SchoolStatus

Founded in 2012 by Russ Davis, SchoolStatus provides student data and communication tools for educators and administrators to increase parent and student engagement. The platform cleans and aggregates data from various systems (such as assessments, attendance, and grades) and generates visualizations that help in identifying trends that educators can use to make data-driven decisions. Educators can also communicate these trends to parents over a secure environment via call, text, or email.

In October 2021, SchoolStatus acquired Operoo, a cloud-based school administration solutions provider, for an undisclosed amount. After the acquisition, Operoo's operations, technology, customers (over 1,000 in Australia, Europe, and North America), and team of 27 employees will be fully incorporated into SchoolStatus. Additionally, the company plans to incorporate Operoo's school administration software into the SchoolStatus data and communications platform and thereby offer an expanded range of services to schools and parents. In March 2022, the firm acquired TeachBoost, a provider of a suite of EdTech tools for teacher observations, evaluations, and coaching, to build a communications and operations ecosystem for K-12. Its most recent acquisition was in October 2022, when it acquired School Innovations & Achievement (SI&A), a K-12 school administration platform, to strengthen its ability to improve student performance by using SI&A’s data-driven multi-tiered system to track, manage, and improve school attendance. In August 2023, SchoolStatus acquired ClassTag, a free parent-teacher communication platform, to expand its offerings by integrating ClassTag’s communication app to enhance its existing data and communications platform. 

Funding and financials

In July 2021, SchoolStatus announced that growth equity firm PSG made a strategic investment in the company to accelerate growth, product development, and market expansion. The company’s previous funding round was a USD 2 million Series A in March 2018.