LMS for private schools

The LMS for private and independent schools too small for PowerSchool

Most institutional LMS vendors won't sell to you under 500 students. Classentra ships a real gradebook, live + blended classes, parent reports, and certificates, with public pricing your board can read and a setup measured in days. Built for the private or charter K-12 school that runs operations, not procurement.

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K-12 pricing + parent/COPPA/FERPA notice

K-12 institutional pricing starts from $2,399/yr. Talk to us. Parent-observer accounts, COPPA mode, FERPA DPA, and Clever/ClassLink rostering are organization-plan conversations. Talk to us before rolling out below 13s or to a public district.

The procurement gap

Built for districts; sold to private schools as an afterthought

Independent and charter schools live in a procurement gap. PowerSchool, Canvas, and Schoology priced themselves for district contracts. Annual seat minimums, multi-year commitments, integration projects that need an IT vendor. A 200-student independent academy doesn't have a CIO or a quarterly procurement cycle. The sales call dies on the second question.

FACTS and Omnivox are the alternative: traditional SIS tools bolted to a thin learning layer. They handle billing and enrollment well; the LMS half is a tab in a tab. Teachers end up running classes out of Google Drive and a Calendly link, and the head of school finds out a class is broken when a parent emails.

Classentra is the LMS half of the stack, done well, sold publicly, setup in days. Pair it with whatever SIS you already use for tuition + admissions, or start with us as the only operating tool. Either path works; both are documented; neither needs a six-month implementation partner.

What you get

Six capabilities private schools actually need

Every feature below ships today. Parent-observer accounts, COPPA mode, FERPA DPA, and Clever/ClassLink rostering are organization-plan conversations. Talk to us for the regulated configuration.

Live + blended classes

Run the live block of the schedule on your own Zoom, Meet, or Teams. Classentra generates the meeting link per session; self-paced modules + reading + assignments for the rest. Hybrid schedules and snow-day pivots stop being a fire drill. Native in-app sessions are coming soon.

Real gradebook

Weighted categories, rubrics, manual overrides, mastery view per standard. Term reports export to PDF and CSV. Half the grading time on written subjects via AI-drafted feedback the teacher reviews and sends.

Parent-readable reports

Per-term progress + attendance + behavior summary per student. Share via signed link (no parent account required) or PDF email. Dedicated parent-observer logins are an organization-plan conversation. Talk to us.

Course library + lesson plans

Course-level reading lists, lesson plans, slide decks, drip schedules. Search across every course in the school without hunting through a shared Drive that nobody owns.

Certificates with public verification

Year-end + course-completion certificates with a public verification URL per student. Families share the verifier link with the next school, a college, or a scholarship. No PDF authenticity questions.

Roster + bulk invite + per-class messaging

Bulk-invite by CSV at the start of term; revoke seats when a family leaves. Per-class messaging separates school communication from your personal inbox. Announcements hit dashboard + email + in-app.

How we compare

Classentra vs Canvas, PowerSchool, FACTS

  • Sells to schools under 500 students

    Classentra
    ✅
    Canvas
    ❌
    PowerSchool
    ❌
    FACTS
    ⚠️

  • Public pricing

    Classentra
    ✅
    Canvas
    ❌ (sales-gated)
    PowerSchool
    ❌
    FACTS
    ❌

  • Setup in days, not quarters

    Classentra
    ✅
    Canvas
    ❌
    PowerSchool
    ❌
    FACTS
    ❌

  • Live video

    Classentra
    ✅ (add-on; Zoom/Meet on every plan)
    Canvas
    ❌ (Zoom embed)
    PowerSchool
    ❌
    FACTS
    ❌

  • Real LMS gradebook

    Classentra
    ✅
    Canvas
    ✅
    PowerSchool
    ✅
    FACTS
    ⚠️

  • Auto-attendance from sessions

    Classentra
    ✅
    Canvas
    ⚠️
    PowerSchool
    ✅
    FACTS
    ✅

  • Parent-readable per-term reports

    Classentra
    ✅
    Canvas
    ✅
    PowerSchool
    ✅
    FACTS
    ✅

  • Certificate w/ public verify

    Classentra
    ✅
    Canvas
    ⚠️
    PowerSchool
    ❌
    FACTS
    ❌
FAQ

Common questions from private schools

Are you a replacement for PowerSchool / FACTS / Omnivox?
No. Those are SIS tools (tuition, admissions, enrollment, billing). Classentra is the LMS half (classes, gradebook, attendance, parent reports). Most private schools we work with pair Classentra with whatever SIS they already use. If you're starting from scratch, you can run with Classentra alone until tuition complexity warrants a separate SIS.
Can we use Classentra for our hybrid (in-person + online) schedule?
Yes. Live + blended is the default operating shape. Run morning blocks in-person with attendance taken on Classentra; run afternoon blocks live online with auto-attendance from the session. Materials, gradebook, and parent reports stay in one workspace regardless of the modality of any given class.
Are you FERPA / COPPA compliant for under-13 students?
Classentra runs under a PIPEDA-aligned + GDPR-aligned DPA on every tier. A FERPA DPA and COPPA mode (no marketing emails to minors, parent-consent gating on signup, age-gated AI features) are organization-plan conversations. Talk to us. Request the K-12 packet before signup so we can pre-configure your tenant.
Can families pay tuition through Classentra?
Classentra handles per-course or per-cohort payment via Stripe Connect. For monthly tuition billing, payment plans, and financial-aid workflows we recommend pairing with FACTS or your existing SIS. Recurring tuition billing is on our roadmap; not built yet.
Do you integrate with Clever or ClassLink for rostering?
Clever / ClassLink rostering is an organization-plan conversation. Talk to us. Most private schools under 500 students use the bulk CSV invite + per-term refresh, which is faster to operate than an integration when your enrollment changes once or twice a year.
How long does setup take?
A small school (one campus, under 200 students) is live within a week. Larger schools or hybrid schedules take 2-3 weeks. There's no implementation partner required. A head of school can configure courses, roster from CSV, and onboard teachers from the documentation alone, and organization plans include hands-on onboarding help if you want it.

An LMS your school can actually buy

Public pricing. Setup in days. Talk to sales for COPPA / FERPA / parent-portal configuration on an organization plan.

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Free to start · No credit card required · Pair with your existing SIS.

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