# PowerSchool Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is PowerSchool the right K-12 solution for you? Explore 181 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/175664/PowerSchool/reviews --- PowerSchool 4.3 (181) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/175664/PowerSchool/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of PowerSchool Ease of use 4.1 Customer Service 4.0 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews CB Crysta B SalesInsurance, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “PowerSchool allows me to keep track of my child's grades, upcoming assignments, late assignments, and absences.“ November 7, 2025 NK Nathan K naEducation Management, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Additionally customer service was pointless, if you have product you should be able to assist all customers, our Powershool isn't unique to my school district.“ May 9, 2025 sP sara P Training and ComplianceTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I like the ease of being able to search criteria quickly which makes my job more efficient and seamless.“ December 3, 2025 KC Kyla C TeacherEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Setting up bins gets clunky--there's an expectation that teachers completely understand the math that Powerschool uses with percentages vs. numerical values, that we don't all have mastery of, right away.“ March 12, 2025 BC Bianca C TeacherEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “What i like most is that it tells you your schedule and the room number to your classes and it’s digital you don’t need to have a paper with your schedule and worry out losing it.“ December 20, 2023 NW Nicole W School counselorEducation Management, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The support chat is useless as it’s kind of answer question.“ June 24, 2025 NK Nathan K naEducation Management, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I hate to be harsh, but with today's software it is becoming expected to be easy to use and simplistic in it's operation.“ May 9, 2025 NW Nicole W School counselorEducation Management, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Today I was almost done with it for the seventh time and it had trouble uploading my résumé.“ June 24, 2025 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 181 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Sharon T. Speech-Language Pathologist Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very easy to use program" June 11, 2018 5.0 It makes looking up birth dates, parent/guardian names, addresses, phone numbers, attendance, etc. very simple and easy. Pros I like that PowerSchool is so easy to understand and use. I am on PowerSchool daily to complete IEPs, to contact parents, or to check attendance of my students. It's easy to click the area you need and find your information. PowerSchool also gives me the capability to run reports on students so I can check for behavior referrals, print classroom rosters, and more. I can also submit my hearing screening results easily and it makes a great place to house all of the hearing information for my students. Cons The system logs me out after a short period of inactivity. I wish it would allow me to stay logged in longer, but perhaps this is a setting on my corporation's end and not PowerSchool itself. I really have no complaints about PowerSchool, so writing cons is difficult. It's a great, easy to use program. Review Source Claire C. Math Interventionist Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for students and teachers" January 19, 2019 5.0 PowerSchool keeps students accountable for monitoring their progress. Most check it and use it on a daily basis. Pros I've used this software as both a student and as a teacher, and have always appreciated it. When I was in middle school and high school I would check my grades on PowerSchool, and it was always very convenient and easy to use. Now that I am a teacher, I like that I can easily upload grades and print reports through it. It is so smooth and quick to use and is a great way to develop communication between parents, teachers, and students. Cons It's a really good software and I don't have any major complaints. One downside is that students complain about the app being difficult to use and say that it crashes often. Review Source NK Nathan K. na Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Has to be better systems" May 9, 2025 2.0 I find it to be disappointing as to how difficult and needlessly complex it is. I hate to be harsh, but with today's software it is becoming expected to be easy to use and simplistic in it's operation. Pros I'm sure there is good points about it, just like any program, however overall the structure is convoluted. Cons Leaves a lot to be desired. Complex to create an account without much logic as to why. Additionally customer service was pointless, if you have product you should be able to assist all customers, our Powershool isn't unique to my school district. Review Source Doug W. Student Management School Liaison Coordinator Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerschool review" May 29, 2019 5.0 Great information tool to keep tabs on student progress...ideal for a parent to monitor their kiddos grades and attendance at it's base level. Great mobile app! Pros This is a nice program to gather all of a students information in one place. The reports are very detailed showing as much information as is put into it. Cons Some of the attendance reports are challenging to read all of the various codes down at the bottom of the screen, seemingly only separated by commas. The information is only as good as the administrator and has a lot of possibilities for expansion if the administrator chooses to do so. In our case, it is way underutilized. Review