PowerSchool SIS

Score8.4 out of 10

72 Reviews and Ratings

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.

Categories & Use Cases

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Online Registration Management
The system supports administrative setup and management of registration processes, and allows students to register for classes online.
Category average: 8.9
Student Data Security
The system has security checks and technology in place to prevent unauthorized access to, editing of, or leaking of sensitive student data
Category average: 9
Class Scheduling
Administrators can easily set up and manage class schedules for the school prior to course registration windows.
Category average: 9

Compliance Support
The effectiveness of resources, tools, and in-platform processes for maintaining and demonstrating regulatory compliance.
Category average: 8.3
Community Support
There are community resources from other users of the platform to help users troubleshoot and optimize their use of the system.
Category average: 8.4
State and National-level Reporting
The system provides prebuilt reports or build-your-own reporting tools for necessary state and national-level reports.
Category average: 8.1

Sachi Subaran View profile

Administrative Support Manager in Corporate at Teachables (5001-10,000 employees employees)

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.

Most Important Features

Payment processing.
Web forms management.
Role-Based permission management.

Return on Investment

Increased employee productivity.
Time saving due to digital transformation.
Increased cost efficiency.

Alternatives Considered

Veracross and Edmodo

Other Software Used

Edmodo, Veracross, Webex App

Amber AuBain

Teacher at Caldwell County Schools (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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. It is our go-to place for student management and a place to store information. We use Power School throughout our county in all of the schools.

Pros

Scheduling students.
Grades
Integration with other products.

Cons

Scheduling students could use a more streamlined approach.
Learning how to use PowerSchool can seem intimidating at first.
Some of the selections in the program are small and hard to read or see.

Most Important Features

Scheduling
Grades
Integration with other products.

Return on Investment

Keeps our student information, health information, schedules, and grades all in one place.
Easily accessible for parents through the app which helps with our goal of communication with parents/guardians.

Other Software Used

Renaissance Star Assessments, Renaissance Accelerated Reader

Juvy Mojares

Teacher in Research & Development at Somerton Middle School (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use PowerSchool Student Information System everyday in the morning for checking attendance, for synching grades from Schoology, for monitoring students' grades quarterly and throughout the school year in all subjects, log entries, login details , demographics and medical alert. PowerSchool SIS resolves issues in grading student's works and daily attendance.

Pros

keeping and recording grades
checking attendance
keeping students' academic records
keeping student's private information

Cons

PowerSchool Student Information System is better if it has the capacity of sending emails to parents and students
PowerSchool Student Information System is better if it has the capacity of sending alerts to parents if student is late or tardy or absent in class

Most Important Features

attendance checker
grades keeper
report generator
information keeper

Return on Investment

100% student information management
100% attendance checking
100% effective grading system

Other Software Used

Schoology Learning

Spencer Cook View profile

Director Of Technology in Information Technology at Sugar Salem School District (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Student Grades
Teacher Gradebook
Parent Portal
Course management
Attendance
State Reports

Cons

Student Data Management
Speed of Page loads are long
Analysis of student information
Contacts

Most Important Features

Attendence
Grades
Student Demographics
Parent Portal
Class registration

Return on Investment

State Reports
Student Transcripts
Student Schedules
Parent Information

Alternatives Considered

Skyward Student Management System and Infinite Campus

Heather Skulan

Compliance Auditor at Wakefield Marenisco School District (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

Allows for weighting of assignments.
Logging discipline notes that follow the student from grade to grade.
Calculates grades accurately.

Cons

Does not consistently communicate with related software such as Illuminate for Special Education Students.
Drop down menus frequently refresh as data is entered which slows down the user's ability to enter information.
Icons are sometimes unclear and not easily understandable. Word labels for some items might be more effective.

Most Important Features

Communication with Illuminate software.
Allow for alternate grading systems besides typical percentages.
FTE counts are not always accurate and need to be altered manually.

Return on Investment

It serves the purpose for which it is intended but not much more.

Other Software Used

Illuminate Data & Assessment (DnA), Google Drive, Zoom Video Webinar

Infinite Campus

PowerSchool SIS

What is PowerSchool SIS?

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Online Registration Management

Student Data Security

Class Scheduling

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Compliance Support

Community Support

State and National-level Reporting

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