A cloud-based ERP system designed to streamline K-12 education administrative functions, such as finance, HR, and payroll. Formerly PowerSchool eFinancePlus.

Product Overview

PowerSchool ERP is a system designed to streamline the financial operations of educational districts. It integrates HR and finance workflows into one platform, keeping everything from budget allocation to HR decisions and actual payments in one place. The software provides complete visibility into data, tracks funds and expenses, and offers over 400 native K-12 reports for in-depth analysis and financial control.

Pros

  • Combines finance and HR tools to act as an ERP
  • Offers faster turnaround times on purchase orders
  • Payroll modules meets state and federal regulations for teacher payments

Cons

  • Pricing information unavailable from vendor
  • Complicated initial setup

Target Market

K-12 educational districts looking to automate and integrate financial and HR operations, especially those seeking software with a focus on budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting.

Video Overview

Key Features

Human Resources

  • Payroll
  • Benefits
  • Onboarding
  • Employee portal
  • Mobile app

Finance

  • Built-in workflows
  • Financial accounting
  • Daily fiscal operations
  • Purchasing processes

Analytics

  • Real-time analytics dashboards
  • Data visualizations
  • Customizable or pre-build dashboards
  • Multiple data source integration

Additional Functionality

  • Time management
  • Billing and receipts
  • Recruitment and professional development
  • Purchasing

Benefits

  • Access meaningful data: Make more informed decisions on school budgets with over 400 K-12 reports. Integrate financial data from all departments for a centralized view of performance.
  • Remote work: Because the system is cloud-based, users can work online and view dashboards in real-time.
  • Compliance: It helps K-12 districts and schools stay compliant with regulations.

Product Overview

Developer Overview

  • Name PowerSchool
  • Year Founded 1997
  • Headquarters Folsom ,California ,USA
  • Type Private
  • Est. Size 50-200 employees

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User Reviews of PowerSchool ERP

Mack Johnson
Overall
★★★★★
★★★★★

PowerSchool ERP Review

November 20th, 2018 • Roles: Purchaser & End User

Thanks to eFinancePlus, we now have our turnaround time for purchase orders down to almost 48 hours because we do it all electronically.

Paul Ritter
Overall
★★★★★
★★★★★

It's been a great experience

May 5th, 2017 • Roles: Purchaser & End User

I’ve worked on the student side of things with eSchoolPlus for discipline, attendance, and report cards. I now get to handle the finance side of things and know how to work payroll, state reporting parts of finance and benefits. Both tools are integral in the way we do business in how we track student information and report all that information. On the finance side I’m learning more and more every day about making sure we pay teachers and stay compliant with state and federal regulations. There has always been great support with the staff from PowerSchool. There has always been someone I can talk to. It’s been a great experience.

Melinda Salinas
Overall
★★★★★
★★★★★

eFinance does eliminate a lot of the paperwork

May 5th, 2017 • Roles: Purchaser & End User

My position is an accounts payable clerk. eFinance does eliminate a lot of the paperwork. We are now just moving from 5.0 to 5.1 so we’ll be using notifications which will be easier for the secretaries to know when their requisition has become a PO or if there is any corrections they need to make so they’ll be notified that way. Now I don’t have to stop what I’m doing to send them an email and ask them to make corrections on their requisitions.

John Crumbley
Overall
★★★★★
★★★★★

PowerSchool ERP Review

May 5th, 2017 • Roles: Purchaser & End User

We use both eSchool and eFinance. Our finance team and our warehouse team and our HR team all love eFinance. They love every aspect of it. They do their entire job 8 hours a day immersed in the eFinance project.