SchoolAid

What SchoolAid does

SchoolAid (legally Schoolaid, S.A.) is a Guatemalan-headquartered SaaS company that sells a multi-module automation platform to educational institutions across Latin America. Its core customer segments are private K-12 schools (colegios), academies, school transportation companies, and nurseries, with named institutional customers in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama. The platform is delivered as a web and mobile application hosted on AWS infrastructure in Guatemala and is organized around five interconnected modules: Transportation Aid (live bus location tracking with AI-calculated ETAs per stop, speed alerts, and student boarding assistance), Control Aid (attendance, check-in/out, QR-based car-lane verification, and visitor management), Communication Aid (centralized circulars, push notifications, segmentation by grade, and branded portal integrations), Chat Center (department- or grade-specific chat channels for parents, teachers, and administrators), and Market Aid (a digital point-of-sale for managing memberships, recurring billing, and product sales). Add-on "Plus" tiers layer higher-value capabilities on top, most notably a panic-button feature in Transportation Aid+ that integrates with Grupo Golán's REDIPAT emergency-response patrol in Guatemala and El Salvador. SchoolAid has built a meaningful ecosystem of pre-built integrations with widely adopted school management platforms (FACTS, PowerSchool, Colegium, ISAMS, Google Classroom) and operational systems (Odoo, Homeland, Motorola Solutions) to reduce onboarding friction.

The company operates a sales-led, consultative go-to-market: prospective institutions select modules of interest on a website contact form and are then contacted by a sales representative, with no self-serve signup visible. Revenue is generated primarily through recurring Premium Membership subscriptions billed monthly or annually, supplemented by transaction and booking fees processed through the platform, and a marketplace model in which teachers publish and sell classes online with SchoolAid acting as the payment intermediary and retaining a commission. Marketing relies on Google AdWords, Facebook paid acquisition (including a Custom Audience retargeting layer), and organic social presence, with Google Analytics used to measure traffic and campaign performance. The business is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, headcount, executive team, or revenue, and the founding date and corporate history are not publicly documented.

Name

SchoolAid

Legal name

Schoolaid, S.A.

Website

https://schoolaid.app

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SchoolAid is a Guatemalan SaaS platform that provides educational institutions in Latin America with interconnected modules covering school transportation tracking, access control, parent communication, and digital billing, serving 60-plus private schools, academies, and nurseries across Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Management Software

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Digital Classrooms (EDAJAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parent/Student Portals, Communications & Consent Management (EDAFAEAK), Attendance, Scheduling, Timetabling & Calendar Management (EDAFAEAF), Classroom Communication & Messaging Platforms (EDAFAGAA)

Keywords

• School management software
• Student transportation tracking
• Parent communication platform
• Education SaaS solutions
• Membership billing software

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: SchoolAid operates as a SaaS platform charging educational institutions for access to its modules. The Terms of Service reference Premium Membership fees, recurring billing on a monthly or annual basis, and free trials. This is the primary revenue stream.
2. Transaction / Booking Fees: The Terms of Service reference 'booking fees or any other portion of the Service may be changed at any time without prior notice.' Market Aid supports membership-based billing and payment collection, implying transaction-related revenue.
3. Teacher Payouts (Marketplace Model): The platform enables teachers to publish and sell classes online. SchoolAid acts as an intermediary, collecting fees and paying out teachers on the 15th of each month. SchoolAid retains a share of transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SchoolAid is a SaaS platform that automates and simplifies the daily operations of educational institutions. It delivers an integrated ecosystem of modules covering school transportation (real-time bus tracking with AI-powered ETA), student attendance and access control (QR-code-based check-in/check-out), parent communication (push notifications, circulars, segmented messaging), department-level chat between parents, teachers and administrators, and digital point-of-sale with recurring membership billing. The platform also enables teachers to publish and sell classes online, with SchoolAid collecting fees and paying out teachers on the 15th of each month.

