Claris for K-12 Education

Automate your district's SIS integration with Apple School Manager.

For over 40 years, Claris has empowered teams around the world to create impactful ed tech solutions. More recently, 30,000+ schools use our technology to easily integrate their school information systems (SIS) with Apple School Manager.

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At Claris, an Apple company, security and data privacy are our top priorities.

The integration tool,
Claris Connect:

  • Protects your data with the same high standards as Apple.
  • Only accesses a district's data when syncing with Apple School Manager.
  • Earned a SOC-2 Type 2® report and is ISO certified, both reviewed and tested annually.

SIS integration with Apple School Manager
saves you time.

Easily pull data from your SIS and sync it to Apple School Manager automatically. The Claris tool is fast, secure, and OneRoster®-certified, giving you time savings and better data accuracy.

  • No more manual uploads.
  • Eliminates error searches.
  • Gives total data visibility.
  • Fixes data issues for you.
We have hundreds of integrations, and connecting our SIS with Apple School Manager is probably the easiest 30-minute setup I've ever done.
Angela Green, director of IT, Klein ISD, Houston, Texas

How to integrate your SIS with Apple School Manager.

Step 1:

Explore the ease of setting up SIS integration.

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Step 2:

Configure your SIS settings in Apple School Manager.

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Step 3:

Follow instructions in the Apple School Manager User Guide.

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OneRoster-certified for SIS support around the world.

The Claris integration tool is 1EdTech Consortium certified for the OneRoster 1.1 and 1.2 data interoperability standards, enabling secure data sharing with Apple School Manager from any compatible SIS.

Patch, transform, and upload SIS data with ease.

When SIS data isn't compatible with Apple School Manager's required format, our tool provides data transformation and cleanup for successful uploads. Automatically detect and remove flawed records, upload error-free data, then correct issues later.

Simplify SIS data integration using workflow templates.

Claris Connect offers ready-to-use workflow templates for syncing SIS data with Apple School Manager. Easily customize or build your own workflows to fit specific data formats or integration requirements—no coding required.

Preview and validate SIS data before uploading.

Use Claris Connect to test SIS data uploads to Apple School Manager in a safe, review-first environment. Run test workflows as often as needed to review, edit, and validate your data before a final submission—ensuring clean, error-free SIS uploads.

Automate alerts and approvals for SIS uploads.

Set up automated alerts, emails, or text messages based on custom triggers—like sync errors or required approvals—before uploading SIS data to Apple School Manager. Simply notify individuals or teams instantly to review or take action.

Sync SIS roster data by school or district level.

Use filtering tools in Claris Connect to sync SIS roster data to Apple School Manager at the district or individual school level. Easily choose specific schools—like elementary only—for greater control over data integration.

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