• Revere School District – Ovid, CO
• Grade Levels: PK-12
• Students: 143
• Staff: 32

Challenge Overview: As a small rural district serving a tight-knit community, Revere School District needed a student information system that could simplify complex tasks like state reporting without overwhelming its lean staff. The district wanted a system that reflected the needs of educators – designed by people who had been in the trenches themselves.

Solution Overview: Revere chose Alma for its clean, modern interface and its practical, education-informed design. With Alma’s powerful spreadsheet editor and flexible attendance tools, administrative tasks became more efficient and far less manual. The system gave even non-technical staff the ability to manage student data and state reporting with confidence.

Results Overview: Revere now completes Colorado’s reporting requirements faster, with fewer errors and greater confidence. The system’s live spreadsheet view, real-time attendance dashboards, and clear compliance indicators give staff instant insight and save hours of work each week. Beyond that, Alma’s real-time, one-on-one support for both administrative and teaching staff ensures questions are never left unanswered.

“One thing that led us to adopt Alma was the fact that the creators have once been in the educational setting.”

 – Chastity Kinoshita, Administrative Assistant

THE CHALLENGE

Revere School District, located in the rural town of Ovid, Colorado, serves just 143 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The community is small but diverse, with several staff and students commuting from outside the district. With a staff of only 32, the administrative burden on individuals can be high – especially when navigating the demands of Colorado’s state reporting.

What the district needed wasn’t just another SIS – it was a partner. “The design and layout are very modern,” shared Administrative Assistant Chastity Kinoshita. “But more than that, Alma was created by people who understand schools.”

THE SOLUTION

Alma’s spreadsheet data editor quickly became Revere’s go-to feature. It allowed Chastity to update student information in real-time with automatic saving, eliminating the back-and-forth of manual data entry and reducing the risk of duplication or oversight.

“The spreadsheet data editor auto-saves as you go; this is time-saving as it inputs the data into student bios as you are working through the spreadsheet columns.”

Alma’s state compliance indicators and clear field breakdowns made it easy to distinguish which data points were required, giving Revere the clarity and control they needed to meet deadlines confidently.

Chastity also relies on Alma’s attendance tools to ensure accurate and complete schedules. “The all attendance view is helpful in seeing student schedules to verify whether or not their schedule is full or complete.”

THE RESULTS

With Alma, Revere has transformed how they manage the critical behind-the-scenes tasks that keep a district running. The homepage dashboard provides at-a-glance metrics like average daily attendance, enrollment by grade level, and student demographics – giving Chastity and her team instant insight to make data-informed decisions.

Alma offers one-on-one help for not only administration but for teaching staff as well. Questions are never left unanswered. Alma is always looking for ways to improve on every level – feedback is encouraged and taken into account in ways that benefit not just one person, staff, or school, but all Alma users.

“The home screen, which includes average daily attendance, enrollment information by grade level and demographics, along with the spreadsheet editor and different attendance views, are my favorite aspects.”

Alma has made state reporting faster, easier, and far more accurate for this small but mighty Colorado district.

“Again, the ease of the spreadsheet data editor and the imports/exports for state reporting has saved me a lot of time.”