of Flagstaff, Flagstaff, AZ | 1 | 1 | AZ |
| Mosaica Education San Rafael, CA | 2 | 2 | MI, PA |
| National Heritage Academies, Dearborn, MI | 14 | 14 | MI |
| SABIS Educational Systems, Eden Prairie, MN | 6 | 5 | IL, MA, MN |
| TesseracT Group, Minneapolis, MN | 12 | 9 | AZ, MN, NJ |
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Advantage Schools
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 205 Portland St. Boston, MA 02114 | (617) 523-2220 | www.advantage-schools.com/home | 1996 | Privately held | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Phoenix Advantage Charter School | Phoenix, AZ | 1997 | K-6 | Yes |
| Octavio Paz Charter School | Chicago, IL | 1998 | K-5 | Yes |
| Mystic Valley Advantage Regional Charter School | Malden, MA | 1998 | K-5 | Yes |
| Abby Kelley Foster Regional Charter School | Shrewsbury, MA | 1998 | K-5 | Yes |
| Kalamazoo Advantage Academy | Kalamazoo, MI | 1998 | K-5 | Yes |
| The Charter Public School | Rocky Mount, NC | 1997 | K-6 | Yes |
| Jersey City Golden Door Charter School | Jersey City, NJ | 1998 | K-5 | Yes |
| San Antonio Advantage Charter Sch. | San Antonio, TX | 1998 | K-5 | Yes |
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Beacon Education Management
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 112 Turnpike Road Suite 107 Westborough MA 01581 | 800-789-1258 (508) 836-4461 | www.beaconedu.com | 1993 | Privately held | Unknown |
Schools
* Schools marked with an asteriskare run by JCR & Associates, an affiliate of Beacon Education Management.
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Chelmsford Public Charter School | Chelmsford, MA | 1996 | 5-8 | Yes |
| Rising Tide Charter School | Plymouth, MA | 1998 | 5-8 | Yes |
| Chandler Park Academy* | Detroit, MI | | 6-8 | Yes |
| Chandler Park Academy South* | Detroit, MI | | 6 | Yes |
| Crossroads Charter Academy* | Big Rapids, MI | 1998 | K-8 | Yes |
| Great Lakes Academy* | Pontiac, MI | 1997 | K-4 | Yes |
| Hope Academy* | Detroit, MI | 1998 | K-3 | Yes |
| Renaissance Public School Academy* | Mt. Pleasant, MI | 1995 | K-8 | Yes |
| The Learning Center* | Byron Center, MI | 1996 | K-9 | Yes |
| West Michigan Academy of Arts & Academics* | Grand Haven, MI | 1996 | K-8 | Yes |
| Engelmann School of the Arts and Sciences | Claremont, NC | 1996 | K-6 | Yes |
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Charter SchoolsAdministrative Services
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 20755 Greenfield Rd. Suite 300 Southfield MI 48075 | 248-569-7787 | | | | |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Academy of Detroit – Oak Park | Ferndale, MI | | | Yes |
| Academy of Detroit – East | Oak Park, MI | | | Yes |
| Academy of Detroit – Southfield | Southfield, MI | | | Yes |
| Academy of Detroit – West | Detroit, MI | | | Yes |
| Academy of Detroit – Westland | Westland, MI | | | Yes |
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The Edison Project
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 521 5th Ave., 15th Floor New York, NY 10175 | (212) 419-1600 | www.edisonproject.com | 1991 | Privately held | Not profitable1 |
1. In a 29 May 1998 Wichita(Kansas) Business Journal
article, Edison executive vice president ChrisCerf said that the
company would soon be at "static-stateprofitability," the point at
which they will have a profit if they ceasegrowth expenditures.
Schools*
*
Some of the school namesbelow actually represent two or more
"academies" serving differentgrade levels within the same school.
Edison counts each academy as a separateschool, although they may be
housed in the same building.
