Academic Rise
CDEFor California's federally-funded education programs

Run grant programs
with the rigor they
actually deserve.

Academic Rise gives grant coordinators, district admins, and school leaders a single console for metrics, implementation plans, grantee interactions, and AI-assisted analysis all aligned to CDE's four pillars of student success.

50+
Counties
970+
Districts
10,400+
Schools tracked
Built for / used byCalifornia Dept. of EducationCounty Offices of Ed.Local School DistrictsCharter NetworksTitle I Programs
— Platform

One workspace for the entire grant lifecycle.

Replace the spreadsheet maze. From geographic search down to a single school's implementation plan, everything connects.

Geographic dashboard
Drill from county → district → school. Graduation rates, absenteeism, enrollment all aligned to CDE's four pillars.
CountyGradAttend
San Diego
Fresno
Sacramento
Implementation planning
Guided wizard. Draft → submit → approve workflow. AI-generated executive summaries. One-click PDF export.
✓Goals & vision
✓Pillar alignment
3Budget
4Submit for review
Grantee interactions
Log every Zoom, site visit, and phone call. Map each touchpoint to the four CDE pillars. Track follow-ups.
Apr 24Site visit · Compton HS
Apr 22Zoom · Pillar 2 review
Apr 19Phone · Follow-up
AI assistant
Ask plain-English questions about your data. Generate custom visualizations on the fly.
AI assistantAcademic Rise AI
Show me absenteeism by district, sorted.
generating chart…
Surveys & Feedback
Build and distribute surveys to grantees and schools. Track responses, measure pillar progress, and export results for board reporting.
Enterprise security
Role-based access control, FERPA-aligned data handling. Built for government workflows.
Single Sign-Onauth provider
RBAC5 role tiers
FERPAdata handling
SOC 2in progress
— Meet Rise

Your AI co-pilot for grant operations.

Rise is the AI assistant built into Academic Rise. Ask plain-English questions about your portfolio, generate executive summaries for plans, and produce visualizations on demand — every answer scoped to your role and grounded in your county's data.

Plain-English Q&A
No SQL, no dashboard hunting
Cited answers
Every claim links to its source
RBAC-aware
Respects your access scope
Chart-on-demand
Visualizations built live
Usage scoped to your access level
Rise, the AI assistant
Rise
· assistant
Online now · scoped to LA County
Which districts are at risk of missing their absenteeism goal?
R
Three districts in LA County are tracking >3 points off pace. Compton USD is the largest gap.
↳ pulled from 2026 SY · Pillar IV cohort
— Built for three roles

The same record, three ways in.

Academic Rise gives every role exactly what they need — without forcing them to learn the others' workflow.

For the people running the program

Every touchpoint, logged and tagged.

Stop juggling spreadsheets, calendars, and email threads. Log Zooms, site visits, and phone calls in seconds, tag them to the four pillars, and let follow-ups surface themselves.

  • ✓Pillar-tagged interaction log
  • ✓Automated follow-up reminders
  • ✓Annual survey distribution
Interaction log
LA County · last 7 days
● live
Apr 24Site visitCompton HSP1P2
Apr 23Zoom check-inLynwood USDP2
Apr 22Phone callInglewood USDP4
Apr 21Email threadSouth Bay Ed.P3
Apr 19Site visitCentennial HSP1P3
5 follow-ups due2 surveys pending
— How it works

From signal to signed plan.

Academic Rise mirrors how state programs actually run — not how a generic CRM thinks they should.

01
Surface the gap
Pull metrics by county, district, or school. The dashboard surfaces schools missing CDE thresholds.
02
Plan the response
Coordinators open the wizard. Schools draft pillar-aligned implementation plans with AI-assisted summaries.
03
Track the work
Every Zoom, visit, and call is logged and pillar-tagged. Follow-ups stay on the radar.
04
Prove the outcome
Annual surveys, PDF exports for board meetings all from the same record.
— Before / after

From fragmented tools to one workspace.

CapabilityStatus quoAcademic Rise
Geographic search across 58 counties—✓
Pillar-tagged interaction log—✓
Wizard-driven implementation plans—✓
AI executive summaries—✓
Survey builder & response tracking—✓
Role-based access for 5 distinct tiers—✓
Spreadsheet-and-email status quo✓—
Quarterly PDF reports stitched by hand✓—
— CDE alignment

Built around the four pillars of the CCSPP framework.

I
Pillar I
Integrated Student Supports
II
Pillar II
Family and Community Engagement
III
Pillar III
Collaborative Leadership and Practices
IV
Pillar IV
Extended Learning Time and Opportunities
— Our mission

Every student deserves a fully‑implemented program.

Too many CDE grant programs stall between policy and practice. Academic Rise exists to close that gap — giving coordinators the tools to track every grantee, every interaction, and every outcome in one place, so state investment turns into real student progress.

— Close the gap

Grant funds reach classrooms faster when coordinators have a single source of truth for every grantee, interaction, and deliverable.

— Built for the field

Designed alongside California district administrators who live in implementation plans — not by consultants who don't.

— Accountable by design

Every action is traceable back to a student outcome, a CDE pillar, and the coordinator responsible — nothing falls through the cracks.

— Security & compliance

Government-grade by default.

Built with role-based access control across coordinators, admins, and analysts. Aligned to FERPA, hosted under California data-residency policies.

Single Sign-On
Managed identity provider with SSO support
MFA enforced
Required for all administrative roles
RBAC
5 distinct role tiers, scoped at county level
FERPA-aligned
Student data handling and retention policy
SOC 2 Type II
In progress, expected Q4 2026
— FAQ

Procurement-grade
questions, answered.

Don't see your question? Talk to the team →

Academic Rise is provisioned for California counties, districts, and CDE-funded grantees. We onboard new orgs in batches; reach out and we'll route you to your county's lead.

Ready to see your district's data?

Walk through a real implementation plan, a sample dashboard, and the AI assistant in 20 minutes.