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Every part of your school, working in concert.
Admissions, tuition, teaching, communication, and your school's website. DeanDesk replaces five disconnected tools with one calm, considered system.
First bell
Yesterday's applications, already sorted in the review queue.
Tuition autopay lands
No invoices chased. Receipts sent themselves.
Grades posted
Families see them from their phones before lunch.
Field-trip notice goes out
Push, email, and the family portal, all at once.
Lights off
Books balanced, records filed. Nothing on a sticky note.
$100k+
in combined ARR earned by our customers on DeanDesk
5 → 1
admissions, billing, teaching, comms & website, all in one platform
30 days
free on every plan, with onboarding support included
In good company
What's inside
The whole school,
on one desk.
From the first application to the final report card, DeanDesk gives your team one place to work, and gives families one place to look.
See the full feature indexAdmissions & enrollment
A branded application portal, document collection, review queues, and decisions. No more spreadsheet-and-inbox admissions.
Tuition & billing
Automated tuition collection, invoicing, payment plans, and receipts through Stripe and ACH, deposited straight to your account.
Teaching & learning
A full course builder with assignments, quizzes, live sessions, digital gradebooks, and progress tracking.
Family portal & mobile app
Parents check grades, schedules, and balances from their phone. Your school, on their home screen.
Attendance & records
Attendance, report cards, and audit-ready student records, kept in order without the end-of-term scramble.
Communications
Announcements, push notifications, and messaging that reach every family without a third-party mailing tool.
The floor plan
Three rooms, one house.
The Front Office
Registrars, directors & the bursar
Where the school is actually run. Revenue, enrollment, and communication in one command center.
- +Application review queue
- +Tuition, invoices & payouts
- +Enrollment & revenue reports
The Study Hall
Teachers & students
Courses, assignments, live sessions, and a gradebook that fills itself in.
- +Course builder & drip schedules
- +Quizzes, grades & feedback
- +Live class sessions
The Commons
Families & the whole community
Feeds, events, and messages: a private network that lives on every home screen.
- +Community feeds & chat
- +Events with RSVPs
- +Branded mobile app
Drawn to no particular scale. Every room holds unlimited students
The moving picture
Two minutes, start to finish.
A focused plan for schools
The fastest way to run admissions for your school. One branded portal replaces the spreadsheet, the inbox, and the PDF packet, so families know where they stand and your team decides faster.
Getting started
Begin in an afternoon, not a semester.
1
Set up your space
Sign up, add your logo and colors, and connect your own domain. Your platform, your name on the door.
2
Bring in your content
Open admissions, set tuition plans, build your first course, or import students and rosters from your current system.
3
Invite your people
Share one link. Families and students join, pay, and participate on the web or in the mobile app.
Pricing
Plain terms, plainly priced.
Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. No setup fees, cancel anytime.
DeanDesk Admissions Starter
$99/mo
Gain full access to DeanDesk Admissions to power your program's admissions cycle.
Start free trial- +Customizable forms
- +Support for adult, child, and mixed programs
- +Automated email templates
- +Admissions queue
- +DeanDesk Payment processor
- +Housing and financial aid form templates
DeanDesk Starter Plan
$150/mo
Starter plan for growing institutions getting started.
Start free trial- +1 Platform Per Institution
- +100 Students + $2 Monthly for Every Additional Student
- +250 GB of global cloud storage
Most popular
DeanDesk Premium
$250/mo
DeanDesk Premium platform: access to all features with unlimited usage.
Start free trial- +3 platforms and 300 active users, with $1 monthly per additional user
- +1 TB of global cloud storage
- +All-inclusive customer service and onboarding support
Questions about plans? See full pricing details or talk to us.
In their words
The integrated payment processing and membership management made it incredibly easy to monetize our community.
“DeanDesk transformed how we manage our community. The all-in-one platform saved us countless hours on admin work.”
“I can access courses, events, and connect with members all in one place. It feels like a private social network.”
Common questions
Asked and answered.
Is there a setup fee?
No. There are no setup fees on any plan, and every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. You can cancel anytime.
Can I use my own domain name?
Yes. You can map your own custom domain (e.g., portal.yourschool.org) so families and students stay on your brand.
How do payouts work?
We use Stripe for secure payments. Tuition, fees, and donations are deposited directly into your connected bank account on a rolling basis.
Is the mobile app included?
Yes, every organization gets access to the DeanDesk mobile app, with custom branded apps available for schools that want their own.
Enrollment is open
Give your school a better desk.
Join the schools running admissions, tuition, and teaching on DeanDesk. Set up takes an afternoon, and the first 30 days are on us.
30-day free trial · No setup fees · Cancel anytime