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Education & Schools
Enrollment FunnelsADA CompliantCMS-Powered

Tu Director de Admisiones No Puede Vender Lo Que Tu Sitio Web No Muestra

Si eres un líder de inscripciones viendo cómo las familias desaparecen tras una sola visita a tu sitio, estás perdiendo ingresos de matrícula frente a escuelas con peores programas y mejor UX.

40%
Enrollment Lift
Average increase in inquiries
<1.5s
Load Time
Mobile-first performance
100%
ADA Compliant
WCAG 2.1 AA standard
0
Vendor Lock-in
You own everything
What Private School Website Development Fixes — And What It Doesn't Touch

A family lands on your campus page at 9pm on their phone. Your virtual tour loads in two seconds. Your grade-level landing page shows tuition, program highlights, and a visible inquiry form. They submit. Your CRM logs it. Your admissions director gets a Slack ping before morning coffee. Private school website development rebuilds your enrollment infrastructure — the tours, directories, event calendars, faculty bios, and application funnels that turn research into deposits. It's not marketing automation or SIS replacement. It's the conversion layer between your school's reputation and your admissions pipeline. When your site looks dated or breaks on mobile, qualified families ghost you for competitors with faster, clearer paths to apply.

Dónde fallan los proyectos

Your current site looks outdated and doesn't match your school's reputation Prospective families leave before booking a tour and choose competitors with better-looking sites instead.
Admissions inquiry forms are buried or broken Qualified families won't dig around for a contact page—they'll just apply somewhere else.
Staff can't update events, news, or faculty bios without calling a developer Stale content makes your school look disorganized, and that erodes trust with both current and prospective parents.
Your site isn't accessible to users with disabilities ADA non-compliance opens your school up to lawsuits and shuts out families who can't engage with your content.
The mobile experience is broken—slow loads, bad layouts, tiny text Over 65% of parents research schools on their phones. A poor experience costs you enrollments.
No integration with your SIS, CRM, or email tools means admissions staff waste time on manual data entry and leads fall through the cracks. Manual data entry wastes admissions staff time and increases the chance of dropping a lead

Cumplimiento

WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility

Every page ships with accessibility built in. Screen readers, keyboard navigation, and color contrast are all tested before launch.

FERPA-Aware Architecture

Student data stays protected. Parent portals and forms are built so no personally identifiable student information is ever exposed publicly.

SEO-Optimized Structure

Schema markup for educational organizations, local SEO for your area, and clean URL structures that rank for enrollment-related searches.

Core Web Vitals Tuned

Sub-second largest contentful paint and zero layout shift. Google rewards fast sites with better rankings—and parents reward them with trust.

Analytics & Enrollment Tracking

GA4 event tracking on tour requests, application starts, and form submissions. You'll know exactly which pages are driving enrollment.

Content Management for Staff

A headless CMS with role-based permissions so admissions, athletics, and communications teams each manage their own content independently.

Qué construimos

Embed 360° campus tours with lazy-loaded video so performance stays under 2.5 seconds

Prospective families explore your campus before they schedule a visit — and your page speed doesn't tank

Build grade-specific landing pages with inquiry forms and tuition blocks that move families toward applying

Every grade level gets a dedicated conversion path with clear CTAs and tuition transparency

Deploy a CMS-managed faculty directory with search, filters, headshots, and credentials by department

Parents and applicants find faculty credentials and bios in seconds without emailing the front desk

Launch a staff-controlled event calendar with auto-archiving and SEO indexing for athletics, arts, and academics

Your admissions team publishes events and news in real time without waiting on a developer

Integrate a secure parent portal gateway that connects to your SIS, lunch ordering, and carpool systems

Current families access schedules, forms, and communication tools through one authenticated hub

Roll out multi-campus design systems with shared branding and location-specific navigation

Multi-location schools maintain brand consistency while tailoring content and navigation per campus

Nuestro proceso

01

Discovery & Enrollment Audit

We study your current site's enrollment funnel, talk to admissions staff, look at competitor schools, and nail down your conversion goals.
Week 1-2
02

Information Architecture & Design

Sitemap, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs for key pages. You approve every screen before any code gets written.
Week 3-5
03

Development & CMS Setup

We build on Next.js with a headless CMS configured for your team's workflow. Admissions forms, directories, and calendars all get wired up properly.
Week 6-9
04

Content Migration & QA

Existing content is migrated, redirects are mapped, and every page is tested across devices, browsers, and assistive technologies.
Week 10-11
05

Launch & Staff Training

We go live, train your team on the CMS, and stay available for 30 days post-launch to handle any adjustments that come up.
Week 12
Next.jsSanityVercelTailwind CSSCloudflareGoogle Analytics 4

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuánto tiempo lleva construir el sitio web de un colegio privado?

La mayoría de los sitios web para colegios privados se lanzan en 10 a 12 semanas. Los proyectos más complejos —portales para padres, soporte multi-campus, integraciones con SIS— pueden tomar entre 14 y 16 semanas. Definimos los plazos durante la fase de descubrimiento para que nada te tome por sorpresa, y trabajamos en torno a tu calendario de inscripciones para que la fecha de lanzamiento tenga sentido real.

¿Puede nuestro equipo de admisiones actualizar el sitio web sin necesidad de un desarrollador?

Sí. Configuramos un CMS headless con acceso basado en roles para que el personal de admisiones, atletismo y comunicaciones gestione cada quien su propia sección. La interfaz de edición es visual y no requiere conocimientos de programación. Además, ofrecemos capacitación práctica durante la semana de lanzamiento para que tu equipo se sienta seguro desde el primer día.

¿El sitio web cumplirá con la normativa ADA?

Sí. Todos los sitios que desarrollamos cumplen con los estándares WCAG 2.1 AA. Realizamos pruebas con lectores de pantalla, navegación solo con teclado y auditorías de accesibilidad automatizadas. Esto protege a tu colegio de riesgos legales y garantiza que cualquier familia interesada pueda acceder a tu contenido, independientemente de sus capacidades.

¿Pueden integrarse con nuestro sistema de información estudiantil?

Sí. Trabajamos habitualmente con plataformas como Blackbaud, FACTS, Veracross y otras. Por lo general, esto implica construir una pasarela segura de portal para padres que autentica usuarios y se conecta directamente con tu panel del SIS, sistemas de alimentación escolar y herramientas de comunicación, sin exponer ningún dato de los estudiantes.

¿Cuánto cuesta el sitio web de un colegio privado?

Los sitios web para colegios privados comienzan en $8,000 para una construcción básica orientada a inscripciones. La mayoría de los colegios se ubica en un rango de $10K a $18K según las funcionalidades requeridas, como portales para padres, soporte multi-campus, recorridos virtuales y la complejidad del CMS. Cada proyecto tiene un precio fijo, sin cargos sorpresa al final.

¿Ayudan con el SEO para que las familias puedan encontrar nuestro colegio en línea?

El SEO es parte de cada proyecto. Añadimos marcado de esquema local para organizaciones educativas, optimizamos títulos de página y meta descripciones con palabras clave de inscripción, nos aseguramos de que los tiempos de carga cumplan con los Core Web Vitals de Google, y configuramos el seguimiento en GA4 para que puedas ver exactamente qué páginas están generando solicitudes de visita y postulaciones.

Private School Websites from $8,000
Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.
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