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A family moving across the country in June, a parent whose child is unhappy in sixth grade, a couple with a three-year-old already thinking about kindergarten: each spends evenings on school websites before they ever call. We build private school sites that show tuition and aid plainly, let parents book a tour or open house in two minutes, tell your story with real faces and track every inquiry into your enrollment system.

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  • Built for private and independent K-12 schools
  • Fixed quote in 1 business day
  • You own everything
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Illustration: a visit becomes a tracked lead

The short answer

What does a private school website development company do?

A private school website development company builds websites for independent, religious, Montessori and other private K-12 schools that turn parent research into tours, open house visits, inquiries and completed applications. The site has to answer what parents check first: tuition and fees, financial aid, class sizes, what a day looks like, how admissions works and when to apply, while serving current families with calendars and forms, and carrying the nondiscrimination notice tax-exempt schools must publicize.

For a day school that means a mobile-first admissions section with tuition, aid and scholarship pages, a visit page with tour and open house booking, division pages for lower, middle and upper school, program pages for arts, athletics, learning support and after care, and a short inquiry form that feeds your enrollment system. For religious schools it adds mission and faith life pages; for schools in states with education savings accounts or vouchers, a clear page on the programs you accept.

Billion Web Studio is a private school website development company that delivers this as one fixed-scope project: admissions, academics and student life pages, tour and event booking, inquiry forms connected to Blackbaud, Finalsite, Veracross, Ravenna or the system you use, a homepage notice placed the way IRS guidance requires, accessible pages and GA4 tracking of every inquiry, tour and application start. You own the site and every account from day one, with no lock-in.

The market

What the numbers say about private and independent K-12 schools online

NCES counted 29,727 private schools serving about 4.7 million K-12 students, about 9% of all US students, and roughly two-thirds of those schools are religiously affiliated. Families research on phones and compare several schools before they visit one. The numbers below show the size of the sector and what makes a parent move on.

How they choose

How parents find and choose a private school

Choosing a school is a long decision made mostly online and mostly at night. Parents hear about you from friends, a church or a neighbor, then spend hours on school websites before booking a visit. Here is how a family picks a private school and what your site has to do at each step.

  1. 1

    The trigger: a move, a mismatch or a milestone

    A relocation, a child who is struggling or bored, a kindergarten decision, a high school choice. Parents search "private schools near me", "Montessori school in [city]" or "Catholic high school tuition", and they search on phones.

  2. 2

    The shortlist: fit and cost

    Parents compare mission, academics, class sizes, schedule, transportation, after care and tuition. A school that hides tuition behind an inquiry form or a PDF often loses the family before the first click on "Apply".

  3. 3

    The story check: what is a day here like?

    Parents look for real photos and videos of your students and teachers, a day in the life, outcomes such as college matriculation for upper schools, and reviews or stories from current families. Stock photos tell them nothing.

  4. 4

    The visit: tour, open house or shadow day

    Most families will not apply without visiting. Booking a tour or registering for an open house should take two minutes on a phone, with a confirmation, a calendar invite and directions, and the visit should flow into your enrollment system with its source.

  5. 5

    Apply, aid, enroll and re-enroll

    Clear deadlines, the steps of the application, financial aid applications, scholarship and state program details, and what happens after acceptance keep families moving. Current families then need calendars, portals and forms that do not crowd out prospective families on the homepage.

The problem

Why most private school websites lose inquiries and applications

What we find again and again when we audit sites in this trade. None of it is about how the site looks.

Leak 01

Tuition is hidden

Tuition buried in a PDF, behind an inquiry form, or missing entirely. BrightLocal found unclear pricing is one of the top reasons people decide not to contact a business, and parents comparing three schools move on to the ones that show cost and aid plainly.

Leak 02

The homepage serves current families, not new ones

Lunch menus, sports scores and the parent portal take the first screen, while "Visit" and "Apply" sit three menus deep. Prospective parents, the ones you need, cannot find the path.

Leak 03

The nondiscrimination notice is in the wrong place

IRS Revenue Procedure 2019-22 lets a school publicize its racially nondiscriminatory policy on its website only if the notice is on the homepage all year where visitors will notice it. A footer link, a carousel slide or a dropdown does not count.

