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Cornerstone Learning Academy

Get educational choice and co-create your learning journey at Cornerstone Learning Academy, a Prek-12th grade private school and homeschool support program which offers classes, educational support and guidance, and community outreach classes for learning beyond high school.

Boise, ID, USA

One Liner

One Liner
Get educational choice and co-create your learning journey at Cornerstone Learning Academy, a Prek-12th grade private school and homeschool support program which offers classes, educational support and guidance, and community outreach classes for learning beyond high school.

What Problem We are Solving

Problem
Cornerstone Learning Academy was incorporated to help solve the problem of consistent and stellar education during a time when the educational model was being challenged by changes to the traditional educational pathway during the pandemic. In a time when there was a mass exodus from public school and credentialed, experienced educators taking the lead in pedagogy, Cornerstone founder and staff members stepped up to keep elements of the traditional classroom alive, while incorporating new features to education that parents and community members desired, such as community outreach programs designed not only for their young students, but also continued education courses for adults in their learning journeys! Parents want options for their students, and with Cornerstone's flexible learning options, families can tailor-create a learning pathway that is just the right fit for their family's schedule and student's learning needs!

About Us

About Us
Cornerstone Academy was created out of the need and desire to get back to the basics with educating our youth. Education today has, in many ways, taken out the essential parts of us that make us human by dictating success only by test scores and the amount of standards covered. At Cornerstone Academy, our hope is that each student learn based on their own individual learning styles, and choose their own educational path based on their preferred methodology and desired outcomes. At Cornerstone, we feel that students should find their own love of learning and not be forced into a cookie-cutter, one size fits all, educational view. That is why we offer an assortment of learning modalities and pathways to help students reach their full potential and sought-after result. Cornerstone Academy offers a variety of educational routes to align with parent and student goals. Overseen by licensed educators, all Cornerstone Academy programs focus on state and community-aligned standards. Cornerstone's goal is to take the stress out of learning for your student, while providing a variety of learning pathways and activities to support each family's learning and educational needs. As well as in-person and virtual learning options, tutoring services and a variety of homeschool support programs, Cornerstone Academy teaches an assortment of clubs and community courses to help foster a sense of involvement and accountability with our students. We strive to teach our students and parents that they can help change the world!

Venture Highlights

Highlights
In just two short years, Cornerstone has earned over $750,000 in revenue and donations and we have served hundreds of students in our valley. We have secured 36 laptops and a computer cart from one of our partners and another $20,000 in donations from Upstream Strategies (a non-profit that supports non-traditional education and private schools). We have a dynamic and diverse student body and staff. We are proud to serve our community with adult learning and community outreach programs as well!

Competitive Advantage

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Cornerstone Learning Academy has flexible learning options and varied pathways to completion and graduation. With Cornerstone's flexible options, parents can tailor-fit their educational journey to their personal schedule and child's needs. No other company in the valley can offer a full-time private school, part-time learning, in-person and virtual options. We are pioneers in our field!

Revenue

Revenue To Date
$750K
MRR
$38.8K
Revenue YTD
$195K
Burn Rate
N/A

Users

Total Users
250
Total Users (Past 30 Days)
100
Daily Active Users
100
Monthly Active Users
100
Total Paying Users
250
MoM Growth Users
N/A
Organic Traffic %
N/A

Customer Costs

CAC
$100.00
LTV
$9K
Churn
15%
Margins
N/A

Go-To Market Strategy

Business Strategy
Cornerstone relies on word-of-mouth and social media heavily for marketing and sales strategies. These two have been the most successful and productive routes for producing new interest and business leads.

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Analysys
INDEPENDENT LEARNING ACADEMY | ILA is a Christian-based independent learning educational model. Families can choose a la carte classes for K-12th grade.  | K-12th Grade | Cornerstone offers flexible schedules like ILA, but you can get a consistent full-time schedule and not intermittent classes, which ILA does not offer. ILA does not have a security system in their building. ILA REQUIRES parents to volunteer 16 hours per semester. | Meridian, Idaho | $160-$550 per semester class
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$960.00 semester for each core class ILA (independentlearningacademy.org)

