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PowerSchool SIS

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What is PowerSchool SIS?

The PowerSchool Student Information System covers administrative needs, such as scheduling, attendance, reporting, data management, faculty management, emergency/medical and health management, registration, and more for K-12 schools and districts. It is easy to use and boasts an industry-leading gradebook, PowerTeacher Pro. Users enjoy a fully…

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The most efficient student information system!

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 19, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I am currently employed as an administrative support manager at a local educational firm. During the time of my employment, the major problem our management had was to find a ...
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Sachi Subaran
Manager - Corporate
Administrative Support Manager
Teachables
PowerSchool Student Information System1 year of experience

PowerSchool SIS Powers up!

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 12, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use PowerSchool Student Information System everyday in the morning for checking attendance, for synching grades from Schoology, for monitoring students' grades quarterly and...
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Juvy Mojares
Employee - Research & Development
Teacher
Somerton Middle School
PowerSchool Student Information System5 years of experience

PowerSchool Keeps Everything in One Place!

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 11, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Power School to manage our student information, and student enrollment, schedule classes, give grades and report cards and communicate grades to parents and guardians. ...
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Amber AuBain
Employee - Other
Teacher
Caldwell County Schools
PowerSchool Student Information System6 years of experience

PowerSchool is a powerful tool for teachers and students to maintain schedules .

Rating: 5 out of 10
March 27, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use PowerSchool [Student Information System] to do grades and attendance. PowerSchool has acquired many different companies and has expanded their offerings to out price th...
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Spencer Cook
Director - Information Technology
Director Of Technology
Sugar Salem School District
PowerSchool Student Information System16 years of experience

Useful but needs work

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 16, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The system has a great deal of potential but is not consistent when communicating with other management software. It is relatively easy to learn and use. It calculates final g...
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Heather Skulan
Director - Other
Compliance Auditor
Wakefield Marenisco School District
PowerSchool Student Information System7 years of experience
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What is PowerSchool SIS?

The PowerSchool Student Information System covers administrative needs, such as scheduling, attendance, reporting, data management, faculty management, emergency/medical and health management, registration, and more for K-12 schools and districts. It is easy to use and boasts an industry-leading…

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Product Details

What is PowerSchool SIS?

The PowerSchool Student Information System covers administrative needs, such as scheduling, attendance, reporting, data management, faculty management, emergency/medical and health management, registration, and more for K-12 schools and districts. It is easy to use and boasts an industry-leading gradebook, PowerTeacher Pro. Users enjoy a fully web-based SIS that is flexible, configurable, and scalable with real-time updates on any operating system, browser or device.

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Screenshot of Student attendanceScreenshot of Standards-based gradingScreenshot of At-risk dashboardScreenshot of Parent view of student schedule

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PowerSchool SIS Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web
Supported LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese

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Reviewers rate Student Data Security and Class Scheduling highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of PowerSchool SIS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

PowerSchool SIS Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)30%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)70%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)0%
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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PowerSchool Student Information System

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 08, 2018
DM
David Murphy
Student Information Technology Specialist
Silver Lake Regional School District (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerSchool Student Information System
4 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are a K-12 public school district currently using PowerSchool as our primary Student Information System. It houses all student and parent contact information, grades and transcript information, discipline information, and attendance information. We also have it connected to other products which extend the capabilities of PowerSchool. It addresses our need to maintain and report accurate digital records for students.
Pros
  • Clean and user-friendly user interface that works in any web browser
  • Solid partners that sell additional products to extend the core functionality of PowerSchool
  • Offers the ability to customize the interface with basic HTML and SQL syntax
Cons
  • Although it houses a lot of data, extracting that data often requires the use of data export and manipulation tools or writing SQL queries so only the technically-minded can do it
  • Core functionality missing: digital report cards in the Parent/Student portal/app
  • Support is hit-or-miss with low response time or a knowledgeable representative
Likelihood to Recommend
PowerSchool is a great option for tracking student information. It is the most widely used student information system, so there are some great communities out there for support, and when you are looking to add on, there are plenty of existing customers to talk to.

PowerSchool Student Information System Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 09, 2017
Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Religious Institutions Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerSchool Student Information System
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
PowerSchool is being used by the entire Catholic School to manage student demographic information, classes, registration, and grades. We have even expanded it out to now use PowerSchool's Learning Management System. It is a daily tool that is the center of how we keep and manage the abundance of our student information.
Pros
  • User Friendly for both our students and staff.
  • Very customizable, and supported by a lot of other vendors/services.
  • Solid performance.
  • Has shown to be very secure, and is trusted by families.
Cons
  • Sales department could be better.
  • Some features or settings can be hidden.
  • Installing certain services can require a complex series of steps, and things are sometimes not very intuitive.
Likelihood to Recommend
For a school, PowerSchool is a powerhouse. In the old days, every service we had to provide (grades, registration, lunch service, emergency notifications, etc...) was under its own system. Trying to sync information between providers became a hassle for the Technology department, and complicated things for our users. We can now bundle most of these services under one vendor - which is greatly reduces our overhead and labor. Also, as a large player in the SIS market, PowerSchool is widely supported by a ton of other vendors/services we use as a school.

