Case Study: Lower Yukon School District achieves reliable connectivity and secure state funding with PowerSchool SIS & Special Programs

Improving State Reports, Connectivity, & Funding with PowerSchool SIS & Special Programs

Lower Yukon School District, an Alaska district serving about 2,000 students across 10 remote schools and 22,000 square miles, struggled with frequent connectivity outages, time‑consuming manual SIS maintenance, limited compliance reporting, and difficulty tracking migratory Native American students — issues that threatened state special‑education funding.

By adopting cloud‑hosted PowerSchool SIS and PowerSchool Unified Classroom Special Programs, the district gained integrated student data, reliable uptime, and custom, accurate state reports. The switch reduced IT workload with fast updates and nearly 99% uptime, improved tracking of students across sites, and helped secure the state funds needed to sustain critical special‑education services.

Lower Yukon School District

Brandon Shilson

Information System Manager