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Tuition & billing

Per-family invoices, financial aid, ESA and scholarship billing, and online payments through your own Stripe account — included, not an add-on.
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Johnson family · November
Invoice INV-2026-0114 · due Nov 1
Line itemAmountTuition — Ava (Grade 2)$450.00Tuition — Ben (Grade 5)$450.00Sibling discount−$90.00Total$810.00
Paid online via the school's own Stripe account.Paid · ACH

In short

Pearspark includes tuition billing at no extra charge: per-student plans, automatic sibling discounts, a full financial aid module (family applications, sliding-scale bands, scholarships, ESA and SGO funding), one combined invoice per family each month, one-time fees billed to a class or grade in one step, check and cash recording, and online payment by bank transfer or card through the school's own Stripe account — payouts go straight to the school's bank.

Bill families, not line items

Set tuition plans, assign students, apply sibling discounts, and each family gets one combined monthly invoice. Record checks and cash alongside online payments so the ledger is complete either way.

Sample data
A paid family invoice for two children's July tuition at $650 each, with a $50 sibling discount on one line and a balance due of $0. Names are sample data.
One invoice for the family: both children's tuition, with the sibling discount already applied.

One-time fees without the spreadsheet

Field trips, supplies, activity fees: keep a reusable fee catalog, bill a student, a class, a grade, or the whole school in one step, and each family gets one grouped invoice. Waive a fee with an internal note, watch billed-collected-unpaid roll up per batch, and export the batch to CSV.

Online payments on your own Stripe account

Families pay by bank transfer or card through Stripe Connect on the school's own account — money settles to your bank, not ours. Pearspark's platform fee on online payments — tuition and one-time fees alike — is 0.5%, published, on top of Stripe's standard processing.

Financial aid that knows who's paying

Automatic sibling discounts, sliding-scale income bands, family aid applications reviewed behind a dedicated permission, and third-party funding done right: ESA and SGO awards show families what the program is expected to pay, per-student invoices export in the formats ESA programs such as ClassWallet and Odyssey ask for, and settlement reports import in one step so every dollar reconciles by funder.

Not a paid module

Incumbent systems commonly price tuition management as a separate product. In Pearspark it's part of the one price — the same $50/month that covers the gradebook covers billing, financial aid, and ESA reconciliation.

What's included

  • Per-student tuition plans with automatic sibling discounts
  • Financial aid: applications, sliding scale, scholarships & budget
  • ESA & SGO funding tracked by funder, with per-student ESA invoices
  • One combined invoice per family per month
  • One-time fees billed to a class, grade, or the whole school
  • Online payment by ACH bank transfer or card
  • The school's own Stripe account — direct payouts
  • Check and cash recording for a complete ledger
  • Invoice history per family

All of it is part of the one price: $50 a month including 20 students, then $2.50 a student, stepping down as you grow (see the bands). Nothing on this page is a paid add-on.

See it done in 60 seconds

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Real screen recordings, one task a minute.

Create a tuition plan and add studentsAdmins
Connect Stripe for online tuition paymentsAdmins
Run this month's billingAdmins
Record a payment on an invoiceAdmins
Send a payment reminder or void an invoiceAdmins
Pay a tuition invoice onlineFamilies

Common questions

Where does the money go?
Directly to the school. Online payments run through Stripe Connect on the school's own Stripe account, so payouts settle to your bank on Stripe's normal schedule — Pearspark never holds your tuition.
What does online payment cost?
Stripe's standard processing fees plus Pearspark's published 0.5% platform fee on online payments, whether the invoice is tuition or a one-time fee. The fee comes out of the payment — families never pay extra. Checks and cash you record cost nothing.
Can families pay by bank transfer instead of card?
Yes — ACH bank transfer and card are both supported, and ACH fees are typically much lower for tuition-sized payments.

Comparing this with what you use now

Tuition & billing is part of the argument in these comparisons. Each one is sourced, last reviewed September 2026, and says plainly where the other system is the better choice.

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