Leak 04

Inquiry forms that are long and untracked

The enrollment system's full inquiry form, embedded as-is, asks for everything before a parent has visited. And nobody can tell which page, ad or open house email brought the inquiry, so marketing money is spent blind.

Leak 05

Slow, heavy and hard to use

Full-screen video headers, huge photo galleries and stacked plugins make school sites slow on a phone, and missing alt text and captions shut out parents and students with disabilities.

Leak 06

Locked into a platform and a contract

Some school website platforms run on annual contracts with design changes billed separately, and content is hard to move if you leave. Schools end up with a site no one in the office can update between redesigns.

Our research

We checked 18 real private school websites. Here is what we found.

On October 23, 2026 we opened the homepages of 18 private and independent K-12 schools that rank in Google Maps in 10 US metros, the way a customer would on a phone, and ran a mobile Lighthouse test on each. Every number below comes from that check.

  • 46/100

    median mobile Lighthouse performance score (90 or more is good)

  • 12 s

    median time to show the main content on a phone (target: 2.5 seconds or less)

  • 3.5 MB

    median homepage download on a phone, before anyone scrolls

  • 17 of 17 took longer than 2.5 seconds to show their main content in a mobile Lighthouse test

  • 4 of 18 show a tap-to-call link on the first phone screen

  • 11 of 18 show a clear call, book or quote button on the first screen

  • 4 of 18 have a contact or quote form on the homepage

  • 5 of 18 let visitors book or schedule online

  • 7 of 18 describe the business to Google with business schema markup

  • 17 of 18 have Google Analytics or Tag Manager installed

  • 1 of 18 use call tracking

  • None of 18 show a copyright year of 2024 or older (of the sites that show one)

  • 1 of 18 have images with no alt text

  • 10 of 18 link to a privacy policy

  • 8 of 18 offer live chat or texting

What this means for your private school website

The three biggest gaps in the sample. Each is fixable, and each is a reason a customer picks the next result instead of you.

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  1. 1

    17 of 17 took longer than 2.5 seconds to show their main content in a mobile Lighthouse test. Google counts 2.5 seconds or less as a good Largest Contentful Paint. Slow first screens lose visitors before they see your phone number.

  2. 2

    Only 1 of 18 use call tracking. Calls are the main lead source in most local trades. Without call tracking you cannot see which marketing made the phone ring.

  3. 3

    Only 4 of 18 show a tap-to-call link on the first phone screen. Most of these searches happen on phones. A number that is not a tap-to-call link, or sits below the fold, costs calls.

How we checked: Google Maps results for “private school” in Houston, Phoenix, Atlanta, Denver, Charlotte, Columbus, Tampa, Nashville, Kansas City, Sacramento; the two highest-ranked independent businesses per city (chains and directory listings left out). 20 homepages sampled, 18 loaded for our checker (the rest blocked automated visits), 17 scored by Lighthouse in mobile mode. Lighthouse is a lab test and varies run to run; it is not the same as Google's real-user Core Web Vitals. Businesses are not named. Checked October 23, 2026.

Generic vs built for you

Why a generic website fails private and independent K-12 schools

A template is built to fit every business, so it fits yours badly. Here is what changes when the site is planned around how parents actually buy.

Generic website compared with a website built for private and independent K-12 schools
What you needGeneric template siteBuilt for private and independent K-12 schools
Tuition and aidA PDF linked from the admissions page, or nothingA tuition page in text with fees by grade, what is included, payment plans, financial aid process and deadlines, scholarships and state programs you accept
Visits"Call the admissions office to schedule"Tour, open house and shadow day booking on a phone in two minutes, with confirmations, calendar invites and the source passed into your enrollment system
Prospective vs current familiesOne homepage trying to serve everyoneA homepage built for prospective families, with a clear quick-links area for current parents, students and staff
Nondiscrimination noticeA footer link or a policy pageThe notice on the homepage all year, visible with simple scrolling and treated so visitors notice it, as Rev. Proc. 2019-22 describes, if you use the website method
Inquiry formThe full enrollment system form, embeddedA short two-step inquiry (parent contact, child's grade and start year, then interests) that writes into your system with source tracking
StoryStock photos and a mission statementReal photos and short videos of your classrooms, a day in the life by division, teacher profiles and family stories shared with permission
Accessibility and speedAutoplay video, untagged images and tiny textBuilt to a WCAG 2.2 AA target and Core Web Vitals targets, with captions, alt text and readable type
Knowing what worksPage viewsGA4 events for inquiries, tour bookings, open house registrations and application starts, by page and source

Free self-check · 2 minutes

What your current private school website is missing

Tick everything your site does today. Each box you cannot tick is a place where a ready-to-buy visitor leaves.

