Abre vs Frontline

The comprehensive alternative to Frontline

Abre centralizes student data just like Frontline — but gives you so much more.

Centralized student data and analytics

Compile data from disparate sources into one central hub.

K-12 professional development

Create, manage, & track courses to develop your staff.

Curriculum and instruction

Maintain educational standards and goals across your district.

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Strategic planning dashboards

Bring your district strategic plan into one dashboard to monitor it, track progress, and ensure goals are met.

Cost reduction and consolidation

Cut costs with one platform for your whole staff and easy visibility into which investments are actually giving ROI.

Chronic absenteeism solutions

Monitor a full range of absenteeism and drive successful interventions in one platform.

Streamline interventions

Spot struggling students earlier and use the same platform to intervene succesfully.

Fast onboarding

We build and launch your first dashboards in 30 days.

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Durango City Schools was paying for multiple licenses, then they switched to Abre.

With Abre, they had the features they needed to stop paying for 9 different platforms.

Frontline: Notable Gaps

Both Abre and Frontline centralize student data — so what can Abre do that Frontline can’t?

Cost Savings

Where Frontline falls short

Frontline focuses on student data and analytics but still requires 8+ additional K-12 tools. Frontline also lacks dashboards that connect staffing, interventions, and resource allocation with outcomes. Administrators can see what’s working but can’t easily link it to spending decisions.

How Abre saves costs:

Abre consolidates student data like Frontline but adds 20+ features. Schools switching to Abre report savings in tech and staffing by canceling extra licenses. Abre also provides dashboards that connect staffing, interventions, and resource allocation to outcomes, helping administrators link results to spending.

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Early Warning Interventions

Where Frontline falls short

Frontline can identify struggling students early using its data dashboards, but it lacks the ability to trigger streamlined interventions, requiring additional licenses and tools to act effectively.

How Abre empowers interventions

Abre provides streamlined tools in one platform to not only identify struggling students with customizable criteria, but also create, assign, and track intervention plans, engaging relevant staff and stakeholders for more effective and collaborative student support. This all-in-one approach eliminates the need for additional tools or licenses to take immediate action.

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Chronic Absenteeism

Where Frontline falls short

Frontline can identify a student at-risk for absenteeism or absenteeism trends across your district, but it lacks the ability to trigger streamlined interventions, requiring additional licenses and tools to act effectively.

How Abre lowers chronic absenteeism

Abre utilizes real-time data from all sources to quickly identify students at risk of chronic absenteeism and intervene effectively. It supports targeted intervention plans, ongoing monitoring, and resource allocation, all aimed at reducing absenteeism through active engagement with students, families, and community partners.

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Strategic Planning

Where Frontline falls short

Frontline tools offer limited customizability, making it hard for districts to align data with specific goals. If districts find dashboards that align with their goals, they still need to buy additional tools to help execute strategic plans like assessments, curriculum, and classroom management.

How Abre helps you achieve your strategic plan

Abre not only builds K-12 leaders custom strategic dashboards to create and monitor progress towards district goals, but a suite of features for streamlined execution such as curriculum management, student performance tracking, classroom management, and more.

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Customization

Why Frontline can’t neatly meet your district goals

Frontline is designed to be a comprehensive tool for K-12 data analytics, but it’s limited customization means that districts can’t set their own parameters or see data presented in a specific way.

How Abre meets your community where it’s at

Abre’s K-12 dashboards are completely customizable to your district. Abre’s dedicated support staff will build your school’s dashboards to your exact specifications, and continue to help you see data in the way you need it to make the best decisions for your community.

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Let's talk admin to admin

Hear from other K-12 leaders about why Abre is the perfect data partner:

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What K-12 admins are saying about Abre

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Dr. Melvin Brown, Superintendent
Montgomery City Schools (AL)
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“Abre brings all our data together in one place and allows us to customize it to meet our specific needs and those of our community. Unlike many programs that offer a one-size-fits-all approach, Abre gives us a custom solution.”
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Dr. Karen Cheser, Superintendent
Durango School District (CO)
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“Adopting Abre is one of the best decisions you can make. Abre makes our work more efficient, productive, and effective. It's a one-stop shop that simplifies our work and makes a meaningful impact on our students.”
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Dr. Bob Hill, Superintendent
Springfield City Schools (OH)
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“Abre helped Springfield City Schools save $850k in staff expenses, allowing the funds and staff to be redeployed towards more meaningful tasks.”
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Keith Millard, Superintendent
Batavia Local School District (OH)
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“Abre serves as our central hub for essential daily tasks, eliminating the need to visit multiple websites. Staff can start their day on the Abre homepage, streamlining their workflow”
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Dean Mader, Director of Federal Programs
Dawson-Bryant Local Schools (OH)
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With Abre we spend less time compiling data and more on making informed decisions. This efficiency allows us to document the effectiveness of our interventions and strategies.”
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Keith Pomeroy, Chief Academic Officer
Upper Arlington Schools (OH)
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“Abre is allowing us to focus on students rather than focusing on preparing the data. We can clearly see the next steps to make processes more efficient for teachers and administrators, which will benefit our students by making them the main focus.”
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Dr. Dylan Connell, Chief Academic Officer
Durango School District (CO)
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Abre is the kind of partner we want in public education. They are simultaneously experts in their craft and empathetic in their collaboration. Their whole team seeks to understand the kinds of impact we're trying to make for our students locally.”
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Jake Richards, Dir. of Curriculum & Instruction
Ross Local School District (OH)
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“In my 16 years in education, I've never worked with a company more committed to meeting customer needs. When we requested two professional learning modules mid-year, the Abre team made them a top priority.”
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Raechel Purdon, Assistant Superintendent
Blanchester City Schools (OH)
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“When we signed with Abre, we expected a solution for our siloed data. We got that AND gained a partnership with data experts who created tailored solutions for our district.
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Deann Burns, Director of Technology
Kings Local Schools (OH)
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“One of the standout features of Abre is its flexibility. Whether it's managing student data, posting an announcement or reviewing professional development opportunities for our staff, Abre provides customizable solutions tailored to our specific needs.
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Laura Spencer, Chief Academic Innovation Officer
Charter School, CA
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“Abre helps our teachers stop saying, "I wish I had known that" by centralizing access to a myriad of data points. It paints the full picture of a student in a way that is easily accessible, digestible, and actionable.”
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Jamie Shields, Curriculum & Instruction Coor.
BChesapeake UEVSD (OH)
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“Abre is a game changer when it comes to early warning. The system allows us to see students and groups of students who need support in the areas of attendance, behavior, course work, testing, and wellness all in one place.