INDUSTRY

Text Messaging for Schools

Simplify communication and keep students, parents, and staff in the loop with SMS for schools from TextSpot.

Why Use SMS Software for Schools?

Flyers and forms get lost in students’ backpacks. Emails get lost in parents’ and staff members’ inboxes. But almost everyone has a phone that can receive text messages—and most people read them. In fact, most texts are opened within an average of three minutes. Make sure your students, their families, and your staff never miss crucial messages from your school.

Contact Your Students Quickly

Email has an incredibly low open rate, and it’s hard to know whether people saw important school messages on social media. But people check their phones roughly every 12 minutes. Test messages Instantly put the latest school announcements, reminders, and event details right into your students’ hands.

Improve the Student Experience

Fit your communication seamlessly into your students’ lives. Younger people are more likely to choose messaging over other forms of communication, including phone or email, so you can be confident that your students and their families will see your messages.

Set It and Forget It

TextSpot makes automating text messages a snap. Schedule and send texts based on your academic calendar or students’ birthdays. Automatically send out homework due date reminders. Prep messages for holidays or campus closures in advance. After you finish setting up TextSpot, you won’t need to touch it again—unless you want to.

Free Up Office Staff

Making individual calls to students’ families, sending emails about school events, or entering paper forms into your CRM will eat up your staff’s time. Streamline their workflows by scheduling automatic messages so they can spend that time on something more important.

How Educational Institutions Use SMS Messaging

Event Announcements and Reminders

Send important information about upcoming events with ease. Remind your student body to wear school colors for Friday night’s basketball game or encourage greater participation in parent-teacher conferences. The options for how you can use TextSpot to send event reminders are limited only by your imagination.

Assignment Reminders for Students

Ever had a situation where a parent or guardian didn’t know about a project that was due because the paperwork the teacher sent home got lost? With TextSpot’s contact segments and message scheduling, you can make sure individual classes get information that’s relevant to them without texting the entire school.

Emergency Text Alert System

In an emergency, email, phone calls, and social media are not fast enough. Notify parents and guardians, teachers, and students of emergencies with TextSpot’s mass texting service. Provide guidance for the next steps, such as evacuation. Quickly send all-clear messages once the emergency is resolved.

Resource Hotline

All generations prefer texting more than face-to-face communication. With two-way texting, you can create hotlines for your students to receive homework help, connect to mental health resources, report bullying, and more.

TextSpot Features

All plans, whether you subscribe to 100 or 10,000+ message credits, come with the following features (no limitations). View pricing for more information. Click below to learn more about each feature. New features added monthly!

Plans & Pricing

Select how many message credits per month you will need to see the price:

100

$150 / year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 7 ¢ per additional credit

250

$200 / year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 7 ¢ per additional credit

500

Monthly Annually

$29 / month$290 / year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 6 ¢ per additional credit

1,000

Monthly Annually

$45 / month$450 / year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 5 ¢ per additional credit

2,000

Monthly Annually

$70 / month$700 / year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 5 ¢ per additional credit

3,000

Monthly Annually

$97 / month$970 / year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 4 ¢ per additional credit

5,000

Monthly Annually

$130 / month$1,300 / year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 3 ¢ per additional credit

10,000

Monthly Annually

$200 / month$2,000/ year
  • All features included
  • Free incoming messages
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Private phone number
  • Cancel anytime
  • 3 ¢ per additional credit

10,000+

Talk to us about custom pricing. Contact us.

Upgrade, downgrade, pause, or cancel any time. A 1 segment SMS Message = 1 credit.
A one-time $19 A2P application fee is required in order to register your organization with wireless carriers.

How to Use TextSpot for Schools

1

Sign Up.

Start a free trial in less than 60 seconds.

2

Send Messages.

Enjoy all of TextSpots features for up to 2 weeks.

3

Subscribe.

Upgrade your account to get your own phone number and start messaging your own contacts for as little as $29/months.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal to text every student at my school?

Yes, but you do have to make sure that students and their parents or guardians opt into receiving text messages from your school and that an opt-out process is easy and honored. You will want to be in compliance with various telecommunications regulations, such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) also stipulates that student records are kept private, including personally identifiable information. Texts you send to current, potential, or past students must comply with FERPA standards.

Connect with Your Students & Staff

Reach your students, their families, and your staff when and where they already are. Sign up for a free trial today and let us show you how TextSpot can revolutionize your school’s communications. 

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