SchoolStatus

Name

SchoolStatus

Legal name

SchoolStatus, LLC

Website

https://schoolstatus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Technology Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Communications, Parent/Guardian Engagement & Notification Systems (EDAJAHAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Attendance, Truancy & Enrollment Compliance (EDAJAHAC), Communication & Family Engagement Platforms (Messaging, Portals, Translation) (EDAJAMAI), Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB)

Keywords

• K-12 education software
• Attendance management platform
• School family engagement
• Educator evaluation tools
• School district communications

Headquarters

HQ city

Ridgeland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription-Based SaaS: SchoolStatus operates as a subscription-based SaaS model for K-12 school districts. Districts pay recurring subscription fees for access to the platform's suite of solutions including attendance management, family communication, forms automation, educator development, and website services. Pricing is quote-based with no public pricing tiers, indicating enterprise-level contracts tailored to district size and needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

SchoolStatus provides a unified K-12 data and communication SaaS platform that integrates with Student Information Systems (SIS) to centralize attendance, academic, behavioral, and family engagement data for school districts. Its core offerings include attendance intervention with predictive analytics, two-way family messaging in 130+ languages, digital forms and payment workflows, educator observation and coaching tools, ADA-compliant school websites, and literacy progress communication. The platform serves K-12 school districts across all 50 U.S. states, supporting over 22 million students.

Product overview

SchoolStatus is a unified K-12 education technology platform that connects educators and families around topics that matter most: attendance, literacy, family engagement, and educator development. The platform operates as a platform-plus-modules architecture comprising core products: SchoolStatus Attend (attendance interventions and predictive analytics), SchoolStatus Connect (family engagement and two-way communication), SchoolStatus Forms & Flows (digital forms and workflow automation), SchoolStatus Boost (teacher observations and coaching with sub-products Inspire and Coach), SchoolStatus Sites (ADA-compliant websites), and SchoolStatus Literacy (reading progress communication). The portfolio is enhanced through strategic acquisitions including Operoo (school operations), TeachBoost (educator evaluation), SI&A/The Achievement Initiative (attendance solutions), SchoolNow (engagement tools), and ClassTag and Smore (family communication). SchoolStatus serves districts across all 50 states, supporting over 22 million students nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SchoolStatus Attend: Attendance intervention and management solution that helps reduce chronic absenteeism through predictive analytics and automated family outreach.
• SchoolStatus Connect
• SchoolStatus Literacy
• SchoolStatus Forms & Flows
• SchoolStatus Boost
• SchoolStatus Sites