What you need

What every private school website needs

The features that turn a private school website from a brochure into the best salesperson you have. We build all of them.

  1. Must-have · 01

    An admissions section built for phones

    Why our school, how to apply, key dates, tuition and aid, visit and open house, FAQ and an "Inquire" button that stays visible. Parents should reach any of them in one tap from the homepage.

  2. Must-have · 02

    A tuition and fees page in text

    Tuition by grade or division, required fees, what is included (lunch, books, trips, technology), payment plan options and sibling discounts, updated each year with the date shown.

  3. Must-have · 03

    Financial aid, scholarships and state programs

    How need-based aid works, the application and deadlines, merit scholarships if you offer them, and the education savings account, voucher or tax-credit scholarship programs you accept. For tax years ending after 2026, a new federal tax credit covers donations to scholarship granting organizations in states that opt in.

  4. Must-have · 04

    Visit booking that takes two minutes

    Individual tours, open houses, shadow days and virtual tours, booked from a calendar with confirmations, reminders, directions and parking notes, and the registration written into your enrollment system.

  5. Must-have · 05

    Division and program pages

    Early childhood, lower, middle and upper school pages with a day in the life, class sizes and curriculum highlights, plus arts, athletics, STEM, languages, learning support, counseling and college counseling where you have them.

  6. Must-have · 06

    Practical pages parents check

    Schedule and calendar, transportation and carpool, before and after care, lunch, uniforms, safety and security, and a clear map and contact page.

  7. Must-have · 07

    The nondiscrimination notice placed correctly

    If you use the website method in Rev. Proc. 2019-22, the notice sits on the homepage all year, visible with simple scrolling, in a size and treatment visitors will notice, never in a carousel, dropdown, hover or behind a link.

  8. Must-have · 08

    Accreditation and memberships stated exactly

    The accrediting bodies named precisely, with dates where helpful, and memberships labeled as memberships. Faculty credentials and student outcomes stated with years and sources.

  9. Must-have · 09

    Real stories with consent

    Photos, videos and family stories used under media releases, with opt-outs honored and no full names next to photos of young children unless parents agree.

  10. Must-have · 10

    Quick links for current families

    Parent portal, calendar, lunch, forms, athletics schedules and giving in a dedicated area, so the homepage stays focused on families who have not enrolled yet.

  11. Must-have · 11

    Spanish and other language pages

    Admissions, tuition, aid and visit pages in the languages your families speak, with the inquiry form in the same language.

  12. Must-have · 12

    Accessible, fast pages with school schema

    WCAG 2.2 AA target, captions on video, alt text on images, and Core Web Vitals targets: LCP 2.5 seconds or less, INP 200 ms or less and CLS 0.1 or less. School and LocalBusiness-style markup for your campus.

What we build

The private school website we would build for you

Good website design for private schools starts with the sitemap. Here is the one we would start from for a K-8 or K-12 day school of 300 to 800 students. We cut or add pages to match your divisions, programs and the systems you already use.

yourcompany.comHome · every section links here

Admissions

  • Why our school
  • How to apply and key dates
  • Tuition and fees
  • Financial aid and scholarships
  • State scholarship and ESA programs we accept
  • Visit: tours, open houses and shadow days
  • Admissions FAQ
  • Inquire

Academics

  • Early childhood or kindergarten
  • Lower school
  • Middle school
  • Upper school
  • Learning support
  • College counseling and outcomes

Student life

  • Arts
  • Athletics
  • Clubs and activities
  • Faith life or service learning
  • Before and after care
  • Transportation and lunch

About

  • Mission and history
  • Head of school and leadership
  • Faculty and staff
  • Accreditation and memberships
  • Campus and facilities
  • Careers

Current families and giving

  • Parent portal and quick links
  • Calendar
  • Forms and handbooks
  • Alumni
  • Giving

Policies

  • Nondiscrimination notice (on the homepage) and policy
  • Privacy policy and media release
  • Accessibility statement
  • Spanish admissions pages

Calls, bookings, leads

How we turn visitors into inquiries and applications

Good private school web design is judged by enrollment: inquiries, tours booked, open house registrations, applications started and finished. You should see which pages and channels produced each one. This is how we build that path and track it while keeping families' data out of analytics.

