In K–12 education, your student information system (SIS) isn’t just a database—it’s the foundation of your school’s entire IT ecosystem. With the right SIS-led infrastructure, you can drive operational efficiency, meet compliance demands, and reduce the need for manual data entry through a modern, interoperable tech stack.
The Case for Interoperability
As school systems expand their digital tools, from learning management systems and billing platforms to communication tools, the risk of data silos grows. Without interoperability, educators and administrators often find themselves duplicating data, reconciling errors across systems, and operating without a unified picture of the student.
Data interoperability (the ability for systems to access, exchange, integrate, and use data in a coordinated way) is critical to solving this. It enables:
- Seamless data flow between systems like SIS, financial aid, and learning tools
- More informed decision-making, thanks to real-time data visibility
- Cost savings and fewer errors, due to reduced manual data entry
- Enhanced collaboration, as all stakeholders access a shared source of truth
FACTS supports interoperability standards such as OneRoster and Ed-Fi, helping schools adopt a more future-ready, standards-based approach to integrations.
What SIS-Led Infrastructure Looks Like
Think of your SIS as the central nervous system of your school’s data. When your SIS is API-ready and designed with interoperability in mind, it unlocks functionality across every part of your operations, automating workflows, reducing redundancy, and ensuring compliance.
Whether you’re pulling student status indicators across products, viewing enrollment data in real time, or syncing your SIS with tools like Google Classroom, a modern SIS makes it possible.
Our school uses FACTS SIS, Admissions, Parent Alert, Billing and Payments, and as a tech coordinator, having everything integrated, including Google Classroom makes everything seamless and very easy to use.
Key Capabilities to Look For
To ensure your SIS supports an effective IT strategy, look for these interoperability features:
- RESTful APIs that allow real-time, bi-directional data exchange
- Common data standards (e.g., Ed-Fi, OneRoster) for plug-and-play integrations
- Developer portals for easy API access and documentation
- Centralized dashboards that combine data from multiple systems for decision support
- Role-based access controls to secure sensitive student and financial data
- State and diocesan reporting readiness, ensuring compliance with ever-evolving requirements
FACTS in Action
FACTS SIS is designed to be the anchor of your school’s digital infrastructure. With certified and in-progress integrations—including OneRoster, Ed-Fi, and a growing library of open APIs—FACTS SIS ensures seamless connectivity across your ecosystem. It empowers your team to build a future-ready tech stack that’s interoperable by design, not by workaround.
Our enhancements include:
- Real-Time Data Syncing: Seamless, real-time synchronization of student and enrollment status across all connected systems.
- API Access to SIS Data: Effortless integration through our Developer Portal, enabling secure, flexible access to SIS data via APIs.
- Customizable SIS Dashboard Builder: Easily visualize and tailor insights across admissions, behavior, demographics, and more — all in one tool.
- Tool Integrations: Deep integration with platforms like Google Classroom to ensure your learning data remains connected to your core SIS.
Why It Matters
When your SIS supports interoperability by design, not just through third-party patchwork, you future-proof your infrastructure. You minimize risk, boost agility, and ensure accurate, actionable data flows seamlessly across your entire tech stack. Most importantly, your team can spend less time troubleshooting systems and more time supporting students.
Want to learn more about how FACTS SIS puts the things that matter first? Check out a demo of our solution and explore how FACTS manages school information right.
