SchoolGuard

Name: SchoolGuard
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Author: Guard911, LLC

Education

Free

4 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Guard911, LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

60.5
MB

SchoolGuard is a mobile panic button app for K-12 school staff. In the event of an active school shooting emergency, a teacher or school staff member presses the main SchoolGuard panic button. As the app is dialing 911, an alert is immediately sent to the smartphones of all federal, state and local, ON and OFF duty, law enforcement officers who are in close proximity to the school and who belong to the Hero911 Network. Additionally, an intra-school alert is simultaneously sent to the smartphones of all school staff and a mapped location of the initial alert is displayed (mapping depends on cell coverage). SchoolGuard also alerts all other protected schools within a 5 mile radius of the initial alert. SchoolGuard is also listed in the AT&T FirsNet App Catalog as an emergency app for first responders. Please be aware that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

4 Ratings

Impressed
11/25/2025

jcas82
I’m impressed that this is the only app on the market that lets you notify first responders through the app!
Impressed
11/25/2025

jcas82

I’m impressed that this is the only app on the market that lets you notify first responders through the app!
Feedback
10/24/2019

manjac711
Such a great app! We just did a drill at my school. The app worked great, but I had one thing that I thought might make the app even better. Could you make the notifications show up on a smart watch? So many teachers stuff their phones in their purse and only use their watch during the day. Just thought of it after the last drill.

Developer Response
Hi manjac711! We just wanted you to know that this is part of our product roadmap. Please stay tuned for this availability.
Feedback
10/24/2019

manjac711

Such a great app! We just did a drill at my school. The app worked great, but I had one thing that I thought might make the app even better. Could you make the notifications show up on a smart watch? So many teachers stuff their phones in their purse and only use their watch during the day. Just thought of it after the last drill.
Developer Response 09/19/2022
Hi manjac711! We just wanted you to know that this is part of our product roadmap. Please stay tuned for this availability.
Great app
01/01/2020

colcol24
Would love to see a feature that allows it to work from a smart watch! I know myself and many of my coworkers wear our watches instead of carrying our phones, it would be awesome for this to work with the watch as well.

Developer Response
Hi colcol24! We just wanted you to know that this is part of our product roadmap. Please stay tuned for this availability.
Great app
01/01/2020

colcol24

Would love to see a feature that allows it to work from a smart watch! I know myself and many of my coworkers wear our watches instead of carrying our phones, it would be awesome for this to work with the watch as well.
Developer Response 09/19/2022
Hi colcol24! We just wanted you to know that this is part of our product roadmap. Please stay tuned for this availability.
Great app but needs an update
08/30/2022

Farm Girl09
This is a great app; but doesn’t help the many staff members that work in multiple school buildings. Could you please update the app to include accounts; so staff can have accounts for different buildings? Our corporation is using this; but some of us are left out in the dark if we are in the “wrong” building!

Developer Response
Hi Farm Girl09! Love your name! Thank you for your review and compliment. The app does work across multiple locations. All the user needs to do is open the app when going to a location other than their home location. The app works this way since we don't track our users' locations through the app (a feature that MANY users have requested that we not implement). For the app to automatically know when a user switches locations, we would have to track their phone movement all the time. We feel this is a security and privacy concern. Once you open the app, it reports into our platform and notes that you are now "attached" to a different location. I hope this helps and you will consider changing your rating to a higher value. Thank you!
Great app but needs an update
08/30/2022

Farm Girl09

This is a great app; but doesn’t help the many staff members that work in multiple school buildings. Could you please update the app to include accounts; so staff can have accounts for different buildings? Our corporation is using this; but some of us are left out in the dark if we are in the “wrong” building!
Developer Response 09/09/2022
Hi Farm Girl09! Love your name! Thank you for your review and compliment. The app does work across multiple locations. All the user needs to do is open the app when going to a location other than their home location. The app works this way since we don't track our users' locations through the app (a feature that MANY users have requested that we not implement). For the app to automatically know when a user switches locations, we would have to track their phone movement all the time. We feel this is a security and privacy concern. Once you open the app, it reports into our platform and notes that you are now "attached" to a different location. I hope this helps and you will consider changing your rating to a higher value. Thank you!