  • 01A short, two-step inquiryStep one: parent name, email and phone. Step two: child's grade, start year and interests. The inquiry writes into Blackbaud, Finalsite, Veracross, Ravenna or your system, with the page and source attached.
  • 02Tour and open house bookingA booking calendar for tours and registration for open houses and shadow days, with confirmation emails, calendar invites, reminders and directions, each tracked as its own conversion.
  • 03Application start trackingClicks into your application portal are tracked by page and source, so you can see how many visitors who read tuition or attended an open house went on to start an application.
  • 04Click to call the admissions officeThe admissions number as text with tap to call on mobile, tracked by page, routed to admissions instead of the main front desk.
  • 05Event and campaign landing pagesOpen house and kindergarten information night pages you can publish from the CMS, with their own tracking, so emails and ads land on a page built for that event.
  • 06Family privacy in trackingWe track that a form was sent or a tour booked, never the child's name or details, and keep student-facing pages free of ad pixels.
  • 07An admissions season reportInquiries, tours, open house registrations and application starts by source and page, compared with last season, in plain numbers your board can read.

AI search

How private and independent K-12 schools get recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI

Parents now ask ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Perplexity to compare schools: 45% of consumers use AI tools for local recommendations (BrightLocal 2026), and Pew found that when Google shows an AI summary, clicks on regular results drop from 15% to 8% of visits. Assistants build answers from your website, Google profile and reviews, so the site has to state plainly what grades you serve, what you cost, what makes you different and how to visit.

Questions your parents ask AI assistants

  • Private schools near me with small class sizes and after care
  • How much is tuition at Catholic high schools in Charlotte?
  • Montessori schools near me that go through eighth grade
  • Which private schools in Phoenix accept the state ESA?
  • Best private schools for kids with dyslexia in Atlanta
  • When are open houses for private kindergartens near me?

  • Facts written as text

    Grades served, enrollment, class sizes, tuition by grade, schedule, transportation, after care and programs in plain sentences. An assistant cannot quote tuition from a PDF it did not read.

  • Answers to parents' questions

    How admissions works, when to apply, whether you offer aid, which state programs you accept, what learning support looks like. Each answered near the top of the right page.

  • Program pages that match searches

    Separate pages for learning support, arts, athletics, STEM and faith life give assistants something specific to cite when parents ask about those needs.

  • One identity everywhere

    The same school name, address, grades and phone on your site, Google Business Profile and directories. Mismatched details split your school into several weaker versions.

  • Reviews and outcomes an assistant can cite

    Your Google rating linked to the profile, family stories shared with permission, and outcomes with years and sources. Assistants repeat what parents say about you.

  • AI referrals tracked

    We separate visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity and other assistants in GA4 and add an optional "How did you hear about us?" field with an AI option on the inquiry.

Compliance and trust

The rules a private school website has to get right

A private school site publishes required notices, shows children and collects family data. We build pages and forms that support the rules. We do not certify compliance; your head of school and counsel confirm what applies to your school.

The racially nondiscriminatory policy notice

Tax-exempt private schools must publicize this policy under Rev. Proc. 75-50. Rev. Proc. 2019-22 allows a website method: the notice on the primary public homepage all year, in a manner visitors will notice. A link to another page, a carousel, a dropdown or hover text is not acceptable. We place and style it to that standard.

Accessibility and the ADA

Title III of the ADA covers private schools as public accommodations, though schools controlled by religious organizations are exempt, and Section 504 applies to schools receiving federal financial assistance. Whatever applies to you, we build to a WCAG 2.2 AA target with captions, alt text and keyboard access, and never call a site "ADA certified".

Children's privacy and COPPA

The FTC's amended COPPA Rule, published in April 2025 with compliance required by 22 April 2026, includes separate parental consent before sharing children's data with third parties for targeted ads. Admissions pages speak to parents; any student-facing pages or portals carry no ad pixels, and forms collect only what admissions needs.

Photos, names and media releases

Use photos and videos of students only under current media releases, honor opt-outs, and avoid pairing young children's full names with photos. The CMS keeps release status with each image.

