Skolaro

← All case studiesEducation

A school platform we have grown with for 7+ years, now used by 1.5 million people

Skolaro runs the daily work of a school and gives its teachers, students and parents a private place to talk. We built it from scratch in Laravel and still work on it with the Skolaro team.

• ClientSkolaro
• IndustryEducation
• ServicesSaaS platform, web app, public API
• PlatformsWeb, public REST API
• Engagement7+ years, ongoing
• Team10 to 25 people
• Live productskolaro.com ↗

• 1.5Mactive users
• 7+ yrspartnership, still running
• 100sschools on the platform

Overview

Skolaro is a complete school management system used by educators, students and parents. Contrive Solutions built it from scratch in Laravel and has worked with the Skolaro team for more than 7 years. The platform now has 1.5 million active users.

The challenge

1. Keep school data privateSchools needed a secure space where teachers, students and parents talk inside their own school, with records protected.
2. Stay fast as users growFinding people, classes and records had to stay quick as the user base and data set grew.
3. Grow without rebuildingNew modules had to plug in without touching the core, and outside developers needed a clean way to connect their tools.

What we built

• Private social platformA secure space where teachers, students and parents communicate inside their own school.
• School management modulesDay-to-day management features on an architecture that lets new modules be added quickly.
• Fast searchA Sphinx search layer so users find people, classes and records fast, even with a large data set.
• Public REST APIExternal developers can build on top of Skolaro.

Results

• 1.5Mactive usersTeachers, students and parents across hundreds of schools in several countries.
• 7+ yearspartnership that is still runningContrive has worked on Skolaro since it was first built.
• 100sschools running their daily work on SkolaroAttendance, grades, parent communication and school administration in one system.

Tech stack

Is this your problem too?

• You run a platform for schools, academies or learners and need it to stay fast as usage grows.
• You want new modules added often without risking the core product.
• You want a long-term engineering partner, not a one-off build.

Start a similar project

See our Laravel development services and our work in education and EdTech. Or tell us about your project and we will reply within one business day.

More case studies