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Skyward Student Management System

Skyward Student Management System

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What is Skyward Student Management System?

Skyward, headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, offers the Skyward Student Management System, a k-12 student information system which provides classroom tools (e.g. gradebook, attendance tracking, etc), Family Engagement tools with portal, as well as admin and student services task management.

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Confident User

9 out of 10
January 15, 2024
Incentivized
As a music teacher, I teach the entire school population. Currently, I teach 10 classes. My grades are in the following categories, class …
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Skyward SMS is a versatile student management system that is widely used across various departments in schools. With its user-focused …
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Skyward works for us

10 out of 10
March 18, 2021
Incentivized
We use Skyward district-wide for business, scheduling, grades, food service, health. You name it, Skyward is basically a one-stop shop for …
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Bill Black | TrustRadius Reviewer
Bill Black
Commercial Art Teacher
Omak High School (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Verified User
Employee in Other
Education Management Company, 201-500 employees
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Product Details

What is Skyward Student Management System?

Skyward Student Management System Technical Details

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Skyward, headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, offers the Skyward Student Management System, a k-12 student information system which provides classroom tools (e.g. gradebook, attendance tracking, etc), Family Engagement tools with portal, as well as admin and student services task management.

Reviewers rate Student Data Security highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of Skyward Student Management System are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Skyward SMS is a versatile student management system that is widely used across various departments in schools. With its user-focused platform, educators can effectively focus on educating students and making informed decisions. The software serves as a centralized database for student information, including schedules, grades, behavior history, and contact details. Teachers find the software user-friendly and reliable for tasks such as entering grades and taking attendance. Additionally, Skyward SMS enhances communication between students, teachers, and parents, facilitating data collection and organization. Parents and students also benefit from the system by being able to access grades, receive messages from teachers, and monitor assignments. Moreover, the software's ability to share student information across years and locations within the school district makes it a convenient tool for administrators to manage various school-related tasks such as business operations, scheduling, grades, and food service. Overall, Skyward SMS has proven to be effective and useful for teachers, schools, and the entire district by increasing productivity through instant access to information and enabling accurate record-keeping while promoting communication among all stakeholders involved in a student's education journey.

Flexibility in Customization: Several users have praised Skyward for its flexibility in capturing data and customizing the system according to their specific needs. This customization capability has been highly appreciated as it allows users to tailor Skyward to their unique requirements.

Efficient Customer Support: Many reviewers have highlighted that Skyward provides quick response to trouble tickets, with the company striving to reach out to the customer within an hour and start the process of resolution. This prompt and efficient customer support has been seen as a significant advantage by users.

Dedication to User Satisfaction: Users have consistently mentioned that Skyward is very user-focused and constantly looks for ways to enhance the end-user experience and improve the system. This dedication to user satisfaction has been highly praised as it demonstrates Skyward's commitment to ensuring a positive and user-friendly experience.

Visually Unappealing Interface: Some users have expressed dissatisfaction with the current interface of Skyward Student Management System, stating that it is visually unappealing compared to more modern web products.

Confusing Terminology: Users have mentioned that the terminology used for headings in the system can be confusing. For example, labeling the caseload of students as "My Activities" instead of "My Caseload" has caused confusion and made it harder for users to navigate the system.

Difficulties with Grades Calculation: Several reviewers have reported difficulties with Skyward's ability to accurately calculate grades according to the standards-based gradebook used by some schools. This issue has created frustration among teachers who rely on accurate grade calculations for their students' academic progress.

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Reviews

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January 15, 2024

Confident User

Verified User
Employee in Other
Education Management Company, 201-500 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Skyward Student Management System is particularly well suited to put in applicable assignments and grades for students in grades K-8. Generally, I find it easy to use. In fact, when I have new students, who are not always able to spell their names correctly, I go straight to Skyward Student Management System and look up the information.
January 10, 2024

Skyward Student Management System Provides Solid Secuirty and Management for Student and Staff Data.

