--- title: "Focus/SIS Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Focus/SIS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/school-management/focus-sis-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [School Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/school-management/) / Focus/SIS Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/school-management/focus-sis-profile/reviews/) # Focus/SIS Review Custom quote 1 plan On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews ## Overview Focus/SIS 3.7 [(9)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/school-management/focus-sis-profile/reviews/) Pricing Pricing available upon request Top Alternatives ### About Focus/SIS FOCUS SIS is a web-based school management solution, which helps schools record, manage and evaluate student data. Features include reporting, document management, assessments, report cards, and scheduling. Using the Focus Portal, teachers can maintain communication with students and parents. FOCUS SIS' student planner feature lets candidates view upcoming assignments and their due dates. Students can track final grades, course history and class rank. It also offers integration with various third-party applications such as OneNote Class, Canvas, Schoology and more. Do you work for Focus/SIS? [Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/focus-sis/claim_requests/new?auto=true) ## Focus/SIS User Interface ## Popular Focus/SIS Alternatives Main Product Focus/SIS 3.7 [(9)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/school-management/focus-sis-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 3.56Ease of use - 3.50Value for money - 2.50Customer support - 3.88Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Procare Solutions](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/procare-profile/) 4.6 [(2809)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/procare-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.43Ease of use - 4.48Value for money - 4.55Customer support - 4.38Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [brightwheel](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/brightwheel-profile/) 4.7 [(3257)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/brightwheel-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.61Ease of use - 4.55Value for money - 4.56Customer support - 4.46Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Gradelink](https://www.softwareadvice.com/classroom-management/gradelink-profile/) 4.7 [(734)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/classroom-management/gradelink-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.57Ease of use - 4.69Value for money - 4.88Customer support - 4.48Functionality Pricing Starting at $121.00 per month Alternative Product [Alma SIS](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/264800-Alma/) 4.6 [(455)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/264800-Alma/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.55Ease of use - 4.54Value for money - 4.67Customer support - 4.39Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Teach n Go](https://www.softwareadvice.com/classroom-management/teach-n-go-profile/) 4.7 [(91)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/classroom-management/teach-n-go-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.76Ease of use - 4.70Value for money - 4.82Customer support - 4.33Functionality Pricing Starting at €69.00 per month ## Focus/SIS Pricing and Plans Starting price: Pricing available upon request Free Trial Free Version Basic Pricing available upon request No plan information available ## Focus/SIS Features - Popular features found in School Management Admissions Management Assessment Management Attendance Tracking Curriculum Management Financial Management Online Payments Parent/Student Portal Records Management Reporting/Analytics Student Management - More features of Focus/SIS Bookstore Management Class Scheduling Document Management Faculty/Staff Management For Higher Education Independent/Private K-12 Library Management Online Calendar School District Special Education Student Information/Records ## Focus/SIS Integrations itslearning Integration rated undefined from -1 review Schoology Integration rated undefined from -1 review Microsoft OneNote Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## Focus/SIS User Reviews ## Focus/SIS customer ratings - Overall rating: 3.7/5 - Total reviews: 9 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 2 reviews (22%) - 4 stars: 4 reviews (44%) - 3 stars: 2 reviews (22%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (11%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 3.6/5 - Value for money: 3.5/5 - Customer support: 2.5/5 - Functionality: 3.9/5 --- ### Pretty good grade book - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like how easy it is to enter grades. I also like the grade book reports, it makes parent teacher conferences easier when I can show parents an overview of each assignment. #### Cons The system is down often, but that could be a district issue. --- ### FOCUS helped my students get into college! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rhonda O. - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2016 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I've been an AVID teacher/coordinator (college readiness) for 4 years, just long enough to see my 9th graders graduate from college this year. FOCUS not only allowed me to customize and provide required reports for an annual certification process, but it provided an easy checks and balance system for my students to continually track their grades, GPA's and rank. Over the years, I watched the "rank" game become a serious one among my students. Universities base everything on quartile with combined SAT/ACT scores. As an AVID teacher, my students knew their Freshman year what most TX universities required for admittance. Seeing it in print every day, watching ranks go up and down became a motivator for my students and over the years, GPA and rank became part of their vocabulary. They set goals, worked harder and I could hold them accountable because I had attendance records, grades, schedules etc. My own kids attend school 20 minutes away in another school district. It is more affluent, yet their district has nothing close to FOCUS. They contract a separate company to provide transcripts (something my students had at their fingertips) and I pay $3.50 for a copy. Most parents have no idea this is available, nor would they know what to look for if they had it. Having just resigned to seek a higher purpose, I am making it my mission to speak to other school districts about the importance of having an adequate student information system in place. As a result of my 4 year experiment using FOCUS, I had 25 first generation seniors graduate this year with 100% attending college, 85% attending universities and $1,486,000 in scholarships and grants alone. There are many districts who talk a big game about secondary education being the goal, yet they are unwilling to invest in a system that works for the student. