How to Log Into PowerSchool: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

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Last Updated: February 17, 2022

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PowerSchool is a student information system that allows parents and students to access and review assignments, grades, attendance, and more from a secure network. Before parents and students can log into PowerSchool, they must obtain login credentials from their school’s administration staff.

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Logging In as a Student

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Ask a teacher or staff member at your school to provide you with the PowerSchool URL for your school or school district. Every school district has its own designated PowerSchool URL, or webpage.
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Type the PowerSchool URL into the address bar of your browser and press “Enter.”
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Click on “Student Access.” The Username and Password fields will display on-screen.
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Enter your PowerSchool login credentials, then click “Submit.” In most cases, the Username will be your Student ID number. You will now be logged into PowerSchool.
- If you don’t know your PowerSchool login credentials, consult with a teacher or school staff member. All PowerSchool student login credentials are created by school staff at the beginning of every school year.

Logging In as a Parent

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Contact your child’s school to obtain the PowerSchool URL and login credentials for each of your children. Every school district has its own designated PowerSchool URL, and each child has his or her own personal login credentials.
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Type the PowerSchool URL into the address bar of your browser and press “Enter.”
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Click on “Parent Access.” The Username and Password fields will display on-screen.
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Click on “Create Account,” then fill out all required fields of the form to create a login. You must provide your first name, last name, email address, and choose your own username and password for the PowerSchool website.
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Enter the names of each of your children under the “Student Name” column.
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Enter the PowerSchool login credentials for each of your children into the “Access ID” and “Access Password” columns. This information must be supplied to you by either your children or school staff member. In most cases, the Access ID will be your child’s unique student ID number.
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Select your relationship with each child from the “Relationship” dropdown menu.
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Click on “Enter” at the bottom right corner of your PowerSchool session. Your PowerSchool parent account will now be created.
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Sign into PowerSchool using the Username and Password you just created. You will now be logged into PowerSchool, and can access grades, attendance, school bulletins, teacher comments, calendars, and more from the main dashboard.

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How do I get my access password?
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You need to go to your school's office to get the access code. You will probably be asked for identification.
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Is the username of powerschool supposed to be your birthday or lunch number?
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Your username should contain your name and some kind of other letters. If your name was Ben, you could call yourself Ben0123. Or any numbers. Putting your birthday in your name allows people to know personal information about you.
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Try entering your children’s names exactly as they are registered in the school system if PowerSchool cannot find your children in the system. For example, if you registered your child with their first, middle, and last names, enter all three names into the “Name” field when creating a PowerSchool account.^[1]
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If your children attended the same school the previous year, try signing into PowerSchool using the same login credentials as before. In many cases, schools will not change or update PowerSchool login credentials for returning students.
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How do I log into my PowerSchool account? ›

Type the PowerSchool URL into the address bar of your browser and press “Enter.” Click on “Student Access.” The Username and Password fields will display on-screen. Enter your PowerSchool login credentials, then click “Submit.” In most cases, the Username will be your Student ID number.

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How do I log into PowerSchool without password? ›

Online (By Answering Security Questions) : Answer the security questions correctly to reset the password to a recent one. If you are using a phone number to login, use the Sign into your account using your phone number link on the page to instructions specific to cell phone accounts.)

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What is the access ID and access password for PowerSchool? ›

STUDENT LOGIN

Students simply enter their STUDENT ID and STUDENT PASSWORD printed on the bottom of the PowerSchool letter to access their information. This is their permanent username and password. Note: Only students use the Student ID and Student password.

How do I unlock my PowerSchool? ›

Log into PowerSchool from an administrator account (not the account you've shared with Clever). Navigate to the System Administrator view (click on the left menu link for 'System'). Click on the link for 'Security'. Click on the link for 'Locked Accounts'.

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How do I log my parents out of PowerSchool? ›

How to Log Out of PowerSchool Parent Portal. Click Logout in the navigation bar. The Log In page appears. You must enter your username and password again to redisplay the PowerSchool Parent Portal start page.

How does a student create a PowerSchool account? ›

Solution

Click “Create Account” to create an account for the first time. In some cases, if you do not have an email, you can create an account with a phone number. Create Account.
Complete all fields marked with a red asterisk.

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How do you enter a log entry in PowerSchool? ›

Create a Log Entry

On the start page, search for and select a student.
Under Administration, choose Log Entries from the student pages menu.
Click New.
Use the following table to enter information in the fields:

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How to find username on PowerSchool? ›

To Request your Exact Username:

Navigate to your school district's Web Portal.
Click the link Forgot Username or Password?
Click on the Forgot Username? Tab.
Enter Email Address, and click Enter.
You should receive an Email from your school with the correct Capitalization of your username.

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What is the password format for PowerSchool? ›

Password Requirements

Passwords must be: at least 8 characters long. must contain at least one of each of the following. upper case letters.

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What is my access ID? ›

Access ID means access identification which refers to the combination of user ID and password for the use of the Internet Banking and Mobile Banking.

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How do I link my student account to PowerSchool? ›

Once you sign in to the web portal, you should be able to see the Account Preferences on the left menu. Click on it. Under Account Preferences, click on the Students tab. Now click on the Add + button and enter the Access ID and password for your student provided by your school or district.

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Why is PowerSchool denying access? ›

Reason : Your computer password has expired. Step 1 - From any PC (you cannot reset your password on a chromebook/chromebit) at your school/site, enter your current computer credentials at the login screen. When you see the message: "Your password has expired and must be changed." click the OK button under the message.

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How do I lock my parents out of PowerSchool? ›

If you wish to disable your access to PowerSchool Parent Portal, contact the school office and they can disable your account.

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How do I check my grades on PowerSchool? ›

Grades History

On the start page, click Grades History from the navigation menu.
Click View Counselors to see which counselors are assigned to this student.
To view grade history information for a past term, click the term tab you want to view.
If viewing the current year, click a grade in the % column.

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How do I verify my PowerSchool account? ›

Moving forward if you try to create a new parent account you should receive the verification email. If you have already created the account but didn't receive a verification email, log in with the credentials that you initially created, then click the link to resend a new account verification email.

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