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Daniel Campbell
Creative Director
Minnetonka Public Schools (Primary/Secondary Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's a great back-end database system. I would recommend it to a colleague at another education-focused institution as it is very secure and provides you with all of the data management tools that you would need for K-12. It does a good job for employee management, too, and it's never bad to bundle your systems/services together.
January 08, 2024

Students know Skyward is the first place to go.

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Andrew Defever
Teacher
Big Rapids Public Schools (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
There is nothing specific that I would say sets it apart from any other LMS, but once you are used to the user interface and various features, it does everything that is needed and integrates well enough with other software to function. Probably isn't necessary in a smaller setting, but for multiple building districts, it is certainly robust enough to handle data collection and storage.
March 18, 2021

Skyward works for us

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Any larger K-12 educational institution would benefit from Skyward. It's a great way to maintain data and reporting, as well as run the business aspects of a district. While it may suit most needs for most districts, Skyward might be too large a system for small school districts, so care should be taken when evaluating it.
October 25, 2019

The sky is the limit with Skyward!

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Brad Owens
Special Education Teacher
Round Lake Senior High School (Education Management, 11-50 employees)
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Skyward is well suited in the payroll and personnel information. Checking recent paychecks is easy to do and calculating future paychecks is a great tool for budgeting. The grade book is one area that doesn’t suit Skyward well. It is too cluttered, not easy to follow, and it is not very customizable.
October 25, 2019

Skyward. Great Now and Getting Better!

Scott Herring | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Herring
Database Support Specialist
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (Education Management, 201-500 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Skyward SMS is well suited as a Student Management System for anyone who wants to drive their organization based on data. The capabilities of using the fields available as well as adding our own custom forms make data collection extremely easy. Reporting abilities take that data and allow us to make sense of what has been collected.
March 21, 2019

Great SIS for a sophisticated school district

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Skyward is very well suited to the teacher/parent/student relation. In general, Skyward helps with most areas within a school system. Some with greater detail some with less. Very good support and training for end users. Excellent implementation team. Skyward should do more for Transportation, although huge improvements were made. The software is far away from reaching routing and planning solutions.
December 28, 2018

Skyward Student Management System Review

Liz Swarczewski | TrustRadius Reviewer
Liz Swarczewski
5th Grade Teacher
LUMIN Schools (Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative, Inc.) (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Skyward is useful at an administrative level to track whole-school student data such as attendance, uniform, and tardy students, but it might be updated to be more user-friendly for teachers in not having to switch between multiple tabs to take attendance, check in student meals, and update student grades.
November 13, 2018

Student Management AND Student Accountability

Verified User
Professional in Professional Services
Education Management Company, 11-50 employees
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I really like keeping track of grades digitally. It is easier to read and allows me to utilize it for data better. I also really love that the parents can be kept informed on their child's grades, but it can be problematic for the children to keep track of their grades the same way. Skyward is great in theory because students get to keep up with their grades, but in my experience with the students having access to their grades, the students check in excessively about their grades. Because I might be in the process of grading and adjustments might still need to be made, I cannot put anything in Skyward until I'm prepared to have half of my students asking why they got the grades that they did at once. I would appreciate Skyward more if either the student view was different from the parent view of the site and if comments were visible to both students and parents. The students should be informed, but with better quality information.
November 13, 2018

Glance at Skyward Student Management

Verified User
Employee in Other
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
  • Well suited - Skyward works wonders for sharing information about students. Specifically, it allows that information to be quickly accessed and appraised.
  • Less appropriate - Skyward isn't great when it comes to finding information under certain tabs. Sometimes it takes multiple clicks in order to find where a piece of information might be stored.
November 13, 2018

Review of Skyward by a Teacher who uses it daily!

Lindsay K. Riessen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Lindsay K. Riessen
Art Teacher
Seminole County Public Schools (Primary/Secondary, 10,001+ employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's very well suited for teachers being able to access IEP information. We can go right into a student's record and pull up their electronic IEP or 504 plan to see what specific accommodations that student needs. We also have a way on Skyward of putting tiny little icon alerts next to each students name on the grading and attendance lists, so that we can easily be reminded which kids fit into district categories without giving all of their personal details.
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