PowerSchool Student Information System

PowerSchool Student Information System

72 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
PowerSchool SIS	Score8.4 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	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.	N/A

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PowerSchool SIS
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Considered Both Products	PowerSchool Group LLC Sachi Subaran Administrative Support Manager in Corporate at Teachables (Education Management, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS Each software I used in my career had special features which were specifically unique for them. PowerSchool Student Information System was an impressive software that offered the ability to ease student registrations and admissions online using web forms where students and … Incentivized Helpful? Juvy Mojares Teacher in Research & Development at Somerton Middle School (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS We only used PowerSchool Student Information System in the entire district for many years. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS Price and features way back just were much better in PowerSchool. We have not evaluated much in the recent years. Incentivized Helpful? Spencer Cook Director Of Technology in Information Technology at Sugar Salem School District (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS I have heard good things for Infinite Campus and Skyward. I would [evaluate] each of them and see what fits your needs. Each has their strengths and weaknesses and so picking the right one for your needs is important. PowerSchool [Student Information System] does have some … Incentivized Helpful? Marie Smith Computer Science Teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool was the learning management system that was in place when I started at this institution but I approve of it. It definitely does help simplify the amount of work that goes into the grading process. Grades can easily be calculated as long as a proper setup has been … Incentivized Helpful? Heather Skulan Compliance Auditor at Wakefield Marenisco School District (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS None Incentivized Helpful? David Tchozewski Director of Information Technology in Information Technology at Kenowa Hills Public Schools (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS I have been a PowerSchool Student Information System user since 2003 and we were one of the very first districts to adopt it. Since I have used it for so long, entertaining the idea of moving to another platform is not on the table. Incentivized Helpful? Ben Westby Educator in Customer Service at Garfield RE2 (E-Learning, 201-500 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool Student Information System does a great job of organizing information in ways that other educational software does not. Incentivized Helpful? Whitney Garnai, M. Ed. Special Educator in Professional Services at Isle of Wight County Schools (Primary/Secondary Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS I have used Desire 2 Learn (D2L) and Synergy Student Information System (Synergy SIS) and PowerSchool Student Information System stacks up against them this way: Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS We moved away from Jupiter because we found that Jupiter did not handle all aspects of the school that we needed it to. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS I was a huge advocator for Boardingware and worked closely with them to try and create a more well-rounded program for the private school I worked at, but definitely think PowerSchool works best and most effectively for public school. In terms of grading PowerSchool works much … Incentivized Helpful? Pamela Wisecup Teacher at Banks County High School, Homer, GA (Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool replaced an old version of Apple School. PowerSchool outperforms Apple's product and is so much easier to use. It was even simple to convert the old Apple student files to the PowerSchool system for a seamless transition. Once we transitioned, we were able to see … Incentivized Helpful? Meg Inscoe Elementary School Teacher at Floyd County Schools (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool has many more features than Blackboard such as attendance, grades, performance review standards platform, lunch, etc. Blackboard makes it easy to find a parent’s email or phone number quickly which is not in PowerSchool. Incentivized Helpful? Terica Bergan Data Services Coordinator in Information Technology at Berrien Springs Public Schools (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS Our previous SIS went out of business, and we needed something fairly soon. PowerSchool was the SIS that had the best ability for our state reporting. We liked what we heard from other states and districts about the innovation and continued improvement by PowerSchool. Admin, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS Nothing stacks up against PowerSchool in terms of usability and flexibility. Every other product I have used has not come close to the user friendliness of PowerSchool, nor they do not allow immediate flexibility. Incentivized Helpful? Ai Ashe Hampton City Schools at Hampton Virginia (Primary/Secondary Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS We used a different grade management system over 5 years ago that was efficient but not as user-friendly as Powerschool. I cannot remember the name of that application. Our school system has been using PowerSchool for over 5 years and so far it has served our purpose. Each year … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS As noted, I think it would be hard to find anything else that is better than this tool for your school or district, this SIS is really the total package. It has a great teacher grade book, and while there are always things that can be improved, because you can customize it, the … Incentivized Helpful? Erika Muller English Teacher at Byron Center Public Schools (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS Each of the above products has great features, but PowerSchool has features that each of the above products has, all in one system. This means that you could more easily use JUST PowerSchool without needing extensions and other systems to supplement features. This is less … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS I used Blackbaud at a different school system so there was not a choice or selection. I feel that it was pretty similar to PowerSchool so I had a very smooth transition from one platform to the other. The gradebooks felt very similar, along with the recording and reports … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS We found that PowerSchool Student Information System provided the platform we needed to manage student information, assignments and grades, school schedules, etc. Although Schoolnet provided assessment and instructional management tools, it did not allow us to keep track of the … Incentivized Helpful? Steve Bynum Data System Specialist in Information Technology at Poquoson City Public School (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS I have used a product called SASI. It does not compare to this at all. SASI was a site based system and the backend was not a true database. I have also use Sungard Pentamation before. Although it was a centralized system, it wasn't as user-friendly and the interface was has to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool Student Information is the gold standard for Student Information Systems. They know what they are doing, how to serve K-12 schools and school districts. The other Student Information Systems did not meet our districts minimum standards for the needs that we have, … Incentivized Helpful? Jennifer Kauffman English Teacher at Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania (Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool blows the other Student Information System that my school used out of the water. The other Student Information System was a glorified grade book/report creator, and had no other function. PowerSchool has so many functions and elements inside of one program that it … Incentivized Helpful? Joanne Riker Teacher at Winnacunnet High School (Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees) Chose PowerSchool SIS I used Infinite Campus previously while working at a different school. My position was the same at both schools. PowerSchool is more user-friendly than Infinite Campus for those staff members who are not strong with utilizing technology. Infinite Campus allows users to print … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PowerSchool SIS The systems seem to stack up pretty well, however we have stuck with PowerSchool mostly due to our history with the product. The cost and feature set differences wasn't substantial enough to warrant a migration. The amount of work involved with training staff and end users is … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

PowerSchool SIS

Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of PowerSchool Student Information System
Feature	PowerSchool Student Information System 8.5 3 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology	9.02 Ratings
Online Registration Management	10.02 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting	8.12 Ratings
Roster Management	9.03 Ratings
Platform Customization	7.73 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service	9.03 Ratings
Student Data Security	9.43 Ratings
Community Support	7.43 Ratings
Class Scheduling	9.43 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting	7.12 Ratings
Compliance Support	7.62 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application	8.03 Ratings

User Ratings
	PowerSchool SIS
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (32 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.5 (12 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (1 ratings)