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🎛️ District Inputs
Student Count 500
Grade Band Coverage
State
Annual IT & Security Budget $0
Includes cybersecurity tools, awareness training, curriculum licenses — what you're already spending on student digital safety.
— per student/yr based on district size
Teacher Count 20
Annual Platform Cost
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3-Year Net Savings
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Vs current IT & security spend [3]
Return on Investment
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Annualized return vs current spend
Payback Period
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Months to break-even on switching
$ / Pupil / Year
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Flat pricing; unlimited classrooms & teachers
Do-Nothing vs CyberHeroesHQ
Stay with current setup
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Annual baseline cost¹
Run CyberHeroesHQ
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Flat annual cost
¹Budget + expected 3-yr breach exposure. [3]
FERPA Penalty Exposure Avoided
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3-yr breach-loss avoided [1] [2]
PD Hours Saved / Teacher / Year
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Structured curriculum vs ad-hoc PD [4]
Cyber Workforce Pipeline Value
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Projected lifetime earnings premium · [5] [6]
Time to District-Wide Deployment
— weeks
Based on student count and typical onboarding pace
5-Year Cumulative Comparison
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Stay with current setup Run CyberHeroesHQ
📊 Cost Per Student vs Alternatives
Option$/student/yr
CyberHeroesHQ —
Common Sense Media$18.00
Avg SEL Program$25.00
District Textbook$85.00
Dedicated Cyber Course$200–600
🏛️ State Mandate Compliance Score
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📚 Sources & Methodology

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* Workforce Pipeline Value methodology: Assumes 2% of district students develop genuine cybersecurity career interest (CISA K-12 Cybersecurity Education Report 2024 baseline). Each student entering the cyber workforce earns an average salary premium of $32,000/yr above the median US wage (Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook 2024 — Information Security Analysts, median $120,360 vs median US wage $59,228). Projected over a 40-year career. Pipeline value = qualifying students × $32K × 40. This is a district-level aggregate projection, not a per-student guarantee. Actual outcomes vary by program implementation.