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Import students from CSV
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 8 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to import students from CSV
- 1Click Students under People in the sidebar
- 2Open the "More" menu in the page header and click "Import CSV" — the dialog is titled "Import students from CSV"
- 3Under "Where is this file from?", pick the system you're leaving, or "Other — a spreadsheet we made"
- 4Need a template? Click "Download the blank CSV template" (First Name, Last Name, Grade Level, Student Number, Enrollment Status, Date of Birth, plus optional Mother's, Father's, and Parent/Guardian 1 and 2 Name, Email, and Phone columns to create linked guardians)
- 5Choose your CSV file and click Preview — nothing is saved yet; the preview lists the students and parents it will create and flags any row with an email or phone but no parent named. Tell it what any unplaced column means, then Preview again
- 6Click Import — a panel says what came in, e.g. "Imported 4 students and 3 guardians"
- 7Close the dialog and check the new students in the list
- 8If something looks wrong, click "Undo this import" — it works for 24 hours
Part of Student records & compliance
Add or import students, print a complete records packet when a family transfers, bring years of academic history in from CSV, and audit every change in the activity log.
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