Spring Branch Independent School District: Streamlined School Choice Boosts Parent Happiness

Location: Houston, TX
Website: District Website
Enrollment: 33,000+
Size: 49 schools

The Challenge

Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD) was in search of a more streamlined and optimized process for managing their school choice program application process and lotteries.

Their taxing, manual, paper-based process had become too cumbersome, and after trying a few different automated enrollment systems, they remained unsatisfied.

As Mandelé Davis, School Choice Project Manager at SBISD, explains, “We needed a system that addressed the schools’ requirements and aligned with our district processes. We also wanted a multilingual application system available on mobile devices to increase the ease of use and accessibility for more parents.”

The Solution

• Identify areas of enrollment deficiencies and research online platforms to fit district needs.
• Discover the student application and lottery management software SchoolMint Enroll.
• Conduct outreach to families about the new application and lottery system to open lines of communication and ease entry into the process.
• Involve all stakeholders in the software selection process, and provide training on SchoolMint Enroll to increase buy-in and participation.
• Use real-time data to make informed student enrollment decisions and strengthen communication lines with families and staff.

The Results

• Powerful, real-time data visualization tools allowed monitoring and adjustment of marketing and family support initiatives to enable staff to do more well-informed planning.
• Customized the enrollment management system to support specific district needs: complex lotteries, shared application and school ranking functionality, mobile accessibility, and dual-language features.
• Reduction in the frequency of phone calls from parents with questions or frustrations navigating the system.
• Enabled staff to focus more time and energy on family support and guidance instead of being burdened by time-consuming data processing.

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