AMBROSE ACADEMY | Ambrose is a Christian-based school that uses a Classical learning approach with full-time learning schedules for K-12th grade. | K-12th Grade | Cornerstone has flexible schedules, where Ambrose you are required to attend full-time. Cornerstone offers all curriculum, included in tuition and Ambrose requires you to pay for your own textbooks.  Ambrose requires uniforms. | MeridianBoise | Application: $130Enrollment $175-195Administrative Fee: $495Book Fee: $75-195 per classPreK: $2,215.00/yearK-1st: $6,575.00/year2nd-6th: $8,265.007th-9th: $9,425.0010th-12th: $9,825.00 Home - The Ambrose School

COLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN | Cole Valley Christian is a Christian-based school that uses a Classical learning approach with full-time learning schedules for K-12th grade.\. | K-12th Grade | Cornerstone has flexible schedules, where Ambrose you are required to attend full-time. Cornerstone offers all curriculum, included in tuition and Ambrose requires you to pay for your own textbooks. A statement of faith is required to attend. Not all students who apply are accepted. Cole Valley Christian requires uniforms to attend.
| Meridian | $7,000+/year depending on age enrolled.
Cole Valley Christian School - Meridian, ID


INNOVATE ACADEMY | Innovate Academy gives instruction in a Finnish Philosophy approach.  | K-10th Grade | Innovate Academy has a 4-day learning week with no other learning options available. | Eagle | Prek-Kindergarten:Registration Fee: $100Facility Fee: $150Curriculum Fee: $200Tuition: $7,500/year
1st-5th Grade:Registration Fee: $100Facility Fee: $200Curriculum Fee: $250Tuition: $8,000/year
6th-8th Grade:Registration Fee: $100Facility Fee: $200Curriculum Fee: $300Tuition: $8,500/year
9th-10th Grade:Registration Fee: $100Facility Fee: $250Curriculum Fee: $450Tuition: $11,750/year
Tuition - Innovate Academy & Preparatory School (innovateacademyprep.com)

BISHOP KELLY HIGH SCHOOL | Bishop Kelly is a Catholic-based high school in Boise. They offer rigorous courses. Bishop Kelly is a 5-day a week program.  | 9th-12th Grade | Cornerstone offers a full-day schedule or high school support program where students can come into classes for support and not instruction. BK only has a 5-day a week option and assign 1-3 hours of homework each night. | Boise | Tuition: $9,250/yearTuition w/ Parrish Support: $8,450/year
Bishop Kelly High School – Academic Excellence – Moral Leadership – Social Responsibility (bk.org)

Program Name | Brief Description | Target | How Do We Compete? | Location | Pricing
CHALLENGER SCHOOL | Challenger schools offer a rigorous course study for K-8th graders. Challenger schools have amazing results with student test scores. | K-8th Grade | Challenger schools are a great option for high-earning families. Their program is rigorous, producing great results, but it is out of reach for the majority of families in the Treasure Valley. Cornerstone also has credentialed teachers and not all of Challenger school staff is licensed to teach. | BoiseMeridian | Deposit: $200-$400Annual Fee: $175.00Extended Class Fees:$1,134-$1,170/year
Preschool ½ Day: $2,810/yearPreschool Full-Day:$4,540/year
Elementary: 1st-5th$12,590/year
Middle: 6th-8th$13,330/year
Private Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary & Middle School | Challenger School

CHARTER SCHOOLS
*Gem Prep Academy
*PI STEM Academy
*Compass Charter
*Anser Charter
*Sage International | Charter schools in the Boise/Meridian area are public schools. Public schools must abide by certain strict protocols and do not have flexible options for attendance and instruction such as other private school options.  Charter schools are free public schools, but you have to be accepted to attend.

Competitor Website
INNOVATE ACADEMY innovateacademyprep.com
AMBROSE ACADEMY theambroseschool.org
INDEPENDENT LEARNING ACADEMY independentlearningacademy.org

Networking

Networking
We are open to meeting up to grab a coffee, or just to chat. We would really enjoy your feedback and insight into our venture and would be happy to discuss anything that you are currently working on to see if we can be of service!

DEI

Number of Founders
1
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Capital

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Name Amount
Amount Left $42,905.00
Amount Raised (This Round) $7,095.00
Amount Raise To Date $22K
Investment Type N/A
Type of Raise Staff Fundraiser Drive (School Fundraiser)

Valuation
$500K
Friends & Family
$22K

TAM SAM SOM

TAM
$500M
SAM
$500K
SOM
$500M

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