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Feaster-Edison Charter School | Chula Vista, CA | | K-6 | Yes |
| Edison Brentwood Academy | E. Palo Alto, CA | 1998 | K-3 | No |
| Edison McNair Academy | E. Palo Alto, CA | 1998 | 4-8 | No |
| Phillips-Edison Partnership School | Napa, CA | 1998 | K-6 | Yes |
| Edison Charter Academy | San Francisco, CA | | | Yes |
| San Jose-Edison Academy | W. Covina, CA | 1998 | K-5 | Yes |
| Roosevelt-Edison Charter School | Colorado Springs, CO | | K-5 | Yes |
| Emerson-Edison Partnership School | Colorado Springs, CO | 1997 | 6-7 (next year 6-8) | Yes |
| Air Force Academy/Colorado Springs Academy-Edison Elementary School | Colorado Springs, CO | 1998 | K-6 (next year K-5) | No |
| Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet Sch. | Hamden, CT | 1998 | K-4 (next year expanding to K-8) | No |
| Edison-Friendship Public Charter School | Washington, DC | | | Yes |
| Henry E.S. Reeves Elementary School | Miami, FL | 1996 | K-5 | No |
| Dodge-Edison Elementary School | Wichita, KS | 1994 | K-5 | |
| Jardine-Edison Junior Academy | Wichita, KS | 1995 | 6-8 | |
| Edison-Ingalls Partnership School | Wichita, KS | 1997 | K-5 | No |
| Edison-Isely Partnership School | Wichita, KS | 1997 | K-5 | No |
| Boston Renaissance Charter School | Boston, MA | | K-5 | Yes |
| Seven Hills Charter School | Worcester, MA | | K-8 | Yes |
| Washington-Edison Partnership School | Battle Creek, MI | 1998 | K-6 | No |
| Wilson-Edison Partnership School | Battle Creek, MI | | | |
| Detroit Academy of Arts and Science | Detroit, MI | 1997 | K-6 | Yes |
| Detroit-Edison Public School Academy | Detroit, MI | 1998 | K-8 | Yes |
| Garfield-Edison Partnership School | Flint, MI | 1997 | K-6 | No |
| Williams-Edison Partnership School | Flint, MI | 1997 | K-7 | No |
| Mid-Michigan Public School Academy | Lansing, MI | 1996 | K-9 | Yes |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Academy | Mount Clemens, MI | 1995 | K-11 | No |
| Edison-Perdue Academy | Pontiac, MI | 1994 | K-12 | No |
| Edison-Kenwood Charter School | Duluth, MN | | K-5 | Yes |
| Edison-Central Academy | E. Duluth, MN | 1997 | 6-9 | Yes |
| Edison Project-PPL School | Minneapolis, MN | 1998 | K-5 | No |
| Granville Charter School | Trenton, NJ | | | Yes |
| Carver Heights-Edison Elem. School | Goldsboro, NC | | | |
| Elm Creek-Edison Partnership School | Atacosa, TX | 1997 | K-5 | No |
| McNair-Edison Junior Academy | San Antonio, TX | 1998 | 6 | No |
| Kriewald Road Elementary School | San Antonio, TX | 1998 | K-5 | No |
| Washington Elementary School | Sherman, TX | 1995 | K-4 | No |
| Dillingham Intermediate School | Sherman, TX | | 5-6 | No |
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EduCare
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 438 E. Lake St. Petoskey, MI 49770-2467 | (616) 347-2449 | None found | | | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Concord Academy-Boyne | Boyne City, MI | 1995 | K-10 | Yes |
| Concord Academy-Petoskey | Petoskey, MI | 1995 | K-12 | Yes |
| Creative Learning Academy of Science, Mathematics, & Humanities | Beaverton, MI | 1996 | K-6 | Yes |
| Lake Bluff Academy | Manistee, MI | 1996 | K-6 | Yes |
| Sunrise Educational Center | Tawas City, MI | 1996 | K-6 | Yes |
| Traverse Bay Community School | Traverse City, MI | 1996 | K-7 | Yes |
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Excel Education Centers,Inc.
