Senior Systems, from Community Brands

Senior Systems, from Community Brands

Score 6.0 out of 10
Senior Systems, from Community Brands

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What is Senior Systems, from Community Brands?

Senior Systems, a Community Brands company since 2016, offers their school management system oriented around the needs of K-12 private and independent schools, including the modular Ascendance database for student data and admissions management (among other ancillary features), and the...
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Product Details

What is Senior Systems, from Community Brands?

Senior Systems, a Community Brands company since 2016, offers their school management system oriented around the needs of K-12 private and independent schools, including the modular Ascendance database for student data and admissions management (among other ancillary features), and the Radius platform to integrate Admissions, Accounting, Academics and Advancement.

Senior Systems, from Community Brands Technical Details

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Mobile ApplicationNo
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April 24, 2021

Senior Systems - Robust School Management Tools

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Education Management Company, 51-200 employees
Score 6 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Senior Systems provides our school management and school information systems. It is used across the organization and provides an [uniform] platform for communication and management of the school's processes from payments to posting grades and discipline. The software has been highly customized for our academy's needs, and we have been using it for approximately 20 years.
Pros and Cons
  • A broad-based, unified platform that can be used in many areas across campus.
  • Robust database that is very customizable.
  • A web-based platform that can be used on any device.
  • Outdated look and feel for internal and external customers.
  • Somewhat complicated and tough to learn; it's not very intuitive.
  • Customer service response times and support leave something to be desired.
Likelihood to Recommend
Senior Systems school software is great for small schools looking for a software package that can be implemented across many departments in the school at a reasonable price. Senior Systems does offer on boarding and training to help learn the system but continuing training is difficult though also necessary. Senior's admissions software modules leave much to be desired though they have purchased Ravenna which offers a top-of-the-line option that blends very well with Senior.
Most Important Features
  • Able to be used across the campus in many areas - from enrollment and grades to school store management.
  • We have a long-term partnership with Senior and they have helped us build a robust system that is very tailored to our needs.
  • Having everything available in one system is extremely convenient.
Senior Systems, from Community Brands Feature Ratings
Student Data (6)
60%
6.0
Student Attendance Tracking
70%
7.0
Student Health Information
N/A
N/A
Grade Book Management
70%
7.0
Student Background Records
80%
8.0
Student and Parent Portal
60%
6.0
Transcript Management
80%
8.0
Student and Faculty Administration (12)
48.33333333333333%
4.8
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology
40%
4.0
Online Registration Management
70%
7.0
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting
60%
6.0
Roster Management
80%
8.0
Platform Customization
90%
9.0
Teacher Self-Service
N/A
N/A
Student Data Security
70%
7.0
Community Support
50%
5.0
Class Scheduling
70%
7.0
State and National-level Reporting
N/A
N/A
Compliance Support
50%
5.0
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • A fairly priced system.
  • [The] convenience of having to manage only one system and database.
  • Senior is long overdue for an update and refresh to make it look modern and to make it more easy and intuitive to use.
Alternatives Considered
On the admissions front, SchoolAdmin beats the Senior Admissions module hands down for ease of use, performance, customer service, and reliability. We have had no downtime issues with Senior but regularly experienced downtime issues with Senior. School Admin is also very intuitive and easy to learn and use. Senior has a much steeper learning curve.
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