Source John C. Educational/Leadership Consultant Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent for grading/attendance, and reporting" June 16, 2018 5.0 Pros The versatility. It provides many needed reports, such as attendance, honor rolls, and even connects to Cognos reporting. Report cards are easily printed. Cons I have found that the fields we see for student information are quite limited. Our system talks to our SIS, so it may be an issue there, but perhaps there's a way to customize your SIS fields to make it more expansive that I just don't know of yet... Review Source Audra W. Admissions Assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "power school in your school " November 6, 2019 5.0 Love it. It’s a great platform to use for your school. Pros I love PowerSchool. I have used other platforms but none are as easy to use as this one. The amount of features available is incomparable to other platforms. Cons It was difficult to understand how to use at first. But once I began using I was able to pick up many of the ticks and tips. Review Source Ashia A. Founder Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Keep track of your Students Progress." June 12, 2018 5.0 Parental Satisfaction. Pros Immediate updates Communicate with the Teachers Grade and Attendance Status A daily Progress Report. I like checking into Powerschool to keep an eye on my 5th and 10th grader. (The 10th grader mostly, he is in the crunch to College) It let's, you check their attendance, email their teachers and check the G.P.A. All without waiting to find out during parent-teachers conferences. That way, you can nip any problems in the bud and I am proud to say I have a straight A child because of this. Cons None. And I forgot to mention, you can make payments online to the student lunch account, pay for yearbooks or uniforms. Review Source Mark F. Adjunct Professor Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "As a parent this tool is challenging" November 20, 2018 3.0 I am hoping for a single pane of glass that I can see what I need to be concerned with as a parent helping my students. Pros I like being able to see the grades, attendance and status of my students. It is much easier if you have only one to deal with. Cons The software may be really good but the implementation by our school district is challenging. I never been able to get all of my children onto the tool and each teacher uses it differently. It is near impossible to get a good feeling of the progression of my children. Review Source Andrew G. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "More than a Gradebook" June 26, 2020 5.0 Overall I could not imagine grading without Powerschool, it makes it easier for administration, staff, students, and parents to quickly see grades and other relevant information. Pros Powerschool managements student grades, but it also houses scheduling and demographic information so we can have in depth information on each student in one place. Cons Powerschool is web based and has a normal link but also a Pro version integrated that is a web app. These has more or less the same features so it would be nice to see these consolidated. Review Source Chad P. General Manager Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Awesome App" April 13, 2019 5.0 Pros The ability to keep an eye on your kids his studies Cons Really difficult to point out a negative with this. Review Source KR Katie R. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy Grading" October 21, 2024 4.0 Overall I do like PowerSchool. It is a great way to keep track of grades. Pros I like the ease of entering grades and taking attendance. Cons It is hard to navigate to find student information. Review Source JM Josh M. Teacher E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Standard No-Frills SIS" February 19, 2024 4.0 As someone who has been on the teacher and the parent side of PowerSchool, I appreciate how it is simple and doesn't try to be impressive. Though it can feel a bit clunky at times, it keeps a careful approach to student information, trying to efficiently keep and display accurate records. What you see is what you get with PowerSchool, which is often a good thing. Pros PowerSchool maintains a clean, no-nonsense approach to student information. There are no flashy, "cool" features, but it is easy to navigate and simple to locate whatever is needed. I really appreciate the formal, professional look and feel of the software, and all sought-after information is easy to find. Cons Sometimes the appearance of PowerSchool can be quite cramped, with a ton of information slammed into one screen. Depending on the area being looked into, there can be so much text on screen that it makes it difficult to move from one item to the next. Review Source TH Ticia H. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The Worst Report Card Software - Ever!" October 27, 2022 1.0 Frustrating and infuriating. This program is way too complex for people that do not have a computer background or a programming background. It was not designed for the end-user in mind. For that reason, it should not be used in elementary school. Pros Absolutely nothing. Myself and my colleagues are literally typing our report cards in word documents or Google docs and copying and pasting them into this program because we have no other choice. See below Cons This software is so difficult to use. PowerSchool owned our previous software which was user friendly and specific to the needs of Ontario teachers… then they decided to stop supporting that program and encouraged our board to go with this new program. First, everything is in a very small font. The ‘comment’ window that you type in is in a black background making it equally difficult to see. The comment window does not expand to the whole screen…it might expand to 30% of the