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 1040 Whipple St. Ste. 401 Prescott, AZ 86305 | 800-417-9036 | | | | |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Excel Education Center - Cottonwood | Cottonwood, AZ | | 6-12 | Yes |
| Excel Education Center - Flagstaff | Flagstaff, AZ | | 6-12 | Yes |
| Excel High School | Lake Havasu City, AZ | | 9-12 | Yes |
| Excel Education Center - Prescott | Prescott, AZ | | 6-12 | Yes |
| Excel Education Center - Prescott Valley | Prescott Valley, AZ | | 6-12 | Yes |
| Excel Education Center -San Carlos | San Carlos, AZ | | 6-12 | Yes |
| Excel Education Center - Williams | Williams, AZ | | 6-12 | Yes |
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Helicon Associates
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| | (734) 379-9795 | None found | | | |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Morey Charter School | Shepherd, MI | 1997 | K-7 | Yes |
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The Leona Group
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Some information about this company or its schools was notobtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 4660 S. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823-5376 | (517) 333-9030 | None found | | Privately held | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Apache Trail High School | Apache Junction, AZ | | 7-12 | Yes |
| Genesis High School | Tucson, AZ | 1997 | 7-12 | Yes |
| Sun Valley High School | Mesa, AZ | | 7-12 | Yes |
| Tempe Accelerated High School | Tempe, AZ | | 7-12 | Yes |
| West Phoenix High School | Phoenix, AZ | | 9-12 | Yes |
| West Michigan Academy of Environmental Sciences | Walker, MI | 1995 | K-10 | Yes |
| New School for Creative Learning | Grand Rapids, MI | 1995 | K-6 | Yes |
| Tri-Valley Academy | Muskegon, MI | 1995 | 5-10 | Yes |
| Cesar Chavez Academy Elem. School | Detroit, MI | 1996 | K-5 | Yes |
| George Crockett Academy | Detroit, MI | | K-8 | Yes |
| Pierre Toussaint Academy | Detroit, MI | | K-8 | Yes |
| Voyageur Academy | Detroit, MI | | K-8 | Yes |
| Woodward Academy | Detroit, MI | | 2-7 | Yes |
| Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School | Detroit, MI | | 6-8 | Yes |
| Academy for Business and Technology | Dearborn Heights, MI | | 7-12 | Yes |
| Thomas-Gist Academy | Westland/Inkster, MI | | K-8 | Yes |
| New Directions Institute | Pontiac, MI | | 9-12 | Yes |
| Northridge Academy (PENDING) | Flint, MI | | K-8 | Yes |
| Walter French Academy | Lansing, MI | 1996 | 6-12 | Yes |
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Malone Management
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 1750 Woodworth St. N.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49525 | (616) 364-9464 | None found | | Privately held | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Academy of Health and Science | Grand Rapids, MI | 1997 | 7-9 | Yes |
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Montessori Charter Schoolof Flagstaff
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 1000 E. Appellation Flagstaff, AZ 86004 | (520) 774-8685 | None | 1995 | Privately held | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Montessori Charter School of Flagstaff (a single school located at four sites) | Flagstaff, AZ | 1995 | K-5 | Yes |
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Mosaica Education
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Some information about this company or its schools was notobtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 4040 Civic Center Dr. Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94903 | (415) 491-1305 | www.mosaicaeducation.com | 1997 | Privately held | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Mosaica Academy of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | 1997 | | Yes |
| Mosaica Academy Charter School | Bensalem, PA | 1998 | K-6 | Yes |
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National Heritage Academies(Formerly Educational Development Corporation)
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 989 Spaulding Ave. S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49546 | (616) 222-1700 | None found | 1995 | Privately held | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| Cardinal Charter Academy | Muskegon, MI | 1998 | | Yes |
| Cross Creek Charter Academy | Byron Center, MI | 1997 | K-5 | Yes |
| Eagle Crest Charter Academy | Holland, MI | 1997 | K-5 | Yes |
| Endeavor Charter Academy | Springfield, MI | 1998 | | Yes |
| Excel Charter Academy | Grand Rapids, MI | 1995 | K-8 | Yes |
| Knapp Charter Academy | Grand Rapids, MI | 1997 | K-5 | Yes |
| Paragon Charter Academy | Jackson, MI | 1998 | | Yes |
| Paramount Charter Academy | Kalamazoo, MI | 1998 | | Yes |
| Ridge Park Charter Academy | Grand Rapids, MI | 1998 | K-4 | Yes |
| Vanderbilt Charter Academy | Holland, MI | 1996 | K-5 | Yes |
| Vanguard Charter Academy | Wyoming, MI | 1996 | K-5 | Yes |
| Vista Charter Academy | Grand Rapids, MI | 1996 | K-5 | Yes |
| Walker Charter Academy | Walker, MI | 1997 | K-5 | Yes |
| Cardinal Charter Academy | East Muskegon, MI | 1998 | K-2 | Yes |
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SABIS Educational Systems
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Some information about this company or its schools wasnot obtained by
the time this document was to be released. Information will beadded
when available.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 6385 Beach Rd. Eden Prairie, MN 55344 | 612-829-9352 | www.sabis.net | 1886 | | Unknown |
Schools
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| The Chicago International School North Campus | Chicago, IL | 1997 | K-9 | Yes |
| The Chicago International School South Campus | Chicago, IL | 1997 | K-9 | Yes |
| SABIS Foxborough Regional Charter School | Foxborough, MA | 1998 | K-9 | Yes |
| The International Charter School Springfield | Springfield, MA | 1995 | K-8 | Yes |
| The International School of Minnesota | Eden Prairie, MN | | K-12 | No |
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The TesseracT Group, Inc.
