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About Challenge Island
Challenge Island Founder and Creator, Sharon Duke Estroff M.A.T. is an award-winning educator with over two decades of teaching experience in Atlanta public and private schools. She is the author of the popular parenting book Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah? (Random House) and a feature parenting and education writer for numerous national publications including Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, Parents Magazine, and Huffington Post.
Sharon created Challenge Island while on maternity leave with her fourth child. Maxed out on late-night reruns of a popular, realityTV show, she began wondering if the same basic principals (minus the voting and island part) could become a means of motivating her students to take on complex higher level thinking tasks. She poured everything she'd learned about children into developing this idea, incorporating cutting edge research and educational thought. By the time her daughter graduated from 3 am feedings, Challenge Island was ready for primetime. It's been growing by leaps and bounds ever since.
Now over a decade later, thousands of children have experienced the magic and benefits of Challenge Island, as Sharon continues to develop fresh curriculum and content for this popular enrichment program.
*It's a proven model - truly a home-based business;
*Requires only a modest investment;
*Has NO national competition;
*Quick ROI on your low-cost franchise;
*Can be operated as a part/full time business;
*Has high profit margins;
*Has low fixed overhead;
*It's easy to operate;
*It can be easily taught to anyone;
*The classes, camps and birthday parties are affordable by nearly any family;
*Parents view the classes, camps, and birthday parties as educational and therefore feel that the fees are well spent.
*Year-round income with camps during school vacations and birthday parties anytime.
*Thrive in any economy by providing affordable classes to parents who put education first on their list of expenditures.
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Children's Education Franchise Opportunities
Below is a quick comparison of Challenge Island against other Children's Education franchises and business opportunities. For an in depth comparison of Challenge Island with another opportunity including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options click on the name of the company to view the detailed comparison.
| Franchise | Franchise Fee | Royalty | Advertising Fee | Development Costs |
| Academy for Mathematics & English | $35,000 | $120,000-$150,000 | ||
| Actor's Garage, The | $24,000 | 9% | $30,500-$32,000 | |
| Aloha USA | $10,000 | 14% | $29,100 | |
| Arcadia Academy of Music | $25,000 | $100,000-$150,000 | ||
| Bach to Rock | $40,000 | 7% | 2% | $292,700-$525,225 |
| Batter Up | $25,000 | 4% | $178,100-$256,000 | |
| Best in Class Education | $32,000-$35,000 | 12% | 2% | $62,800-$121,880 |
| Brain Balance Achievement Centers | $45,000 | 8% | $259,386-$481,571 | |
| Building Kidz School | $50,000 | 7% | 1% | $148,000-$380,500 |
| CEFA | $60,000 | 3% | 6% | $350,000-$900,000 |
| Code Ninjas | $15,000-$31,000 | 6.5%-12% | $31,420-$333,270 | |
| ComputerXplorers | $20,000 | 10% | 1%+ 1% | $54,000-And Up |
| Core Education & Fine Arts | $50,000 | 6% | 2% | $250,000-$500,000 |
| Ducklings Early Learning Centers | $65,000 | 6% | 1% | $478,600-$3,668,400 |
