Case Study: Miss Porter's School achieves streamlined admissions and improved family engagement with Blackbaud Enrollment Management System

Easier for Familes to Stay on Track During the Admissions Process

Miss Porter’s School, a boarding and day school for girls in grades 9–12, needed to deliver a personalized, easy-to-navigate admissions experience that reduced confusion and administrative burden for families and staff. Admissions leaders sought clearer communication about application requirements and real-time status updates to cut down on status-check calls and emails and to better engage families through the application process.

By implementing Blackbaud Enrollment Management System—as part of an integrated Blackbaud suite—Miss Porter’s gave families a single login with a real-time checklist, streamlined data entry, and seamless transition into the learning management system. The results: greater family clarity, fewer status inquiries, more timely and accurate contact data, and stronger engagement (with login frequency correlating to interest in attending), enabling the school to focus on meaningful parts of the application and improve overall efficiency.

Miss Porter’s School

Liz Schmitt

Chief Enrollment and Student Affairs Officer