Products and services

• SchoolStatus Attend Attendance management platform that uses predictive analytics (Early Warning Insights) to identify at-risk students, automate interventions via mail, email, and text, and enable real-time family communication to reduce chronic absenteeism for K-12 school districts.
• SchoolStatus Connect Family engagement and communication platform that unifies student data to enable personalized two-way messaging, mass notifications, newsletters, classroom updates, and engagement reporting in 130+ languages for K-12 districts.
• SchoolStatus Forms & Flows Digital forms and workflow automation platform for K-12 schools enabling paperless form submission, automated routing and approvals, follow-up communications, digital signatures, and Stripe-based secure payment processing.
• SchoolStatus Boost Educator growth platform encompassing observation, evaluation, and instructional coaching tools for K-12 teacher professional development, providing customizable rubrics, goal setting, and districtwide trend analysis.
• SchoolStatus Sites ADA-compliant, no-code website builder for K-12 schools and districts featuring WCAG 2.1 AA compliant templates, mobile-responsive designs, social media integration, and accessibility monitoring.
• SchoolStatus Literacy Literacy communication solution that integrates with existing assessment platforms to send families personalized reading progress updates including student scores, peer comparisons, and at-home activity recommendations in their preferred language.
• SI&A / The Achievement Initiative K-12 attendance solutions including The Achievement Initiative flagship product, helping improve student attendance and mitigate risk for over 400 districts across nine states.
• SchoolNow Digital communication platform for K-12 education providing website support and family engagement tools, integrated into the SchoolStatus platform.
• Operoo Australia-based cloud solutions provider for school operations, digital forms, and workflows, acquired to automate and improve communication in K-12 education.
• TeachBoost Education software tools for educator evaluation and coaching, enhancing K-12 communication and support solutions.
• Smore Newsletter builder for schools integrated with SchoolStatus Connect, enabling accessible (WCAG 2.1 AA compliant), visually appealing newsletters with Canva-designed headers, polls, and event RSVPs.
• ClassTag Family communication platform for K-12 education providing two-way messaging, announcements, and parent engagement tools as part of the SchoolStatus family engagement ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 36% average reduction in chronic absenteeism over two years for districts using SchoolStatus Attend
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability4 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationSchoolStatus Forms & Flows uses Stripe for processing digital payments, enabling secure collection of fees for field trips, lunch, yearbooks, and other school payments. Stripe ensures both flexibility and world-class security for financial transactions.
• ClevercoreTechnology or IntegrationSchoolStatus integrates with Clever to access student data from multiple SIS providers including PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Aeries, Aspen, and others. Clever serves as a key data integration layer enabling the platform to pull attendance, grades, and behavioral data.
• WondecoreTechnology or IntegrationSimilar to Clever, Wonde provides SIS data integration enabling SchoolStatus to connect with various Student Information Systems to centralize student data for attendance tracking and family engagement.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Frontline Education: Frontline Education provides K-12 administration software covering HR, attendance, professional development, and school operations — directly overlapping with SchoolStatus's Attend, Forms & Flows, and Boost products for similar district buyer personas (superintendents, district leaders, school administrators).
• ParentSquare: ParentSquare is a unified school-to-home communication and family engagement platform for K-12 districts. It directly competes with SchoolStatus Connect on mass notifications, two-way messaging, and family engagement, targeting the same district leader buyer segment.
• Illuminate Education: Illuminate Education provides K-12 data, assessment, and analytics tools used by district administrators. It competes with SchoolStatus on attendance analytics, intervention data, and district-wide dashboards, serving similar superintendent and district leader personas.
• Remind: Remind (now part of ClassDojo) is a widely adopted school-to-home messaging platform for teachers and districts. It competes directly with SchoolStatus Connect for two-way messaging and mass notification use cases, particularly in the mid-market K-12 segment.
• TalkingPoints: TalkingPoints provides multilingual school-to-home messaging and family engagement tools for K-12 districts, with particular strength in supporting non-English-speaking families. It competes directly with SchoolStatus Connect's 130+ language translation and two-way messaging capabilities.
• Edulog: Edulog provides K-12 student transportation management software and has expanded into broader student attendance and operations workflows. It overlaps with SchoolStatus Attend in attendance tracking and student services for the same district operations buyer.
• Kinvolved: Kinvolved offers attendance tracking and family engagement tools for K-12 districts, focused on reducing chronic absenteeism through multilingual communication. It is a focused direct competitor to SchoolStatus Attend and Connect, particularly for districts prioritizing equity-driven attendance improvement.
• Edsby: Edsby is a K-12 learning management and school communication platform used by districts across North America. It competes with SchoolStatus on parent communication, student engagement, and district-wide information sharing, targeting similar district and school leader personas.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: PowerSchool is the dominant K-12 Student Information System provider and has been expanding into adjacent modules including attendance and family engagement. It is both a critical data integration partner for SchoolStatus and a broad incumbent competitor with substantially greater scale.
• Tyler Technologies (School ERP / Munis): Tyler Technologies provides broader school ERP and financial management software for K-12 districts alongside its public-sector portfolio. While less specialized in attendance and family engagement, Tyler competes as a broader administration platform for the same district CIO/CFO buyer and can bundle operational software into larger enterprise contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A6 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about SchoolStatus