PowerSchool Reviews in January 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

Current User - not as teacher

What do you like best? I like that I can access the software online - I'm not limited to using it only at work or on a work computer. I like that I can see some of the history of the students (Log Entries for behavior, some grades, etc. What do you dislike? I don't like that there are so many categories to choose from when in a student record - I think there are opportunities to better organize the data. I don't like that many of the category titles are similarly named so I have to ...

Great program for teachers!

What do you like best? I like that it is easy to navigate. It didn't take me long to get adjusted. I also really like the app because it was convenient and made it easier to access. I also liked how easy it is to determine my class percentage breakdown (between assignments, quizzes, formative/summative assessments, etc. What do you dislike? If the internet is not working for some reason, it makes things difficult. Recommendations to others considering the product I would definitely ...

PowerSchool in the Classroom

What do you like best? I like how I can access Powerschool on many different platforms. I also like being able to look at students profiles. What do you dislike? I don't like how we can not access it on IPads. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I am not solving any business problems.

While complicated at first, PowerSchool is a user friendly and helpful!

What do you like best? The best thing about PowerSchool is the accessibility across groups. Not only is it very useful as a teacher, but the fact that it can be accessed by students and parents makes the communication process with the family very easy and helpful. Everyone in education knows that these connections are incredibly important for the success for the success of the child, and the fact that you can do so through a program that you access on a daily basis is really helpful. ...

PowerSchool is very user friendly!

What do you like best? PowerSchool was very easy to use. It was easy for me to get information on my students as well as post grades. What do you dislike? There's nothing specific that I dislike. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I'm keeping track of students' data/information.

I use PowerSchool on a daily basis at my job.

What do you like best? I like being able to use PowerSchool to look up student information quickly (especially if I don't know the student very well. Having access to attendance, grades, demographics, and family members is very helpful. I also really like being able to have administrator access so I can write a "log entry" or read previous log entries from other school administrators. This is so helpful in the intervention process. We can track patterns of behavior which is very helpful ...

PowerSchool Review

What do you like best? I like that it's PT and PS all in one - nice that it's one primary SIS. Their PowerSource website is life-changing! Best resource/service center! The system is difficult to navigate but with proper training and attending 1 or two PowerSchool Universities you will quickly become an expert. Becomes fairly intuitive after a couple of weeks of using the system. The best feature are the customization of the fields. The database extension fields have not intruded too much ...

Above average grading/attendance system that never crashed.

What do you like best? I thought the layout was easy to follow, and it was easy to shift between quarters and input final grades. What do you dislike? Having to log in all the time, but that is a necessary evil. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? The school I worked at used this program primarily for attendance and grading.

PowerSchool has been really easy to navigate.

What do you like best? The historical grades are easy to look up for students. We have also created our own Grad progress screen to view students's progress along the way. The attendance and demographics pages are easy to navigate and find what I need. I guess the overall program is easy to use, which I like, but we are starting to have to use other programs as well because PowerSchool no longer "does it all" for our Proficiency Based Teaching and Learning building. What do you dislike? ...

PowerSchool is an average school software.

What do you like best? The attendance part is visually easy to allow students to take attendance which I appreciate. What do you dislike? There are a lot of parts that you have to just click around to figure out how to get to. It is not very intuitive. Recommendations to others considering the product: It’s really difficult to use on mobile. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We use it to track information and it’s ok. ...