What Schoolrunner does

Schoolrunner is a K-12 student achievement and classroom management SaaS platform launched in 2012, now operating as a product brand under SchoolMint. The platform unifies academics, behavior, attendance, and standards-based grading (SBG) in a single system, with role-differentiated access for administrators, teachers, parents, and students. Core functionality includes sortable gradebooks with dynamic groupings, LMS integrations, GradeCam bubble-sheet scanning, CSV bulk import, tap-to-record behavior and tardy logging, and a mobile app with speech-to-text input for hands-free note capture. Actionable analytics are positioned around identifying achievement gaps early to drive intervention.

The product is sold via a sales-led direct motion (phone 800.396.1615, consultation forms, free demos) to two customer tiers: single-site K-12 schools and multi-site districts/charter networks. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, consistent with custom K-12 procurement. The platform is FERPA-compliant and SOC 2 Type 2 certified, supporting district-level data-handling requirements. Since 2012 it has supported 20,000+ students across the United States, with named references including Lake County School District, Abramson Science Academy, KIPP Northeast College Prep, and Lake County Intermediate School.

Funding disclosures total approximately $2.1M across three 2015-2017 rounds from The Colorado Impact Fund (lead in 2015), Voqal, and Edovate Capital. Schoolrunner is one product within the broader SchoolMint K-12 lifecycle suite (Enroll, Hero, Insights, MultApply, SchoolFinder, Digital Advertising, Teacher Recruitment), enabling cross-sell into both SMB schools and enterprise district/charter buyers. Headcount is reported at 1-10 employees, with no public management team disclosure.

Name

Schoolrunner

Legal name

Schoolrunner

Website

https://home.schoolrunner.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Schoolrunner is a K-12 SaaS platform that unifies academics, behavior, attendance, and standards-based grading for single-site schools and district/charter networks, sold by SchoolMint direct sales to US educators and administrators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Schoolrunner operates as a cloud-based school management software platform with subscription-based pricing for K-12 schools and districts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Schoolrunner is a cloud-based K-12 school achievement engine that unifies academics, behavior, and attendance tracking in one platform. It delivers standards-based grading, sortable gradebooks, behavior/merit/demerit logging, attendance tracking, parent communication documentation, and actionable analytics to identify learning gaps. The product is sold as a SaaS subscription to single-site schools as well as multi-site districts and charter networks across the United States.

Product overview

Schoolrunner is a product under the SchoolMint portfolio of K-12 education technology solutions. Schoolrunner itself is a unified school achievement engine and classroom management system. The broader SchoolMint suite includes complementary products: SchoolMint Enroll (online enrollment for single-site and multi-site schools), SchoolMint Insights (enrollment analytics), MultApply (multi-site application management), SchoolMint Hero (behavior and attendance management), SchoolFinder (school search portal), Digital Advertising, and Teacher Recruitment. These products collectively cover the K-12 enrollment lifecycle from recruitment through enrollment, registration, and ongoing classroom management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Schoolrunner Cloud-based K-12 school achievement engine and classroom management platform that provides actionable analytics, standards-based grading, behavior and attendance tracking, sortable gradebooks, and parent-teacher communication tools for K-12 administrators, teachers, parents, and students.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of students achieved proficiency or better after using Schoolrunner to identify learning gaps
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Integration3 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Infinite Campus: Major K-12 SIS vendor serving districts with gradebooks, attendance, behavior, and state reporting. Overlaps Schoolrunner's core data-tracking use cases across both single-site schools and multi-site districts.
• Skyward (School Management System): Established K-12 SIS provider covering gradebooks, attendance, and student records for districts nationwide. Competes for the same SIS/student-data wallet share as Schoolrunner, especially at the district level.
• PowerSchool: The dominant K-12 SIS and student-data platform in North America, offering gradebooks, analytics, behavior tracking, and state reporting. Schoolrunner competes for the same SIS-adjacent budget line, particularly on analytics and standards-based grading.
• Aeries Communications (Aeries SIS): California-rooted K-12 SIS widely used by districts in the western US. Competes with Schoolrunner on student information management, gradebooks, and parent/teacher/student portals.

Broad incumbents

• Tyler Technologies — Tyler SIS: Large public-sector software vendor whose Tyler SIS unit serves K-12 districts. A broader, resource-rich incumbent offering overlapping gradebook, attendance, and analytics functionality, though Tyler's portfolio extends well beyond K-12 SIS.
• Frontline Education: Broad K-12 administration platform spanning HCM, professional development, and student management. As a portfolio incumbent, it overlaps Schoolrunner on student-data and behavior-tracking use cases alongside adjacent K-12 workflows.

Emerging players

• Alma SIS: Modern, API-first K-12 SIS targeting schools and districts looking to move off legacy platforms. Competes with Schoolrunner for schools prioritizing modern UX, integrations, and analytics over traditional SIS stacks.
• Illuminate Education: K-12 data and assessment platform strong in standards-based reporting, RTI/MTSS, and equity dashboards. Closely competes with Schoolrunner's analytics and intervention use cases, with deeper assessment DNA.
• Gradelink: Smaller-scale K-12 SIS popular with private and independent schools. Competes with Schoolrunner for single-site schools needing gradebooks, attendance, and parent/student portals.
• Clever: K-12 identity, rostering, and data integration layer widely used by districts and integrated with major LMS/SIS products. Comparable as an enabling data platform for K-12, though positioned as infrastructure rather than an analytics suite.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Schoolrunner
• Facebookfacebook.com/everydayisdataday
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/schoolrunner

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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

M&A

Investments

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

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