Case Study: St. Paul's Episcopal Day School achieves 63% first-year ROI and eliminates 4,000+ administrative hours with Blackbaud Cloud Solution for K-12 Schools

St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School - Customer Case Study

St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School, a 450‑student pre‑K–8 school in Kansas City, faced inaccurate data, a fragmented parent experience, and declining staff productivity that threatened its ability to focus on students. Leaders wanted to fix these issues quickly without adding personnel, so they partnered with longtime vendor Blackbaud to modernize their systems.

By adopting Blackbaud’s Cloud Solution for K–12 (enrollment, learning, student information, tuition and more), St. Paul’s consolidated siloed data, replaced paper mailings with digital communications, and automated billing. The school saw immediate payback — a 63% ROI in year one and payback within 12 months — eliminated more than 4,000 administrative hours the first year, increased payment collections by about $125K, and achieved roughly $489K in benefits over three years, freeing staff to focus on students and improving parent engagement.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School

Jill McGee

Director of Admissions