For Christian schools · ACSI & independent · 2026

A platform that respects your mission and your budget.

Independent and ACSI-affiliated Christian schools run lean. The platform should not be another cost center. Sycamore is $4 per student per month with every module included: SIS, gradebook, admissions, tuition, financial aid, parent app, communications, and donations. No add-ons for the things Christian schools need most.
$4
Per student, per month
4.8
Parent app rating
46+
Countries served
4–8
Weeks to switch from FACTS Management
Why Sycamore for Christian schools

The three things every Christian school head asks about first.

Christian school boards are practical. They want to know that the platform costs less than what they pay today, that families can use it, and that the team behind it will pick up the phone. Sycamore answers all three.
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Predictable, transparent pricing.

Published $4 per student per month with every module included. Volume tier discounts apply at scale. No module gating, no separate Family App subscription, no per-seat training cost.
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Families who actually use it.

Native iOS and Android with 4.8-star combined rating (Sycamore + TuitionEP). Cafeteria, tuition, grades, attendance, and comms behind one household login.
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US-based team that answers.

Average first-assign 18 minutes. Average call wait 32 seconds. Ten-year average tenure on the Sycamore support team. Not tiered, not premium; included at the base price.
What's included

Every module. One price. Built for how Christian schools actually run.

The eight modules below are all in the base $4 per student per month. Financial aid, tuition refund protection, donations, and Sycamore Academy training are included. No paid upgrades for the pieces Christian schools use every day.
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Student Information System

One record per student, per family, and per financial account.
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Attendance

Real-time attendance with push notifications the moment a student is marked tardy or absent.
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Gradebook

Grades, assignments, and behavior notes tied to the same student record. Report cards in a click.
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Admissions & Enrollment

Inquiries through enrollment in one continuous funnel. Re-enrollment included.
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Tuition & Financial Aid

Aid application through award through tuition ledger, one flow. Vertical Insure refund protection.
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Payments

Cards at 3.9%, ACH at 1.8% capped at $5 on the banking portion. The school chooses who pays.
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Sycamore Parent App

Native iOS and Android with one household login. 4.8-star combined rating with TuitionEP.
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Communications & Donations

Two-way messaging plus native donations and giving pages, both in the base plan.
What Christian schools tell us

The five conversations Christian school heads keep having.

Independent Christian schools operate with lean staff and thin margins. The pattern of pain is remarkably consistent. Here is how Sycamore addresses each one.

Conversation 01 "The current platform costs too much for what we get."

What happens today: Custom quote for SIS. Custom quote for tuition. Custom quote for the parent app. A separate line for financial aid. By the time the whole stack is priced, the annual bill lands at $30K to $80K for a 300-student school.

How Sycamore fixes it: $4 per student per month for the entire platform. A 300-student Christian school pays $14,400 per year, every module included. No custom quote, no module gating.

Conversation 02 "Our parents don't use the current app."

What happens today: The parent portal is a URL parents type into a browser twice a year. Push notifications are unreliable. Nobody sees the tuition-draft-failed notice until the next reminder email.

How Sycamore fixes it: Native iOS and Android apps installed from the App Store or Google Play. Face ID and Touch ID login. 4.8-star combined rating across app stores. Parents open the app because it works.

Conversation 03 "Financial aid is a spreadsheet nightmare."

What happens today: Aid application in a Google Form. Review in a shared spreadsheet. Award decisions emailed to families. Tuition ledger updated by hand. Something falls through every year.

How Sycamore fixes it: Aid application, aid review, aid award, and tuition ledger update all in the same record. Families apply once. The aid office reviews inside the platform. Ledger updates automatically on award.

Conversation 04 "Our annual fund campaign runs on a separate tool."

What happens today: DonorPerfect or Bloomerang for donations. FACTS for tuition. Constant Contact for the email campaign. Nothing talks to the SIS. Families receive uncoordinated messaging.

How Sycamore fixes it: Native donations (rolling out 2026 from TuitionEP) with campaigns, giving pages, donor records, and AI donor intelligence, inside the same platform as the parent record. No separate CRM to integrate.

Conversation 05 "We need help. Our IT is one part-time person."

