PowerSchool Account & Log In Information

PowerSchool Public Portal gives parents and students access to real-time information including attendance, grades and detailed assignment descriptions, school bulletins, and even personal messages from the teacher. Everyone stays connected: Students stay on top of assignments, parents are able to participate more fully in their student's progress, and teachers can use their gradebook to make decisions on what information they want to share with parents and students.

Your Powerschool Login

Parent Access Management provides parents with the ability to have their own individual parent account, including user name and password. Your school’s PowerSchool administrator may create your account or may have you create your own account using the appropriate access credentials. Once your account is created, you can manage your account information, link any and all students to your account (for whom you have parental and legal rights to), and set email and notifications preferences for each student linked to your account. If you've forgotten your account sign in information, you can retrieve them by using auto-recovery.

To get started, you must log in to PowerSchool Public Portal. Before you can log in to PowerSchool Public Portal, you will need your school's PowerSchool Public Portal URL, your username, and your password. If you do not have this information or have questions, contact your school’s PowerSchool administrator.

How to Log In to PowerSchool Public Portal

Note:do not use someone else’s password or give your password to anyone else.

  1. Open your Web browser to your school's PowerSchool Public Portal URL. The Log In page appears.
  2. Enter your username in the first field.
  3. Enter your password in the second field.
    Note: The characters appear as asterisks (*) to ensure greater security when you log in.
  4. Click Enter. The PowerSchool Public Portal start page appears. For more information, see PowerSchool Public Portal Start Page.
How to Reset Your Password

If your school’s PowerSchool administrator has issued you a temporary password, you will be required to change your password upon logging in.

  1. Log In to PowerSchool Public Portal. The Change Your Password page appears.
  2. Use the following table to enter information in the fields.
Field Description
Current Password Enter your current password.

 

New Password

Enter a new password. If your school has established password complexity rules, password requirements will display. Enter your password based upon these requirements. Note: Your new password must be different from old password.

Re-enter New Password

Enter your new password again exactly as you entered it in the above field.

Click Enter

 The PowerSchool Public Portal start page appears.
How to Recover Your Password

If you have forgotten your PowerSchool Public Portal password, you will be unable to log into the PowerSchool Public Portal. Use this procedure to recover your password. Once you provide your user name and email address, the system authenticates your information and sends a security token to your email address. Using the security token, you can then log back into the PowerSchool Public Portal, where you will then be required to change your password. For more information, see How to Reset Your Password.

Note: The security token is only valid for 30 minutes. If it expires before you can reset your password, perform the How to Recover Your Password again.

  1. Open your Web browser to your school's PowerSchool Public Portal URL. The Log In page appears.
  2. Click Having trouble logging in? The Recover Account Login Information page appears.
  3. Click the Forgot Password? tab, if needed.
  4. Enter your user name in the first field.
  5. Enter your email address in the second field.
  6. Click Enter. A confirmation message appears indicating an email has been sent to you with instructions for resetting your password.
How to Recover Your User Name

If you have forgotten your PowerSchool Public Portal user name, you will be unable to log into the PowerSchool Public Portal. Use this procedure to recover your current user name. Once you provide your email address, your current user name will be sent to your email.

  1. Open your Web browser to your school's PowerSchool Public Portal URL. The Log In page appears.
  2. Click Having trouble logging in? The Recover Account Login Information page appears.
  3. Click the Forgot User Name? tab.
  4. Enter your email address in the first field.
  5. Click Enter. A confirmation message appears indicating an email has been sent to you with your current user name.
Account Preferences

The Account Preferences page provides you with the ability to manage your parent/guardian account information, including your name, user name, password, and email address. In addition, you can add any and all students for whom you have legal and parental rights to your account in order to view their information by way of your account.

  • Note: To edit or remove a student associated to your account, contact your school’s PowerSchool administrator.
  • Note: If you are not able to access this page, parent single sign-on security may not be enabled. For more information, see Parent/Guardian Access Management.

How to Change Your Account Preferences

Use this procedure change the name, e-mail address, user name or password associated with your parent/guardian account.

  1. On main menu, click Account Preferences. The Account Preferences – Profile page appears.
  2. Click the Profile tab, if needed.
  3. On the Profile tab, use the following table to enter information in the fields:

Note: The Cancel and Save buttons appear shaded until information is entered.

Field Description
First Name

Enter your first name.

Last Name

Enter your last name.

Email

Enter your email address.

User Name

Click the Pencil icon and then enter the user name you would like to use when logging into the PowerSchool Parent Portal in the New User Name field.
Current Password Click the Pencil icon and then enter:
  1. Enter your PowerSchool Parent Portal password in the Current Password field.
  2. Enter your new PowerSchool Parent Portal password in the New Password field.
  3. Re-enter your new PowerSchool Parent Portal password in the Confirm Password field.

 

  1. Click Save. A confirmation message appears indicating your account is updated. Additionally, an account changes confirmation email is sent to your email address.

Note: If you change your email address, the account changes confirmation email is sent to both the old and new email addresses.

Quit PowerSchool Public Portal

When finished working in PowerSchool Public Portal, it is important to log out of the application.

Log Out of PowerSchool Public Portal

You can log out of PowerSchool Public Portal from any page in the application.

Note: If you are not actively working in PowerSchool Public Portal, your session may timeout. If so, you need to log in again.

How to Log Out of PowerSchool Public Portal

Click Logout in the navigation bar.

The Log In page appears. You must enter your username and password again to redisplay the PowerSchool Public Portal start page. 

PowerSchool Help

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