Alma SIS
3 Reviews 5/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★A modern school information system (SIS) is designed to centralize student records and optimize Pre K-12 school operations.
Product Overview
Alma SIS is a student information system and education software built for Pre K-12 schools and districts of all sizes. It is a modern cloud platform that combines an intuitive user experience with over 100 features built for the work teachers and administrators do every day. It covers enrollment, gradebooks, class attendance, state reporting, and parent/family engagement.
Alma supports independent private schools, charters, school networks, state agencies, and school districts. It features multi-school administration, centralized visibility, and school-level flexibility, configurable roles and permissions, and over 120 pre-built integrations.
Pros
- Easy to navigate
- Supports student records and administrative work
- Responsive customer support
- 120+ preconfigured integrations
Cons
- Limited report customization
- Requires a custom quote for pricing
Target Market
Independent schools, charter schools, school networks, districts of every size, state-level education organizations, departments of education, and other PreK-12 education organizations.Not Recommended For
Universities and colleges that need school management software.Video Overview
Key Features
- Student Information Management: Record and access student demographics, attendance records, and academic history with ease.
- Enrollment and Registration: Automate admissions, enrollment, and registration processes, ensuring data accuracy and efficiency.
- Advanced Scheduling: Implement flexible and adaptive scheduling suited to diverse educational requirements.
- Grade Management: Offers both standards-based and traditional gradebooks, allowing educators to record, track, and analyze student performance in real time.
- State Reporting: Facilitate compliance with automated state reporting tools, reducing manual effort and increasing accuracy.
- Custom Report Cards: Personalize report cards to mirror institution-specific branding and academic standards.
- Portals for Parents and Students: Ensure consistent communication between educators, students, and guardians. These portals provide access to grades, schedules, and school announcements.
- Dynamic Reporting: Use standard report templates or build customized reports to visualize analytics of the entire district.
- Custom Form Builder: Tailor-make forms to suit specific institutional needs, from surveys to application forms.
- Google Classroom Integration: Sync rosters, assignments, and grades between Alma and Google Classroom in real time.
- Prebuilt Integrations: Connect third-party apps through Alma’s App Center, plus an open API for custom integrations.
Pricing
Alma does not publish pricing publicly. Alma offers customized pricing for both small and large educational organizations. Contact Alma for a custom price quote.
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- 11-50 employees
- Annual revenue $1M-$10M
Switched to Alma, never going back!
Before we switched our school to Alma we were using multiple programs to help our teachers with their record keeping responsibilities. We had one program for grading, another one for rosters, and yet another one for communication with parents. We even had an entirely different program to help generate grade reports and student schedules. None of them interfaced with each other, and our staff were often doing double and triple entries for each student. Since switching to Alma we have reduced the administrative burden on our teachers and office staff by over 50%. Alma has enabled our teachers to better utilize their office time, and freed up valuable opportunities for more one on one teaching time. This is a win-win for everyone involved in the education process. Thank you Alma!
Pros
Alma integrates our administrative processes into one, easy to use program that both parents and teachers love!
Cons
The financial/billing component is not as comprehensive as we need.
- 11-50 employees
- Annual revenue $1M-$10M
Alma is a game changer for this school receptionist!
Alma is a game changer for this school receptionist! Alma was everything we needed in one!!
Pros
I love how easy it is to navigate through Alma. Doing attendance is quick and easy, using the robo attendance phone call to parents saves me so much time. Running reports is easy. Literally everything you need is at your fingertips!! Customer service is also amazing, they are polite, they respond quickly and resolve all issues.
Cons
I don't have one single thing about Alma that I don't like. It's just so easy to use and convenient.
- 11-50 employees
- Annual revenue $1M-$10M
Glad we're using Alma
Glad we’re using Alma
Pros
Unlike other SIS's, Alma actually looks and feels like it was made in the 2010's. The system is solid, and has essentially every feature a smaller school like ours would want (and many more that we don't need to use). The gradebook is excellent, and it's easy to transfer classes and students from year-to-year. Their customer service has been great (we accidentally deleted multiple report cards in different places the other day and they quickly and helpfully solved our issue by restoring to a backup), and they are continually adding features and improving the platform. And the cost has been at least 50% less than quotes we were getting from major competitors. Many reasons to switch to Alma.
Cons
The latest transcripts update was helpful - there are still a couple of features we'd like on the transcripts front, but that's mostly because our school has a unique curriculum. This is totally just a personal preference, but I'd also like to be able to search for classes in the search feature in addition to contacts.