Accreditation, outcomes and state programs

Name accrediting bodies exactly and keep membership separate from accreditation. State test scores, class sizes and college outcomes with years. Describe state scholarship programs and the new federal scholarship tax credit (for tax years ending after 2026, in states that opt in) without promising eligibility.

Reviews and texts

The FTC rule in effect since 21 October 2024 bans fake reviews and rewards for positive ones. Admissions texts need consent, and the FCC's 2025 rule lets parents opt out by any reasonable means.

We build with tools and patterns that support these rules and document what we set up. For legal advice on your own obligations, talk to your attorney.

Asked online

What private and independent K-12 schools ask about websites, answered

We read what school staff ask about websites and marketing on r/squarespace, r/k12sysadmin, r/edtech and r/socialmedia, what parents ask when choosing a private school on r/AskSF, r/nycparents and Quora, and the questions viewers leave under YouTube videos about private school marketing and tuition. Parents' questions matter as much as staff questions: they are what the admissions pages have to answer. These are the questions, paraphrased, with factual answers.

Where owners talkr/squarespacer/k12sysadminr/edtechr/socialmediar/AskSFr/nycparentsQuoraYouTube comments on private school videos

From r/squarespace

“I have been asked to rebuild our private school's website on a general website builder. Should I?”

Our answer: Replies leaned toward the builder for a small school, and it can work. Before deciding, check five things: can inquiry and tour forms feed your enrollment system, can admissions staff edit dates and tuition easily, does it meet a WCAG 2.2 AA target, can the nondiscrimination notice sit on the homepage all year as Rev. Proc. 2019-22 requires for the website method, and do you own the domain.

From r/k12sysadmin

“Can anyone recommend a school website developer? What should we ask them?”

Our answer: Ask who owns the site, domain and content, what the contract term and renewal cost are, how inquiries connect to your enrollment system, whether the build targets WCAG 2.2 AA, how staff are trained to update it, and how photos of students are handled under media releases. Get a written scope and a fixed price before work starts.

From r/edtech

“Dedicated school website platforms look great but cost a lot. Are they worth it?”

Our answer: A reply noted one large platform is expensive but feature-rich. Platforms suit schools that use their calendars, portals and enrollment tools together. Compare the yearly license over five years with a site you own, ask whether content and URLs can be exported if you leave, and check whether design changes are billed separately.

From r/socialmedia

“How should a small private school approach marketing?”

Our answer: The top reply said to ask enrolled families where they heard about the school, what made them choose it, and which alternatives they considered. Build that into the website: a "How did you hear about us?" field on the inquiry form, source tracking on tour bookings, and pages that answer the reasons families give for choosing you.

From r/AskSF

“School sites are vague about tuition assistance and just say everyone should apply. What do families actually qualify for?”

Our answer: Parents in San Francisco said school sites and admissions staff are opaque about aid. A school can be clearer without promising amounts: explain how need is assessed, which application service you use, the deadlines, what share of families receive aid if you track it, and the scholarships and state programs you accept. Clear aid pages keep families who assume they cannot afford you.

From r/nycparents

“We are gearing up for private kindergarten admissions. What resources should parents use?”

Our answer: Parents ask this every fall in city parent forums. Schools can be one of the answers: a kindergarten admissions page with the timeline, testing or assessment steps, open house dates, what a visit looks like, tuition, aid deadlines and an FAQ, updated each year with the date shown, gives parents what they are piecing together from other parents.

From Quora

“What factors should parents consider when choosing a private school?”

Our answer: Answers include visiting while school is in session with an admissions tour, asking about the school's values, and weighing teachers, students, culture, programs and price. A school's site can support each one: tour booking during the school day, faculty profiles, a mission page in plain words, program pages and a tuition page with fees and aid.

From Quora

“How do we find a good private school that will not break the bank?”

Our answer: Families ask about need-based aid, merit scholarships, sibling discounts, payment plans and state programs such as education savings accounts and tax-credit scholarships. A new federal tax credit for gifts to scholarship granting organizations applies from tax years ending after 2026 in states that opt in. Schools that explain all of these on one page are easier to shortlist.

From YouTube comments on a personal finance show about private school

“Should we pay private school tuition or move to a town with a better public school district?”