| Address | Telephone | WWW Address | Year Founded | Privately Held or Publicly Traded | Profitable or Not Profitable |
| 3800 W. 80th St.. Suite 1400 Minneapolis, MN 55431 | (612) 837-8700 | None found | 1986 | Publicly traded TSST on Nasdaq | Not profitable1 |
1. A net loss of $3,437,000 forthe year ending 30 June 1998 was reported in the company's SEC form 10-K .
Schools
*
Schools marked with an asterisk arerun by Sunrise Educational Services,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of theTesseracT Group, Inc.
| School Name | Location | Year Founded | Grade Levels Served | Charter School? |
| TesseracT School | Paradise Valley, AZ | 1995 | preK-8 | No |
| Sunray Charter School #109* | Chandler, AZ | Acquired by | K | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #121* | Chandler, AZ | TesseracT | K-5 | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #124* | Glendale, AZ | Dec. 1997 | K-5 | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #101* | Mesa, AZ | | K | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #104* | Mesa, AZ | | K-5 | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #106* | Phoenix, AZ | | K | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #114* | Phoenix, AZ | | K-5 | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #127* | Phoenix, AZ | | K-5 | Yes |
| Sunray Charter School #118* | Tempe, AZ | | K-5 | Yes |
| TesseracT School | Eagan, MN | 1987 | preK-8 | No |
| TesseracT School | South Bend, IN | 1997 | CLOSED 1998 for lack of enrollment | |
The
following is a list offor-profit school management companies for which
detailed information abouttheir operations was not obtained by the time
of the release of this document. Detailson these companies will be
added as soon as possible.
| Name of Company | Address | Phone |
| Advance Staff Leasing, Inc. | 4407 W St., Joseph Hwy. Lansing MI 48917 | 517-321-5792 |
| American Institutional Management Services, Inc. | 5003 Schaefer Rd. Dearborn MI 48126 | 313-584-5000 |
| Charter Foundation, Inc. | AZ | |
| Designed Administrative Resources Technologies, Inc. | 2851 High Meadow Circle Auburn Hills MI 48326 | 248-649-2367 |
| EDGE School, Inc. | AZ | |
| Educational Enterprises, L.L.C. | 3551 Packard Rd. Ann Arbor MI 48108 | |
| EightCAP, Inc. | 904 Oak Drive, Turk Lake Greenville MI 48838 | 616-754-9315 |
| Ideabanc, Inc. | AZ | |
| Learning Facilitators, Inc. | MI | |
| Midland Charter Initiative | 4653 Bailey Bridge Rd. Midland MI 48640 | 517-496-2404 |
| Northern Educational & Computer Services | MI | |
| Open Inn, Inc. | AZ | |
| Orbis Management Group, L.L.C. | 7330 Tory Hudsonville MI 49426 | 616-662-6613 |
| Schoolhouse Services and Staffing, Inc. | 20131 Berg Rd. Detroit MI 48219 | 248-538-0072 |
| Smart Schools, Inc. | 9758 Highland Rd. Howell MI 48843 | 810-632-2008 |