Product overview

SchoolAid is a SaaS platform for educational institutions offering six interconnected modules: Transportation Aid (real-time bus tracking with AI-powered ETA), Control Aid (attendance and access management), Communication Aid (push notifications and circulars), Chat Center (customer service chat channels), and Market Aid (point-of-sale and membership billing). Plus-tier versions of Transportation Aid and Communication Aid add premium features such as panic button emergency response and branded portal integrations. The modules share a unified parent app and single sign-on access to external educational platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Transportation Aid: Web platform for school transportation management, real-time location tracking, traffic monitoring, alerts and notifications, and AI-calculated ETA for stops.
• Control Aid
• Communication Aid
• Chat Center
• Market Aid

Products and services

• SchoolAid Platform Unified SaaS platform that automates and simplifies daily operations of educational institutions, encompassing transportation management, access control, parent communication, chat-based customer service, and digital point-of-sale/membership billing.
• Transportation Aid Web and mobile module for school transportation administration providing real-time bus location tracking, route optimization, student check-in assistance, speed alerts, and AI-calculated ETA predictions per stop. Designed for school transport companies and school operations staff; parents view live bus location via the app.
• Control Aid Module for managing student attendance, absence tracking, permission requests, and student check-in/check-out documentation. Includes QR-code-based access control, carpool line management, and visitor management for educational institutions.
• Communication Aid Centralizes school communications including circulars, push notifications, and important announcements. Offers segmentation by grade, group, or individual student, plus digital forms, medical form management, and dynamic surveys for schools and parent communities.
• Chat Center Customer service chat tool enabling schools to create department-specific or grade-level chat channels, manage conversations between parents, teachers, and administrative staff, and maintain service hours and response time logs while keeping communications inside the platform.
• Market Aid

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminates the need to share personal phone numbers between families and staff by keeping communications within the platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers36 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Grupo GoláncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchoolAid formed a strategic alliance with Grupo Golán to offer a panic button feature within Transportation Aid. When a safety risk occurs, a Golán security specialist receives the emergency signal from the SchoolAid app and dispatches a REDIPAT patrol immediately to the bus location. The service is available to schools in Guatemala and El Salvador. This partnership adds a critical emergency response layer to the transportation module.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FACTS (FACTS Management): School management and payment portal platform used by private K-12 schools. Directly comparable because it serves the same private-school segment, addresses tuition billing and family communication, and is already listed as a SchoolAid integration partner — overlapping with the Market Aid and Communication Aid modules.
• Colegium: Latin American school administration platform widely used in Spanish-speaking markets. Closely comparable because it serves the same colegio customer base across the same geography, addresses grades and accounts, and is integrated with SchoolAid — making it a head-to-head competitor for school administration workflows.
• ClassDojo: K-12 classroom communication and parent engagement platform. Comparable because it overlaps directly with SchoolAid's Communication Aid and Chat Center modules, serving the same K-12 schools and parent stakeholders with messaging and announcements.
• Remind: Parent-teacher messaging and communication platform for K-12 schools. Comparable because it addresses the same school-to-parent communication pain point that SchoolAid's Communication Aid and Chat Center modules target, with similar segmentation by class and group.

Regional players

• ISAMS: International school management information system used by premium and international schools globally. Comparable because it serves the same premium/international K-12 segment (e.g., US Embassy School, Magen David Academy in SchoolAid's customer list) and is already a SchoolAid integration partner.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: Largest K-12 student information system and learning platform in North America. Comparable because it serves the same K-12 institutional buyer, overlaps in communication and parent-portal functionality, and is already an integration partner of SchoolAid — making it both a complementary ecosystem layer and a competitive threat.
• Schoology: K-12 learning management system owned by PowerSchool. Comparable because it serves the same K-12 institutional buyers, overlaps with SchoolAid's classroom communication and digital classroom functionality, and competes for the same per-school SaaS budget.

Others

• Odoo: Open-source ERP and business management suite with modules covering sales, subscriptions, and POS. Comparable because SchoolAid integrates with Odoo and the Market Aid POS/membership billing functionality overlaps with Odoo's subscription and invoicing modules — positioning Odoo as both a partner and an adjacent alternative.

Emerging players

• Edmodo: K-12 classroom communication and collaboration platform. Comparable because it targets the same school communication and parent-engagement use cases as SchoolAid's Communication Aid module, though with a narrower operational scope.
• Toddle: K-12 teaching, learning, and assessment platform. Comparable because it serves the same progressive/private K-12 segment and competes for the same per-school platform budget with an integrated workflow approach similar to SchoolAid's ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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