Case Study: KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools achieves lower costs, reduced IT burden, and timely state reporting with PowerSchool Hosting

How KIPP Memphis Turned to the Cloud to Lower Costs and Boost Capabilities with PowerSchool Hosting

KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools, serving 2,815 students across seven charter schools, faced mounting strain on a small IT team that was spending nights and weekends maintaining on‑premises SIS hardware, running updates, and backing up data. Those self‑hosting burdens caused downtime during updates and threatened timely state enrollment reporting — putting critical funding at risk and limiting the team’s ability to support day‑to‑day school technology.

KIPP Memphis moved its SIS to PowerSchool Hosting, gaining vendor‑managed, cloud‑based updates and backups, SOC 2–aligned security, and secure remote access. The migration reduced IT workload and overtime, removed hardware upgrade costs, restored reliable state reporting to protect funding, and provided greater scalability and flexibility for future edtech needs.

KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools

Leslie Phillips

Manager of Student Information