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Nashville-Based Educational Services of America Named Among America's 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 15:00 CDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. today listed Nashville-based Educational Services of America (ESA) No. 1,015 on its second annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America. This is ESA's second appearance on Inc.'s comprehensive list of the country's independent-minded entrepreneurs.

ESA is the nation's leading provider of K-12 and post-secondary alternative and special education programs for students who are at risk of dropping out of school and for students with behavioral/learning disabilities. ESA operates more than 140 schools and programs serving more than 240 school districts in numerous states and was recently engaged by Metro Nashville Public Schools to provide its Ombudsman alternative education program for students who are at risk of dropping out of school.

ESA provides highly personalized academic and behavioral services through the following divisions:

-- Ombudsman Educational Services, an alternative education program for at-risk students;

-- College Living Experience, which helps students with varying exceptionalities transition to life after high school by providing academic, social and independent living skills support;

-- Spectrum Center Schools, which serve students with challenging educational and behavioral needs; and

-- ESA Exceptional Schools, which provide personalized instructional programs for K-12 students with special needs.

ESA is ranked No. 1,015 among all companies and No. 11 among companies in the education industry, with revenue growth of 364.6 percent from 2004 to 2007, with 2007 revenue of $74.9 million. The company was listed No. 1,074 in 2007.

"Students, families and school districts are seeking solutions to critical issues such as improving high school graduation rates, providing special education services to students with a wide range of abilities and helping young people with special needs transition to life after high school," Mark Claypool, ESA founder, president and CEO, said. "Educational Services of America is growing because we provide individual attention and specialized academic programs to help all students reach their full potential academically, behaviorally and socially."

For more information about ESA, visit http://www.esa-education.com/ .

The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent -- not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies -- as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.

Educational Services of America

CONTACT: Cate Lewandowski, Educational Services of America,+1-615-577-5681, clewandowski@esa-education.com; Mary Brenna O'Neil, LovellCommunications, +1-615-297-7766, marybrenna@lovell.com, for EducationalServices of America

Web site: http://www.esa-education.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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