For businesses/organizations, I wouldn't see it as useful tool - but for schools it works great!

The most efficient student information system!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 19, 2022
SS
Sachi Subaran
Administrative Support Manager
Teachables (Education Management, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerSchool Student Information System
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I am currently employed as an administrative support manager at a local educational firm. During the time of my employment, the major problem our management had was to find a solution for proper data and information integration between the company, students, parents, and the teachers. This problem got us to investigate many learning management software but an LMS couldn't offer what we were looking for. This is when we were introduced to Power School Student Information System which seemed to be a pretty cool problem solver at that time as it offered us the ability to simplify student registrations online via web forms which happened to be an amazing stress reliever for the company.
Pros
  • Admissions management.
  • Proper student/parent documentation management.
  • Payment process management.
Cons
  • Social media integration of the educational institute could be added.
  • Website of the educational institute could be integrated.
  • A main dashboard with student statistics could be added.
Likelihood to Recommend
PowerSchool Student Information System is a cool software that can be highly recommended to anyone who is living in the educational management space. It is proven that this software can reduce your manual workload massively if you use it right. Plus it is really worth the price you pay. Especially if you are in the administrative field, this software will help you to minimize manual efforts put into student registrations, staffing recruitment, and main resource management processes.

PowerSchool Makes Databasing Student Information a Breeze.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 23, 2018
TL
Tracey Longway
Clerical Assistant
Beardsley School (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerSchool Student Information System
10 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is used as the district-wide student database. Students only need to be registered once in a single location. It allows for one unified history for each student. Transfers from one school to another are simple and easy and all a student's records follow them from one place to another without anything getting lost. There is no confusion for parents and all supporting documentation can be uploaded and attached to each child's record cutting down on the amount of hard copy paperwork that needs to be kept on each student. Anytime someone needs to reference a document it is right there and they don't have to go hunting for the permanent record files.
Pros
  • PowerSchool can be customized to fit your exact needs. Pages and content can be modified/added or substracted to fit exactly what you need to save for each student.
  • Students can be transferred from one location to another easily. This makes continuity of data and reocrds seamless.
  • PowerSchool can be set up to work with other systems like IEP Direct and SchoolMessenger. This allows for easier communications with parents and easier communications between schools for special education services.
Cons
  • My district has customized PowerSchool to fit what we need it to do and is constantly updated as the State of CT comes up with new laws and regulations we need to abide by.
  • My biggest issue is not being able to see what the teachers see. PowerSchool and PowerTeacher are not the same and what they see isn't always what I see.
  • Cross-platform usage isn't always easy.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited as a database and can be expanded to save anything you can think of on a student. It is less suited as a cross-platform resource depending on your needs and how it is set up with permissions and access.

PowerSchool Student Information System fulfills our needs

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 15, 2021
DT
David Tchozewski
Director of Information Technology
Kenowa Hills Public Schools (Education Management, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerSchool Student Information System
15 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
PowerSchool Student Information System is being used by our entire school district to manage student registration, classroom rosters, grading, reporting, communications, and more. This system integrates with a variety of other educational systems that we use for academic needs. Rosters from PowerSchool Student Information System are shared seamlessly with other platforms, allowing for smooth account management of all systems. We currently use PowerSchool Student Information System with Google, Canvas (our learning management system), Discovery Education, and Clever.
Pros
  • What I like best about PowerSchool Student Information System is that you can use it as a very basic level (rosters, attendance, grades) or go to very deep levels of integration with other PowerSchool systems (registration, human resources, special education).
  • The PowerSchool Student Information System support system is strong among current users of the product. There is a vibrant community of end users who are willing to help other users.
  • Resources for self learning are abundant in the PowerSchool Student Information System Community site.
Cons
  • What I don't like is that it sometimes too complex for the typical user.
  • Secretaries live in PowerSchool Student Information System as part of their duties. Some of the knowledge necessary to get the most out of PowerSchool Student Information System requires some level of programming knowledge, which is beyond most secretaries' skill sets.
  • As PowerSchool continues to purchase other platforms to expand their offerings, it is difficult to stay up to speed on all of the trainings.
  • Bigger is not always better. Just because you can expand and offer features doesn't mean you should.
Likelihood to Recommend
The PowerSchool Student Information System registration system makes it easy for our parents to enroll their children in our district. Once they are enrolled, PowerSchool Student Information System gives parents one location to keep an eye on their child's academic progress throughout their school career.

Because we have mandated reporting for education, PowerSchool Student Information System does a fairly good job of meeting our state reporting needs. I applaud them for that, as that requires their teams to be familiar with the requirements of all states (and countries, as they are used worldwide).

PowerSchool Student Information System has done some work to improve critical logs for reporting purposes. However, we often find we have to make additional investments with third-party providers as their plug-ins provide better functionality.
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