| e² Young Engineers | $30,000 | $250 / 7% | 5% | $41,110-$51,000 |
| EuroKids | N/A | $103,000-$206,000 | ||
| Eye Level | $5,000 | $32-$36/subject/mo. | $1/subject/mo. | $52,318-$121,650 |
| Flour Power Kids Cooking Studios | $39,875 | 6% | $149/mo. | $131,675-$241,675 |
| GiggleBytes | $15,000 | 7-8% | $15,000-And Up | |
| Great Minds Tutoring | $15,000 | 7-8% | $15,000-And Up | |
| GreenApple | $24,000-$28,000 | 10% | $40,000-$57,500 | |
| Gymboree Play & Music Centers | $45,000 | $133,500-$387,460 | ||
| Healthy Hands Cooking | N/A | $3,000-$5,000 | ||
| Helen Doron | N/A | $8,000-$500,000 | ||
| Hooray for Books | N/A | $35,000-$100,000 | ||
| Huntington Learning Centers | $28,000 | 9.5% | 2% | $133,458-$276,669 |
| I Know Science STEM Center & Toy Store | $60,000 | 6% | $121,000-$204,500 | |
| ICode | $35,000 | 6% | 2% | $293,000-$347,000 |
| Idea Lab Kids | $35,500 | 11%-9% | 1% | $60,200-$281,000 |
| Imagine Arts Academy | $49,000-$73,000 | $104,650-$283,300 | ||
| Ivybrook Academy | $50,000 | 6% | 1% | $310,700-$440,200 |
| JEI Self-Learning Centers | $22,500 | $23-$33/subject/mo. | $1-$3/subj/mo | $69,500-$115,000 |
| Kid's Community College | $50,000-$60,000 | $182,000-$405,325 | ||
| Kidcreate Studio | $45,000 | 8% | 1% | $108,860-$261,350 |
| Kiddie Academy | $135,000 | 7% | 2% | $345,000-$5,605,000 |
| Kids 'R' Kids | $115,000 | 6% | 1% | $4,401,000-$5,701,000 |
| Kids Incorporated | $55,000 | 8% | 2% | $3,400,000-$4,200,000 |
| KidZee | N/A | $16,800-$21,000 | ||
| KLA Schools | $78,500 | 6% | 1.5% | $1,121,000-$5,954,750 |
| Kumon Canada | $1,000 | $62,870-$158,390 | ||
| Ladybird Academy | $40,000 | 5% | 1% | $2,812,300-$3,457,700 |
| LeafSpring School | $87,500 | 6% | $3,546,150-$6,473,700 | |
| Learning Jungle | $40,000 | $180,000-$400,000 | ||
| LearningRx | $25,000 | 7% -8% | 3% | $90,000-$149,000 |
| Lekha Writing Centers | $25,000 | $45,000 | ||
| Level UP Learning Centers | $49,000 | $86,615-$287,950 | ||
| Lightbridge Academy | $40,000 | 7% | 2% | $549,228-$5,054,735 |
| Little Amigos | $15,000 | 7-8% | $15,000-And Up | |
| Little Medical School | $11,500-$24,500 | 8%+ | $95/mo. | $28,800-$58,200 |
| Little People's Creative Workshop | N/A | $30,000-$35,000 | ||
| Little Scientists | $20,000 | 6%/$250/Mo. | 1% | $35,000 |
| MakerKids | $30,000 | 8% | 3% | $152,750-$399,000 |
| Math Monkey | $31,500 | 6% | $99,000-$164,000 | |
| Math Squared Education | $599 | $18,550-$39,300 | ||
| Mind Lab | N/A | $35,000-$60,000 | ||
| MUSE Global | $50,000 | 5% | N/A | $432,125-$2,204,325 |
| Nutty Scientists | $28,000 | 6%-8% | 2% | $35,500-$43,800 |
| Pingu's English | N/A | $150,000-$500,000 | ||
| Primrose School | $80,000 | 7% | 2% | $636,900-$6,771,000 |
| Sew Fun Studios | $22,500 | $32,425-$49,875 | ||
| Smart Brain America | $25,000 | $12-20/student/month | $60,200-$163,700 | |
| smART Explorers | $19,500 | 7% | $27,500 | |
| SOS Franchising | $40,000 | $200,000-$350,000 | ||
| SpanishFUN | $150 | $12,500 | ||
| Spider Smart | $30,000 | $80,400-$142,400 | ||
| STEM for Kids | $39,500 | 7+% | 2% | $49,500-$83,650 |
| TCYonline.com | $2,499 | $2,499-And Up | ||
| Thinkertots | $35,000 | 7% | $83,100-$124,100 | |
| Top Secret Kids Corp. | N/A | $8,800 | ||
| Tutu School | $36,000 | 5% | 1% | $73,700-$135,200 |
| UC MAS | $7,000 | 25% | $25,000 | |
| Wee Little Arts | $24,500-$29,500 | 10 - 7% | $31,400-$46,940 | |
| Whole Child Learning | $15,000-$24,500 | 7-8% | $15,000-And Up | |
| Young Chefs Academy | $39,900 | $395/month | $120,300-$196,900 |