What a public school website needs to do
Families check a school site for calendars, closings, lunch and who to contact. Lead with the notices parents need, organize by role, and keep staff and contact details simple.
Schools often have district rules about branding and systems. We work within the information you provide and scope what a school-level site can include so no one is surprised.
People searching for a public school usually decide in seconds. Your site should answer the questions below before they have to ask.
Check the calendar
Dates and closings
Find the lunch menu
Weekly
Contact the office
Staff list
Read notices
Latest news
Timing matters. August and January bring the heaviest traffic.
The pages a public school website needs
A public school site does not need dozens of pages. It needs the right few, each doing one job:
- ✓Home with notices
- ✓Calendar — dates and events
- ✓Parents — forms and info
- ✓Staff
- ✓Contact
Need a page for every service or town you cover? The larger packages give you room to grow.
Mistakes we see on public school websites
- ✓Old news on the front
- ✓Hard-to-find calendar
- ✓Heavy PDFs — slow on phones
Getting found: SEO basics for a public school
- ✓Name the school and town — "school name calendar"
- ✓Parent pages — forms and policies
- ✓News
Cheap Cheap Websites sets up the essentials on every build, and Monthly SEO adds new pages every month when you are ready.
Sample sites that could be yours
These are real samples we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words.
What a public school website costs
Most public schools fit Business Extra: $1,500 one-time for up to 50 pages, because they need a home page, a calendar page, a parents page, a staff page and a contact page. Websites are priced one-time, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds.
What we ask a public school for
We will ask for your calendar, forms, contacts, staff, policies and any district guidelines.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
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