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K-12 Education

We bring a people-centered and analytically rigorous approach toward greater strategy and improved resource allocation so that all students have what they need to realize their full potential.

What We Do

Analyze, strategize, optimize.

The role of the school is changing. School leaders are providing broader and deeper support to students while maintaining a robust academic experience. And all with finite resources. You’re tasked with answering the question: “How do we meet the many challenges our students and communities face and use what we have to provide the best possible education to each student?”

You don’t have to navigate the increasingly complex waters alone. As national experts in funding policy, strategic resource allocation, and financial planning, we help district and state leaders optimize resources to better serve students. We collaborate with leaders and their communities to co-create adaptable approaches and solutions that work for your unique context.

How We Do It

Comprehensive data, community insight, and a people-first approach.

We harness the wisdom and experience of communities – including parents and families, teachers and school personnel, and school leaders – and combine it with rich local data, research and expertise, and systematic processes to create durable, context-sensitive solutions.

Examples of our services include:

  • State funding policy design and implementation
  • School district funding policy design and implementation
  • Community engagement
  • Qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis
  • Program design, implementation, and technical assistance
  • Special education and inclusion cost modeling and funding studies
  • School district restructuring and implementation planning

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Supporting schools, districts, and state agencies to design and implement promising resource strategies with community influence.




North Chicago Community Unit School District 187

Afton Partners has worked closely with our school district for over a decade. They have taken the time to build relationships and truly understand our local context. This deep and long standing engagement with the community has made them our most trusted partners and advisors. Recently, with a complex decision around school utilization and grade level alignment facing the district, there was no question about who to turn to to lead our decision making process with data, community input, and their own insights – it was Afton. During that process they came to the district multiple times to meet with community members, hand out surveys, and to get proximate to the challenges that we were facing. For an organization that works nationally to invest so much time locally is unique.”

Dr. John Price, Superintendent

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