Skyward Named Top-Tier Software Vendor by APPS RUN THE WORLD in the APPS TOP 500 Market Report

Skyward Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators

Skyward is a software provider specializing in K–12 school and municipal management solutions, offering integrated systems for student information, human resources, and financial management. By combining user-informed technology with exceptional, personalized support, Skyward empowers education leaders to streamline administrative tasks, allowing them to focus more time and resources on student success.

Skyward’s school administration software supports educators serving more than 7 million students across 21 states. Our dedicated teams collaborate closely with customers to design, develop, and support robust Student Information System (SIS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions tailored to the needs of K–12 education.

Skyward Recent Developments

In March 2025, Skyward introduced DistrictPulse, a cutting-edge analytics and reporting tool designed to seamlessly integrate with Skyward's Qmlativ Education Management System. Developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), DistrictPulse enables district personnel to quickly access and analyze data, providing valuable strategic insights. Unlike many existing solutions, DistrictPulse ensures robust security by maintaining strict access controls, ensuring that data is only accessible to authorized users, in line with the security protocols established in Qmlativ.

On July 18, 2023, Skyward unveiled a partnership with ParentSquare, a prominent figure in effective K-12 school communications. This collaboration aims to seamlessly integrate the two platforms, presenting Skyward customers with additional avenues to foster and enhance school-to-home communication, ultimately contributing to improved student outcomes. Additionally, on February 21, 2023, Skyward signed another significant partnership, this time with Otus, a leader in K-12 student-growth edtech. This collaboration facilitates seamless rostering integration between Skyward and Otus, empowering educators with access to a comprehensive suite of tools designed to efficiently gather, visualize, and utilize student data, thereby maximizing student success.

In February 2021, Skyward, an administrative software provider, announced a partnership with Red Rover, an absence management solution. The partnership will eliminate the need for manual entry of employee leave and substitute work for both Skyward SMS 2.0 and Qmlativ business platform customers. Skyward customers will be able to enter time off requests within Skyward which will then be redirected to Red Rover to complete the substitute request. In addition, Skyward customers can enter both time off and substitute requests in Red Rover and the information will pull into Skyward through different options based on the platform being used.

Skyward Customers in ARTW Customer Database

Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, APPS RUN THE WORLD asks the simple question: Who’s buying Skyward applications and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. Our Customer database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of Skyward and other enterprise apps by function, customer size, industry, location, implementation status, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and IT decision makers contact details. List of Verified Skyward Student Management Suite, Skyward School Business Suite, Skyward Municipality Management Suite customers.

Skyward Key Enterprise and Cloud Applications

Skyward Student Management Suite, Skyward School Business Suite, Skyward Municipality Management Suite

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List of Verified Skyward Customers

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In 2024, West Ada School District in Meridian, Idaho, and Elgin School District U-46 in Elgin, Illinois, selected Skyward’s Qmlativ School Business Suite as their new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to streamline payroll, human resources, and financial accounting systems. Both districts are actively preparing for full implementation, with a targeted go-live date of July 2025.

Skyward serves more than 2,500 school districts and municipalities across the United States. Its diverse customer base includes a wide range of educational institutions, from large public school systems to specialized academies. Notable districts and schools using Skyward solutions include Minnesota Districts, Duncanville Independent School District (TX), Indiana School Districts, Central Fulton School District (PA), Navasota ISD (TX), Pleasant Grove ISD (TX), Quinlan ISD (TX), Central CUSD (IL), Eastland CUSD (IL), Frankfort School District (IL), Silver Lake Joint School District #1 (WI), Lamar Consolidated ISD (TX), Hamblen County School District (TN), Lake County Schools (FL), Glendale-River Hills School District (WI), Maple Dale-Indian Hills School District (WI), Central Montco Technical High School (PA), Colonial School District (DE), East China School District (MI), Fremont County Joint School District #15 (WY), Oostburg School District (WI), and many others across multiple states. This extensive network reflects Skyward’s trusted role in supporting efficient school and municipal operations nationwide.

Skyward Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions

The partnership with AWS led to the development of DistrictPulse, a powerful yet user-friendly educational data analytics tool designed to deliver actionable insights for school districts.

Skyward Risks and Challenges

A specific risk facing Skyward is cybersecurity threats, particularly in the form of ransomware attacks and data breaches targeting K–12 institutions. As Skyward handles sensitive student and staff information through its cloud-based Student Information System (SIS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, any security lapse could lead to serious data privacy violations, regulatory penalties under laws like FERPA, and damage to customer trust and the company’s reputation.

Skyward Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI

Skyward applications are currently utilized by select school districts across 21 U.S. states, with particularly strong adoption in Washington and Wisconsin. Internationally, Skyward also serves educational institutions in countries including Venezuela, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, China, Mexico, Switzerland, and India, reflecting its growing global footprint in K–12 education technology.

Skyward maintains a network of strategic partnerships with leading technology and service providers to enhance its offerings and deliver added value to clients. Key partners include AccountAbility, Advanced Processing & Imaging, Aesop, BMI Systems Group, Career Cruising, CRS Advanced Technology, Dell, e-Funds for Schools, Infosnap, ISCorp, Nelco, Northern Business Products, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Orbit Software, Parchment, PaySchools, Phonemaster, Quill.com, Registration Gateway by SRC Solutions, RevTrak, School Technology Associates, SchoolMessenger, Staples/Corporate Express, Synrevoice SchoolConnects, Tools4ever Identity Management, Transfinder, Trapeze, VersaTrans, and WEA Trust. These collaborations support seamless integrations and expanded capabilities across Skyward’s solutions.

Research Methodology

Data used in research reports are derived from publicly available documents, continuous surveys of applications vendors, customers, resellers, Independent Software Vendors, systems integrators and other verifiable sources.

Vendor shares and market forecast results are based on a combination of existing databases as well as demand side and supply side research conducted throughout the year with validation from vendors, customers, channel partners and documentations such as earnings releases and 10Q and 10K filings, vertical industry studies, regional and country-level statistics from public and private institutions(i.e. colleges, universities, government agencies and trade associations).

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