Case Study: St. Mary's School improves campus security and rapid incident response with Verkada

How an IB World School Organization Secures 6.25 Acres of School Grounds

St. Mary’s School, an IB World School organization serving 715 students and 150 staff across 6.25 acres in Aliso Viejo, California, needed better after-hours campus security. Before working with Verkada, the school’s five-person security team often discovered break-ins, trespassing, and vandalism only after the fact, leaving them unable to intervene in time.

Verkada helped St. Mary’s School deploy a layered security approach using cameras, alarms, mobile monitoring, and Professional Monitoring. With real-time alerts, line-crossing detection, and remote live access, the team could intercept incidents within minutes, prevent further property damage, and reduce unnecessary police dispatches. Verkada also extended protection overnight and on weekends, improving safety without adding staff and lowering potential repair and replacement costs.

St. Mary's School

Jim Cox

Director of Operations