Overview
PowerSchool is the largest vendor on this list by reported reach. In the press release announcing its take-private, the company described itself as a provider of cloud-based K-12 education software serving more than 60 million students and more than 18,000 customers in over 90 countries[1]. Its student information system, PowerSchool SIS, sits at the centre of a broader portfolio that has grown through acquisitions and spans enrolment, learning management, assessment, special education, human resources and finance for school districts.
The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange until Bain Capital completed its acquisition on 1 October 2024 at US$22.80 per share in cash; Vista Equity Partners and Onex Partners each kept a minority stake, and PowerSchool now operates as a privately held company[1]. Its release was datelined Folsom, California[1].
Scale has also made PowerSchool the subject of the largest security incident in the category. A breach that occurred in December 2024 exposed records of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers and affected about 6,500 of its clients, according to reporting by The Record; in September 2025 the Texas Attorney General sued the company, citing more than 880,000 affected Texans[2]. Buyers evaluating PowerSchool now routinely ask for evidence of the security controls added since the incident. PowerSchool does not publish prices, and its public website blocked automated access during research for this list, so the product details here are limited to what the company filed with regulators.
PowerSchool features
- Student information system for districts and schools
- Enrolment and registration tools
- Learning management and assessment products
- Special education and HR/finance products in the wider suite
PowerSchool pricing
Quote-based; no list prices are published. Contracts are typically negotiated per district.
PowerSchool strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Largest reported installed base in K-12 software
- Broad portfolio beyond the SIS
- Wide familiarity among US district staff and integration partners
Limitations
- December 2024 breach exposed data of tens of millions of students and teachers
- Subject of a Texas Attorney General lawsuit filed in 2025
- No published pricing
- Portfolio assembled through acquisitions, so products differ in age and design
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PowerSchool alternatives and competitors
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