Built for every education segment

Text messaging for schools and universities your students actually answer

Your students read texts and ignore email. Avochato gives your whole team one shared inbox for two-way SMS, from first inquiry to graduation, with every conversation logged and visible to the people who need it.

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What customers say
"Avochato is easy to use and I like having a record of my conversations that I can go back and look at."

Bridgerland Applied Technical College

The stats

98.2%

SMS Read Rate

vs. ~20% for email

45%

Average SMS Reply Rate

compared to ~6% email CTR

< 90s

Typical First Response

with a shared team inbox

The problem

Missed messages leave students behind

Most communication tools weren't built for the volume and urgency of student engagement from first inquiry to graduation.

Inquiries That Disappear

A student texts your admissions number. It goes to one person's phone. That person is out. The student never hears back and by Monday they've enrolled somewhere else.

No-Shows That Cost You

Advising appointments, registration deadlines, orientation days. Students miss them because email only has a ~20% read rate, while texts get read almost every time.

Staff Stretched Across Channels

Email, phone, portal messages, walk-ins. When your team is context-switching all day, they can't give every student a fast response.

The Avochato shared inbox showing student and parent text conversations for a school
The solution

One shared inbox for every communication channel

Avochato replaces buried voicemails and one-person phone silos with a shared team inbox, mass texting, and AI that drafts replies for your staff. No student falls through the cracks between departments, and no conversation lives on a personal phone.

  • Up to 40x ROI with 98% read messages.
  • Works with your existing number or a new one.
  • Full conversation history visible to your whole team.
  • Live in minutes, no IT setup required.
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What Avochato delivers

How education teams use Avochato

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Admissions & Enrollment

Answer prospective-student texts in seconds, not days. Nudge stalled applications, keep admitted students engaged through the summer so they actually show up in the fall. Route every inquiry to the right counselor with full conversation history. No more lost leads.

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Admissions & Enrollment text conversation example

Advising & Student Success

Appointment reminders students confirm with one reply. Chase registration deadlines, check in on at-risk students. Texting lowers the barrier for students who need counseling: reaching out by text is easier than a phone call or an office visit.

Advising & Student Success text conversation example

Mass Texting & Broadcasts

Class cancellations, closures, deadlines: one send. Send one broadcast to every student or parent segment, personalized with first names, scheduled ahead of time, and delivered on the channel they actually check. Every reply lands in your shared inbox.

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Mass Texting & Broadcasts text conversation example

Parent & Family Communication

Conference booking and attendance follow-ups from school numbers. K-12 teams use Avochato for conference booking, attendance follow-ups, and classroom updates sent from a school number instead of a teacher's personal phone. Parents reply to the same number every time.

Parent & Family Communication text conversation example

AI That Handles Repeat Questions

Students ask the same 20 questions hundreds of times a term. Avo AI answers them automatically, around the clock, and notifies your team the moment a conversation needs a human. Your staff spends its time on the conversations that actually matter.

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AI That Handles Repeat Questions text conversation example
Compliance

Consent and deliverability, handled

Texting students and parents comes with rules. Avochato is built for them, so your team can focus on students, not compliance paperwork.

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  • TCPA Compliant

    Double opt-in consent flow built in. Documents consent by text before any conversation begins, covering the TCPA requirement for automated messages.

  • A2P 10DLC registration

    Carrier-verified for maximum deliverability. Keeps your messages from being filtered by carriers, so closure alerts and deadline reminders actually arrive.

  • Tiered access controls

    Student conversations are visible only to authorized staff. No accidental FERPA exposure.

  • Full audit log

    Every message is logged and searchable, ready for records requests and internal reviews.

  • SOC 2 certified

    Enterprise-grade security and audit logging with independent third-party certification and annual audits.

Features

Everything the front office and admissions team need

Shared Inbox

Your team sees and continues every student conversation in one place. No conversation lives on a personal phone.

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Broadcast SMS & MMS

Reach every student or parent segment at once. Replies come back as one-to-one conversations your team can handle.

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Avo AI Agents

Agents draft first responses and answer repeat questions around the clock. Human handoff the moment its needed.

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Live Chat Widget

Turn admissions page visitors into text conversations that continue after they leave your website.

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Analytics & Reporting

Track response times and team performance. Know exactly where students are falling through the cracks.

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Integrations

Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Okta SSO, and thousands of apps through Zapier. Fits into your existing stack.

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Who it's for

Built for every education segment

K-12 Schools & Districts

Parent communication and closure alerts from official school numbers.

Colleges & Universities

Admissions, advising, and registrar texting at department scale.

Trade & Technical Colleges

Enrollment nudges and schedule changes for working students.

Charter Schools

One inbox for a small office wearing many hats.

Training Programs & Bootcamps

Cohort reminders and completion follow-ups at every stage.

Adult & Continuing Education

Flexible-schedule outreach for evening, weekend, and online learners.

Your students are already texting. Meet them there.

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FAQs

Can schools text students and parents?

Yes. Schools text legally every day; the requirement is consent. Collect opt-in before sending automated messages (a TCPA rule), honor opt-outs immediately, and send from a registered school number rather than personal phones. Avochato handles all three.

Do students and parents have to opt in first?

For automated and bulk messages, yes. Avochato supports double opt-in, sending a confirmation text that documents consent before any campaign starts. One-to-one replies to someone who texted you first don't need separate consent.

Is texting students FERPA compliant?

FERPA governs education records. Routine logistics (appointment reminders, deadlines, event details) don't disclose records, so they're safe ground. Keep grades, discipline, and financial details out of texts, and use Avochato's tiered access so conversations are visible only to authorized staff. For anything sensitive, point the student to a secure channel.

Can we send mass texts to the whole student body?

Yes. Broadcast to every student, a single class year, or a parent segment, with first-name personalization and scheduled sending. Every reply comes back as a normal conversation your team can answer.

Can staff text without using their personal phones?

Yes, that's what Avochato is for! Staff send and receive from business numbers in the browser or the mobile app. Every conversation stays in the shared inbox with full history, so when someone is off, a colleague can pick it straight up

Will our texts actually get delivered?

You register your school for A2P 10DLC inside Avochato, the carrier framework that tells mobile carriers your traffic is legitimate. Registered senders see less filtering, so deadline reminders and closure alerts arrive, at volume.

Can we keep our existing number?

Yes. If you own a number already, Avochato can help port it in from your existing provider so customers can keep texting the number they know.

How long does setup take?

Minutes. Create a free trial account with no credit card, claim or port a number, invite your team, and send your first broadcast the same day. A2P approval typically takes 48 hours if all of the steps are done correctly. Avochato's team can help with the submission.