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1M+ Voices Heard: Students, Staff, Families

Hear Every Voice

Real-time surveys and insights that help you understand what students, staff, and families are really thinking, so you can act before it’s too late.

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Serving 250+ Districts and Charter Networks

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The Problem

Does this sound familiar?

Old, Stale Data...
You administer a survey, and it takes weeks to get results.

By then, it’s too late to act.
You Are Busy...
Manual surveys and reporting eat up your time.

You shouldn’t have to collect and disaggregate data yourself.
Low Participation
Students, staff, and families see another survey and think:
“Not again...”

Meeting compliance is good.
Using your data to transform student outcomes is better.

Kelvin Pulse

Our survey and data tool that makes hearing from your school community simple.

Step 1: Gather

Flexible surveys. Higher participation.

Pulse makes feedback effortless.

  • Customizable surveys to meet district priorities and school-level needs

  • Survey students, staff, or families

  • Pre-built, research-validated screeners.

  • The option to send surveys in any language.

Plus, the “Would you like to speak to an adult?” feature instantly flags students who need support.

🐶
Hi, Sofia!
Do you feel like teachers have high standards for students?
😃
Almost
Always
🙂
Often
😐
Sometimes
🙁
Never
My teachers make me feel safe and like I belong.
😃
Almost
Always
🙂
Often
😐
Sometimes
🙁
Never
I love Mrs. K!
Would you like to speak to an adult?
🎉
Thanks for sharing!
You're all done.

Step 2: Understand

Board-ready, Real-time reporting.

  • 9+ report options

  • Direct SIS integration for dynamic rostering

  • Fast, detailed disaggregated data

  • District to student-level insights

  • Filter by subgroup (Program, MTSS Tier, Race, Grade, etc.)

  • Reveal “Why” with qualitative and quantitative feedback

Seamlessly Connects With Your SIS:
Powerschool, Infinite Campus, Synergy, Aeries, and more

Individual student reports
Jeramey Sauer 📅 9 · ⏱ 1m 22s
14%
86
Luther Wiegand 📅 8 · ⏱ 1m 48s
17%
1
Jocelyn Koelpin 📅 8 · ⏱ 9m 6s
17%
47
Vesta Bailey 📅 8 · ⏱ 1m 45s
29%
29
All Y Middle W High Boogie H Elem Yorkie
Overall 58 45 56 59 64 70
Sense of Belonging 38 32 25 37 49 37
School Safety 43 27 36 44 56 48
Tier 2 Intervention 54 37 56 53 59 78
Staff Wellbeing 58 39 64 57 59 78
Student Mental Health 74 67 73 77 80 85
District-wide heatmaps

Step 3: Act

Turn insights into action.

  • Use data to secure funding

  • Boost attendance

  • Cut teacher turnover

  • Collect MTSS/PBIS data

  • Meet state/federal mandates

  • Run data-driven board meetings

  • Enhance mental health & safety

  • Engage student groups with “User Group Creator”

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Privacy & Compliance

Built with industry-leading standards to keep student data safe.

SOC 2 Type II Certified
Annual audits ensure our security practices meet the highest industry standards for protection.
FERPA Compliant
Designed to fully protect student educational records in accordance with federal regulations.
State Privacy Aligned
Proactively aligned with specific state privacy laws to ensure local compliance for your district.

Helping you hear every voice

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30+ States

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8100 +
Pulses Given

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1M+
Students, Staff, & Families

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Kelvin, CalHOPE, California DHCS, and Sacramento COE partnership (2023-2025)

Learn more here.

Why Choose Kelvin

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Chrome Extension ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
SMS Surveys ✔ Limited Limited ✔
Real-Time Reporting ✔ Limited ✖ Limited
Pulse In Any Language ✔ Manual Limited ✔
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Research-Validated Questions ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
LCAP Templates ✔ ✖ ✔ ✖
Direct SIS Integ. ✔ ✖ ✔ Limited
Real-Time Alerts ✔ ✖ ✖ Limited
Low-Burden Setup ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖
Dedicated Customer Support ✔ ✖ For A Fee General Support
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Don't just take our word for it

Hear from the educatational leaders building better schools with Kelvin.

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Kelvin makes survey administration so easy and ensures we always get to a 100% response rate. One of our favorite celebrations is sharing the comments section... It's so energizing to see students write about how much they love their teacher.
J
Joey Evans Director of Data, Zeta Schools NYC
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Kelvin has been instrumental in helping our district embrace the value of student voice... We have successfully embedded Kelvin into the core resources created by our Culture & Climate department available to all educators.
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Danny Rolleri Asst. Superintendent, Sacramento City USD
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We use Kelvin to measure the effectiveness of our SEL program. This is the first quantifiable data we have gathered to be able to actually measure the effectiveness of our SEL efforts.
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Patty Horn Principal, Amador County USD
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Your team's support and knowledge were critical... The technical elements were 'turn-key' and I greatly appreciated this fact. They walked us through the development of a customized 'pulse' survey aligned to our district goals.
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Scott Irwin Head of Student Services, San Diego USD
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We are a regional leader in wellness centers... Overall, we've had a wonderful experience using Kelvin and I appreciate how easy it is to navigate the heat map data to share with staff.
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Amber Lister Director of Prevention, San Benito COE
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Your company offers a fantastic product and the best customer service around! Thank you for all your support these past two years!
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Beverly Landers Dean of Students, Biggs Elementary, CA