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It provides information regarding purchasing and payroll, and a learning management system with a lesson planner, but I found it invaluable from a student's perspective. The student has complete control over his academic performance based on the transcript and grades before him. If he's college bound, and wants to earn scholarships or keep track of his rank, he can log into FOCUS on any given day and check it. He can track his attendance and see notes left to him by teachers. From a teacher's perspective, it provides any record one might need. As a coordinator who had to provide data for a certification process, it made my job much easier. #### Cons I can't imagine anything out there could be better than FOCUS. If I find it, I will come back to this post and put in my CON. The only CON is that so many school districts don't have it or something close. --- ### Focus/SIS has a great sales pitch with custom reporting but has too many major stability, tech support, upgrade, and general operating system issues. - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Ben S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The overall experience with Focus / SIS was not a good experience. Teachers, parents, and students were not able to get the information they needed, the systems was never stable and would crash constantly. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros The Focus / SIS web interface was extremely easy to customize and write reports. Responses were normally fast and data was useful. #### Cons The Focus / SIS as a system as a whole is not stable. The Focus / SIS vendor was never able to keep the application running and it had constant problems with every version of Linux. Tech support was not able to resolve problems. #### Reasons for choosing Focus/SIS The older version of Skyward as the newer Q version was just about to be released. Management like the customized reports that could be generated on the fly. --- ### Great Student Information system - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chris C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Focus is great for schools and school districts. It is the best student information system I have been able to work with since I've been in education. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Focus is easy to organize by class, subject, and grading period. You can color code assignment types and tell focus the grade weights for each type, and let it do the math for you. It also has easy access to all student information, including schedules, addresses and parent contact information. #### Cons printing report cards can be a difficult task as it is not exactly straightforward. Contacting support can be difficult depending on what level of user you are. --- ### One Stop for Teachers - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Delaney L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This software makes it easy for teachers like me to have access to everything we might need during a day. Once you get the hang of it, your life as a teacher becomes easier. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I love how this product has everything a teacher needs all on one page. It is like the perfect platform for teachers to save time. #### Cons I do not like how there isn't a one stop sign in for all of the other pages that are connected to it. It can also get confusing when navigating through different tabs and pages, as it is easy to lose your spot. --- ### It’s not the best - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Alissa S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Focus is Ok. Sometimes some of the features randomly don’t work. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like that I can search for students easily from the home screen. It is also nice that I can run reports to see which students are failing. #### Cons I don’t like the student pass feature. Many teachers don’t see the student pass, because it is not “loud” enough. There isn’t a notification that pops up to get their attention. --- ### Integrates multiple - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Wendy N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Integrates not just grades, but student documentation and all other relevant information in one place. Makes it easier as a teacher to complete grades and attendance quickly. I like that I can see all student information in one location, finding address and parent info is a real advantage. I can also see student accommodations. #### Cons In the beginning the system was slow, and crashed multiple times a day. It has been better and easier to find information as the system has been modified getting more user friendly. --- ### Okay Option - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Kait C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's very easy to use for basic attendance and grading. #### Cons I wish it were easier to customize data output within the software. --- ### Focus SIS - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: John J. - Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified - Reviewed: April 2011 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered -Terrific product and a company that is growing to support it #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 #### Pros -All in one system with good features -Very customizable -Great portal for parents/students -Moodle integration -Focus really listens to customers and willing to do whatever they can to help #### Cons -We were first big client so had to do a lot of implementation/support -Smaller company with not as much expierence as others -Needs better testing and change control --- Showing 1 - 9 of 9 Reviews [See All Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/school-management/focus-sis-profile/reviews/) ## See what companies are saying about Software Advice