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# ParentSquare

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> ParentSquare is the trusted leader in school-home engagement, helping K-12 districts reach
every family with an award-winning, all-in-one communication platform. Reaching over 20 million students nationwide, ParentSquare replaces one-size-fits-all legacy systems.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 53 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of ParentSquare

ParentSquare is the modern, all-in-one platform that helps districts simplify school-to-home communication and increase real family engagement—without adding more tools for staff or more noise for families. With one unified hub for district, school, and classroom messaging, ParentSquare makes it easy to deliver consistent information (and get responses) across email, text, app notifications, and voice—so families can connect the way they prefer and never wonder where to look.

Built for K–12, ParentSquare replaces fragmented systems with a single, secure workflow for everyday communication and critical outreach: posts and newsletters, urgent and smart alerts, automated notices, and secure document delivery. Schools can also streamline the “busywork” families feel most—forms and permission slips, signups (conferences, volunteers, supplies), calendar/RSVPs, groups, and more—so important actions happen faster and with fewer follow-ups.

A major differentiator is accessibility at scale. ParentSquare supports automatic translation in 100+ languages, helping districts reach more families equitably and confidently—often cited by reviewers as a key driver of higher engagement. Just as important: it’s designed to be parent-friendly. Families get one place to find messages and updates across children and schools, while staff gain consistency, oversight, and reduced complexity compared to juggling multiple apps.

Districts also choose ParentSquare for momentum and outcomes. Reviewers highlight ease of use, improved reach through multiple channels, and stronger family engagement when communication is centralized. And for districts ready to go further, premium capabilities like Attendance Plus and Virtual Phone extend ParentSquare beyond messaging into proactive, outcome-driven family engagement.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 53 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: ParentSquare

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$3,000.00
- **Pricing model**: Per Feature
- **Pricing Details**: Pricing packages start at $3000/year for up to 600 students. A one-time onboarding fee, based on student enrollment, is charged separately.
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Campus Notifications
- Chat/Messaging
- Classroom Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Communication Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customisable Branding
- Data Import/Export
- Document Management
- Email Alerts
- Email Management
- Event Calendar
- K-12
- Live Chat
- Mass Notifications

## Integrations (14 total)

- ASPEN
- Aeries SIS
- ClassLink
- Clever
- FACTS Student Information System
- Focus/SIS
- Genesis
- Infinite Campus SIS
- PowerSchool eSchoolPlus SIS
- Sam.ai
- Skyward Student Management Suite
- SylogistEd SIS
- Total Synergy
- eSchool

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Classroom Management Software](https://www.getapp.co.nz/directory/36/classroom-management/software)

## Related Categories

- [Classroom Management Software](https://www.getapp.co.nz/directory/36/classroom-management/software)
- [Unified Communications Software](https://www.getapp.co.nz/directory/599/unified-communications/software)
- [K-12 Software](https://www.getapp.co.nz/directory/1449/k-12/software)
- [Emergency Notification Software](https://www.getapp.co.nz/directory/1461/emergency-notification/software)
- [Virtual Classroom Software](https://www.getapp.co.nz/directory/1723/virtual-classroom/software)

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3. [Alma SIS](https://www.getapp.co.nz/software/103127/alma) — 4.6/5 (454 reviews)
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5. [eSkooly](https://www.getapp.co.nz/software/2067020/eskooly) — 4.4/5 (158 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Happy As Can Be\!" — 5.0/5

> **Taylor** | *8 May 2024* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I have never felt so comfortable \& so involved with what my little one is doing at school. The teacher is able to post pictures throughout the day of their activities, post updates for the parents, send reminders about upcoming events - the parent-teacher communication abilities are endless here\!
> 
> **Cons**: I still have not found other kid's parent's contact information, but that may be a separate feature that the teacher has not enabled.

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### "Remind - as a teacher I can't live with out it" — 5.0/5

> **Pam** | *25 March 2022* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Remind has been the best product to appear for teachers.  It allows me to communicate with my students at any time with out giving them my personal information.  I can send out reminders about test and quizzes, or communicate with individual students who need to come make up work.  I also use Remind to send out instructional videos when doing a flipped classroom or when we are virtual.  I can send out any document in a pdf format to instruct, review or for general information.  It makes communication with students easier that using email.  I can set it up to get instant notifications to my phone or computer.
> 
> **Cons**: My only complaint with this software is that once a phone number is set up, it is very hard to change the information attached to that number.
> 
> Remind has been a great experience.  It has made communication with student so easy and helpful.  It has also made sending and receiving documents and videos an ease.

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### "A mess" — 1.0/5

> **Maria** | *23 August 2020* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I do not like anything about it, I wish we were not forced to use this.
> 
> **Cons**: As a parent using this, this platform is a mess. Was difficult to install, has not synced my kids’ information correctly, and I can’t edit anything. If there is a problem, I have to call the school and ask them to fix it, versus being able to edit my own profile. The customer support was not helpful, either. I REALLY dislike this software.

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### "ParentSquare for seamless communication" — 5.0/5

> **Edith** | *31 May 2022* | Primary/Secondary Education | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: For most features, ParentSquare is easy to use. I can quickly message a parent and hear back equally quickly because of the mobile app. Messaging individuals or posting to all families is very straightforward, quick and easy.
> 
> **Cons**: If you get into some other features such as parent/teacher conferences, polls, etc, ParentSquare is a little less user friendly. Things can be buried and if you only use them once a year, it's hard to remember where it's buried. Unless you can phrase your question perfectly, support is not always helpful.
> 
> Overall, I love having ParentSquare as our unified communication tool. Families know to look for important information on ParentSquare.

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### "Parent Square daily user" — 4.0/5

> **kristina** | *8 March 2022* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I like the feature where most non-English speakers can communicate with me and the software translates into the language of their choice. I do however wish there were a few more language choices. We have 17 languages in our building .
> 
> **Cons**: It's very frustrating that it's not easier to find past messages( from months ago) from a specific person. I needed to track a communication history with a parent for our social worker and it was hard to quickly find the info I needed.
> 
> The parents that use this app find it helpful. I do like the feature where messages go to text. It's been very helpful when the health office needs to locate a parent. Parents are not always able to answer phone calls at work but will usually answer a text.

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