How does Schoolrunner interact with PowerSchool?

Schoolrunner pulls in all your student and course information from PowerSchool upon the initial sync. Afterward, Schoolrunner syncs with PowerSchool roughly every four hours. So if, for example, parent contact information is updated in PowerSchool, that change is reflected in Schoolrunner in four hours or less.

Schoolrunner is also able to sync in your PowerSchool attendance. With each regularly scheduled sync, we can bring in updated daily and class absence records. Enabling this feature will make PowerSchool your source of truth for attendance, so each sync will override any changes made to those records in Schoolrunner. Please reach out to Schoolrunner Support if you are interested in this feature as it is turned “OFF” by default. 

Downloading Data

It’s easy to download your data from Schoolrunner in order to make reports, transcripts, or to provide information to the state. Download your information as often as you like to keep up with daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly reporting. Look for the "Download" button or download icon on various pages, or use the Export page under the "Setup" menu.

Daily Attendance

In order for daily attendance to be taken in Schoolrunner, the field "daily_attendance_code" in PowerSchool must be changed to "1" for any period that determines daily attendance. This means that attendance recorded in any period with this designation (usually the first period) sets a student’s attendance for the day. This attendance can be subsequently updated, however, on Schoolrunner’s Daily Attendance page.

Note: This code does NOT need to be changed if you have set up attendance syncing from PowerSchool to Schoolrunner. 

Note 2: Not all SIS’s function the same way as PowerSchool. We work with many other systems, and your process may differ based on the information your SIS is willing to export. Contact your Schoolrunner administrator to discuss your system.