screen, which means you can never view your whole comment while you are working. There is no way to quickly preview what you were typing or to see if you have enough room for the comment. Everything in the drop-down menus is in code and not in user-friendly recognizable words. My report cards have now taken an extra 50 hours and I’ve only got through five kids with 21 more to go. Also there was no training provided for teachers beyond watching a one hour webinar. I’ve read other peoples reviews and it seems like there was lots of training involved. Quite frankly there are way too many things in this program that do not and would not be used by a classroom teacher. Review Source Juvy M. Grade 8 ELA Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PowerSchool organizes my school records and it empowers me as a teacher" September 25, 2018 5.0 Pros I was given the chance to explore this software when I started teaching at Somerton Middle School. This software helped me to appreciate the importance of technology in keeping the important records of my students - their grades. The PowerSchool is a superb and amazing software because students were able to access their academic standings from time to time. I like also its feature in which seating arrangements can be changed from time to time. With this powerful software, I could definitely say that my school records are very organized and the students were able to know their classroom performance from time to time. Different reports can also be generated in which it helps me to provide hard copy of students reports instantly. Cons At this point, when I explored all of its features, I like all of them. PowerSchool really empowers me as a teacher and everything I need in an online software for the teacher is in PowerSchool. The menus are user-friendly and I can easily navigate and switch from one task to another. Over-all, it has no features that I don't like. Review Source JB Judy B. Office Manager Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy transition" November 29, 2018 5.0 My school loves using PowerSchool. It is so versatile. Every level teacher can use the program. My work is in the office and I managed the program by inputting the students, setting up the classes and did the rollover each year. I enjoyed learning every part of the program. It was a rewarding challenge. It was a pleasure to introduce the staff to PowerSchool. Pros I LOVED the videos that trained me in every step as I was in charge of the transition to PowerSchool for our school. I worked with our contact from PowerSchool who walked me through the data set up and transfer of our students information. Working with her was very helpful, but for the fine tuning I returned over and over to the videos to reinforce knowledge of the program. I loved turning around and training the schools staff in the use of PowerSchool by being able to tell them specifically which videos applied to them so they were brought up to speed very quickly, then if they had the desire they could go on to learn more. Each teacher was able to do the minimum required by our board and many of the younger teachers delved in even further for a more robust experience. Cons The process of beginning our school on PowerSchool was a bit difficult because the consultant assigned to my school seemed to make assumptions maybe based on other schools she had worked with? This was done without my input which resulted in my needing to go in and hand make some changes int eh initial data transfer which took a large amount of time. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Instructional Technology Facilitator Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great option for districts!" September 27, 2018 4.0 Great to use, countless features, up-to-date, etc. I highly recommend it! Pros PowerSchool is a phenomenal option for managing student data. Here are the pros I see with the software: - easy-to-use for newcomers - tons of features and layers of data management - great customer support and help videos. They even offer a site where you can make suggestions and upvote ideas that could be released in future updates. - updated, web-based gradebook platform - really just a great one-stop-shop for almost all of your SIS needs Cons They have gone through some major updates, which thew some people for a loop, but I think they were needed and necessary. I do not have any major complaints really. Review Source AZ Alexis Z. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PowerSchool Education Tool" December 8, 2023 3.0 Pros I like that PowerSchool is a one stop shop for many different things. I primarily used PowerSchool to give assessments for my students and track their progress. My school also had me track HB1416 students' hours using PowerSchool and it was a good centralized place that everyone could easily access. Inputting grades is also easy and efficient. Cons One thing that I do not like is how essay question answers are displayed. As an English Teacher, we often write essays and they are frequently on tests. When I go to grade them, I cannot see but a small portion of the essay at one time. It's difficult to read the essay in one go. I also am unable to leave feedback or make comments. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful School Management System" July 20, 2020 5.0 Overall it functions well as a system for teachers, staff, students, and parents to share information. Pros Although there is a learning curve to the software, once the user has mastered the elements that are most used, it is a pretty good interface. Demographics, attendance, grades, discipline and other alerts such as medical and legal are quick few click from any screen. Cons There is a learning curve and it can take awhile to get used to. It is also confusing to perform certain actions that are only done a few times a year (finalizing grades). Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Law Student Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to Use, Super Helpful Tool" May 24, 2019 5.0 Educational record-keeping and communication Pros As a student user of this software, it was incredible helpful. More than anything, I just loved how it was a a nice and basic layout but also afforded users the opportunity to add notes, comments, and other things of that nature. It was also nice that there were distinctly different views/options for students, parents, and instructors. Cons In the 4+ years that I used PowerSchool, I never once encountered any issues. It's wonderful. Review Source DR Dylan R. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerschool meets needs but could be better" March 24, 2019 4.0 Does what it needs to and nothing more. Has induced its fair share of frustration with slow performance. If I had a choice, we would use something else for grade books. Pros Daily functionality is decent. It is an ol system for attendance, seating charts, looking up student information, etc. The in-browser functions are simple and straight forward generally. Clean interface, streamlined user experience. Cons Powerschool can be buggy. Some features are slow or have issues working consistently. Biggest gripe - the grade book function. It is very slow, cluttered, and can be a pain to use. Interface cannot be customized which leads to lots of unnecessary buttons. Lots of issues connecting with servers. Does not work when there are issues with internet connectivity. Needs features like building reports for student groups, assignments, progression/growth, etc. Review Source ID Ingemar D. Academic Dean Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PowerSchool - Dated Software" February 3, 2021 2.0 It was difficult to use and often disrupted our day to day functions instead of improving them. The amount of training needed was too much and too often. It is definitely not cutting edge. Pros It is used by an immense amount of schools and school districts. It has a lot of features and components. Cons It is like the database programs from the 80's and 90's. It has survived so long by integrating itself so deeply into so many schools. The reason it is popular is only because it is irreplaceable in these large, districts. The cost is exorbitant. The features often cost more to add on. Even normal, everyday procedures can be difficult and need training. Training is farmed out to businesses that charge even more money. It has a very old interface. Nothing is graphical or visually pleasing. Often you must learn old database terms and codes to affect changes in the software. With the amount of money they must be making, you would think they would create a new product that is easy to use, easy on the eyes, etc. But I guess then they wouldn't be able to charge all the extra fees to learn how to use it. Alternatives considered [Gradelink](https://www.capterra.com/p/118900/Gradelink-SIS/) Reason for choosing PowerSchool It was decided by my predecessor Review Source YC Yves C. Pastor Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerschool" March 29, 2023 5.0 Powerschool is a really helpful tool for me and my kids and all of my problems have been resolved. Pros What I liked most about Powerschool is that I can easily find my child's account and if they have an insufficient lunch balance I can put money into their account online Cons What I expected more of from Powerschool was remembering my login information. Recently, I tried logging in with my username and password and it said it doesn't remember my device. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Principal Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A lot of features but often too cumbersome" December 16, 2018 4.0 Pros PowerSchool has almost anything you would ever need to know about your students stored in a single place. It is by far one of the most sophisticated student management systems I have ever used. I like how easy it is to look up a student and get relevant data ASAP. Cons There is almost too much in PowerSchool. PowerSchool is not set-up for you to be able to contact a support rep to get questions answered. Your district has to pay for each person who is designated a PowerSchool contact person. This person then becomes you sole liaison between you and a very complicated product. Simply put PowerSchool is powerful, but way too complicated it you want to do anything more than simple reporting. Review Source LM Lisa M. Director of Educational Technology Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Power School - a LMS that has everything" September 7, 2021 5.0 We implemented this year after piloting a few components last year. It was been very smooth Pros Our school decided to switch our LMS to powerschool because of it's ability to do payroll and other business office functions. It truly is an all in one solution and our teachers/ instructional staff are happy because they truly get the education side of things. Cons It is expensive but worth it. You won't find another LMS that has everything integrated on the business and academic side of things. Switched from [Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT](https://www.capterra.com/p/247647/Blackbaud-Raiser-s-Edge-NXT/) Wanted an all in 1 solution Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CFO Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Expensive but powerful" December 11, 2018 4.0 Due to the expense, my school doesn’t use all of the products offered by Powerschool, so my experience is not as fruitful. Pros I like the scope of the products they offer, from LMS to ATS, Records management and evaluation cycles. Cons It is too expensive for a small or growing school to justify. Review Source Similar Products Featured