What happens today: Tier-1 support tickets sit for days. Escalation goes to a chatbot. Meanwhile a teacher has been locked out of the gradebook and report cards are due Friday.

How Sycamore fixes it: US-based support included at the base price. Average first-assign 18 minutes; average call wait 32 seconds; ten-year average team tenure; 94.7% positive sentiment last 12 months. Sycamore Academy on-demand training reduces the ticket volume in the first place.

Bonus "Accreditation reports are painful."

What happens today: An ACSI accreditation cycle rolls around, and someone spends two weeks pulling enrollment, attendance, and financial reports across three different systems.

How Sycamore fixes it: Standard reports for enrollment, attendance, grading, and financials are one export away. ACSI report templates are configured during onboarding. Sycamore's client success team has run migrations for ACSI-affiliated schools.
46+
Countries
6
Continents
4.8
Parent app rating
100%
US-based support team
Pricing

$4 per student per month. Every module. Predictable every year.

For a 200-student Christian school that is $800 per month for the full platform. For a 300-student school it is $1,200 per month, or $14,400 per year, every module included. Contracts start at an 18-month minimum, with longer terms available that lock in your rate for the length of the term. Volume tier discounts apply at scale. Multi-campus Christian school networks get group purchasing pricing.

$4
per student / per month
All modules included
Frequently asked questions

The questions Christian school heads ask before a demo.

For independent and ACSI-affiliated Christian schools, Sycamore covers SIS, gradebook, admissions, tuition, financial aid, parent app, communications, and donations under one license at $4 per student per month. Every module is included in the base price, which is unusual in the category and makes Sycamore a common shortlist for mission-driven Christian schools with tight operating budgets.

Sycamore is $4 per student per month with every module included: SIS, gradebook, attendance, admissions, tuition, payments, parent app, communications, and donations. For a typical 200-student Christian school, that is $800 per month for the full platform. Volume tier discounts apply at scale. Multi-school pricing is available for Christian school networks that operate more than one campus.

Sycamore's standard reporting covers the enrollment, attendance, grading, and financial data ACSI schools typically need for accreditation cycles. Specific ACSI report templates are configured during onboarding. Sycamore's client success team has run migrations for ACSI-affiliated schools; ask us for references during evaluation.

Yes, and all three are in the base $4 per student per month price. Tuition management, payment plans, and incidental billing are standard. Financial aid application, review, and awarding sit inside the same platform as the SIS and tuition ledger. Vertical Insure Tuition Refund Protection is built in.

Yes. Sycamore Parent App is a native iOS and Android app that families install from the App Store or Google Play. Combined with TuitionEP (both Sycamore companies) the combined rating is 4.8 stars across app stores. Cafeteria balances, tuition, grades, attendance, and communications live behind one household login.

Yes. Sycamore's native donations module (rolling out 2026 from the TuitionEP acquisition) covers campaigns, giving pages, donor records, and AI donor intelligence, all inside the same platform. Included in the base price; no separate license fee for donations. Great fit for Christian schools running annual fund campaigns without a dedicated CRM.

In the United States. Phones are answered by humans with an average tenure of ten years. Average first-assign time is 18 minutes; average call wait is 32 seconds. 94.7 percent positive customer sentiment over the last twelve months. Support is included at the base price, not tiered.

Most Christian schools go live in 4 to 8 weeks. Sycamore's US-based onboarding team handles data extraction from your current platform (FACTS, RenWeb, Gradelink, or others), field mapping, tuition plan rebuild, and parent communications. Sycamore Academy provides role-based training for staff and families as part of onboarding.

Sycamore contracts start at an 18-month minimum. Longer terms are available and lock in the per-student rate for the length of the term, protecting the school from any future price changes. No multi-year auto-renewal. For multi-campus Christian school networks, terms are aligned across participating campuses.

Talk to Sycamore about your Christian school.

Tell us about your school. We'll return a Sycamore quote, an implementation plan, and a side-by-side against what you pay your current platform. Most schools have a clear answer within two business days.
  • US-based team, ACSI-familiar
  • Sycamore Academy included for every teacher and family
  • Multi-campus pricing for Christian school networks
  • 4 to 8 weeks to a typical go-live

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