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Senior Systems

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What is Senior Systems?

Senior Systems, a Momentive Software (formerly Community Brands) company, offers their school management system to K-12 private and independent schools, including the Ascendance database for student data and admissions management, and the Radius platform to integrate Admissions, Accounting, Academics and Advancement.

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Senior Systems Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Senior Systems has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Platform Customization

    The student management system can be adjusted or customized to fit specific or unique needs of the school.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Roster Management

    Faculty and administrators can view, edit, and update their class rosters effectively.

    Category average: 8.7

  • 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

Areas for Improvement

  • 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

  • Compliance Support

    The effectiveness of resources, tools, and in-platform processes for maintaining and demonstrating regulatory compliance.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology

    The student management system can send and receive data from other educational systems with little to no manual steps required.

    Category average: 8.1

Senior Systems Reviews

What users are saying about Senior Systems.
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Senior Systems - Robust School Management Tools

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • Outdated look and feel for internal and external customers.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.

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.

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

SchoolAdmin