PowerSchool

The Office of Research and Data Analysis (ORDA), Data Collection (DC) team is responsible for supervising, guiding and supporting the South Carolina Department of Education’s (SCDE) Student Information System (SIS).

SCDE's current SIS is PowerSchool. PowerSchool is a web-based student information system platform. It is used to manage instruction, learning, grading, attendance, assessment, analytics, state reporting, special education, and student registration.

For questions specific to PowerSchool please email: powerschool@ed.sc.gov

Additional Resources & Information

2025-26 Data Certification Schedule

2024-25 Data Certification Schedule

2023-2024 Data Collection Schedule: Current Data Collection Schedule for South Carolina Department of Education
Revised: March 5, 2024

Enrich FAQ: Resources available for Enrich related to data in the current South Carolina Student Information System; PowerSchoool.

PowerSchool Hosting Group: Generally, pricing for PowerSchool hosted solutions varies based upon the number of students. The S.C. Department of Education is working with districts wishing to collaborate as a group to increase the number of students in a hosted environment and decrease each district's per student pricing.

SC eTranscripts: PowerSchool Transcript Documentation, Webinar, Training and SC eTranscript Initiative (Parchment)

SC PowerSchool Training: The Office of Research and Data Analysis (ORDA) intends to prepare and provide aligned, evidence-based professional learning opportunities (PLOs) to promote improvement in data quality and collection.

SC State Reporting Updates: This page shows the SC State Reporting Updates organized in monthly updates with new descriptions to help districts and schools more easily understand changes being released.

Role-Based Certification Courses: Frequently asked questions about Role-Based Certification Courses

SIS Documents: These documents are provided by SCDE for use with the current Student Information System (SIS) PowerSchool.