Our answer: A viewer of a personal finance show raised this as the real dilemma many parents face. Schools cannot answer it for families, but they can make the comparison fair: show total cost with fees, aid and payment plans, class sizes, what is included such as after care or transportation, and outcomes with years and sources.

From YouTube comments on a private school marketing video

“A marketing video claimed most parents have already decided on a school before they contact one. Where do statistics like that come from?”

Our answer: A viewer asked the presenter for the source, which is the right instinct. Before quoting a statistic on your site or in a board report, find the original study, its date and sample. NCES publishes private school counts and enrollment, and Pew publishes data on phone and internet use. If you cannot trace a number, leave it out.

Questions are paraphrased from public posts and comments on Reddit, YouTube, forums and social media. We never quote anyone by name.

Others vs us

Private school website design options: Billion Web Studio vs a website builder template vs a typical school website platform

The three ways private and independent K-12 schools usually get a website, side by side.

Private school website design options: Billion Web Studio vs a website builder template vs a typical school website platform
Billion Web StudioWebsite builder templateTypical industry agency
Who owns the site, domain and contentYou do, from day one, in your own accountsYou own the content; the site lives on the builder's platformOften hosted on the platform; moving content can be hard
Contract and pricingFixed quote in 1 business day, agreed before work starts, no lock-inMonthly subscription, you build it yourselfAnnual license, often with design work billed separately
Admissions focusHomepage and menus built for prospective familiesDepends on how you set it upStrong school features; homepage often serves everyone at once
Tuition, aid and state programsText pages with fees, aid steps and programs you acceptWhatever you writeVaries
Visit booking and inquiriesShort two-step inquiry and tour booking that write into your enrollment systemA contact formOften tied to their own enrollment tools
Nondiscrimination noticeOn the homepage, placed as Rev. Proc. 2019-22 describesUp to youOften a footer link
Accessibility and speedWCAG 2.2 AA and Core Web Vitals targetsDepends on the templateVaries; heavy media is common
Enrollment trackingInquiries, tours, open houses and application starts by source in GA4Basic form countsPlatform reports

Why Billion Web Studio

What we do better, and why it matters to you

  • A fixed quote in 1 business day, with a free audit

    We review your current site's admissions path, tuition and aid pages, visit booking, notice placement, accessibility and tracking, then send a written scope and one fixed price. No hourly billing and no annual license.

  • Built around your enrollment system

    Blackbaud, Finalsite, Veracross, Ravenna or another system: we check what your plan allows on the audit call and build inquiry and visit flows that write into it with the source attached.

  • Admissions first

    The homepage and menus speak to families who have not enrolled yet, and current families get quick links that do not crowd them out.

  • An office that can update it

    Your admissions and communications team can change dates, tuition, events and stories in the CMS, with training included, so the site stays current through the season.

  • You own everything from day one

    Code, design, content, domain, hosting, Google Business Profile and GA4 in your name. No lock-in, and any developer can take over later.

  • A dated plan and a guarantee on it

    A week-by-week plan, weekly written updates and 30 days of free support after launch. If we slip a date because of us, the next month of support is free.

In writing, before we start

  • Fixed quote in 1 business day

    Scope, deliverables and price agreed in writing, with a free audit of your current site. No hourly billing.

  • Launch date in writing

    A dated week-by-week plan and a written update every week. If we slip because of us, the next month of support is free.

  • You own everything

    Code, design, content, domain and accounts are yours from day one. No 12-month contract, no rented site.

  • 30 days of support included

    We watch rankings, forms and call tracking after launch and fix anything that needs it.

Proof, not promises

Results from websites we have built

Our proof is a lead system with measured results. For Blues Renewables, a local installer whose customers research for weeks before they call, we built clear price pages, calculators, guides and local pages, with every call and form tracked as a GA4 lead event. The site went from no tracked leads to 7 to 10 enquiries a week, and Google clicks rose from 14 to 560 a fortnight in two months. For a school, its price pages become tuition and aid pages, its guides become division and program pages, and its tracking separates inquiries, tours and application starts. Terah Tex shows the two-step form we would use for inquiries (from no website enquiries to about 5 leads a week), and Eco Industries' technical buyer guides show how we write detailed pages that answer questions before anyone calls.

Blues Renewables website, built by Billion Web Studio

Blues Renewables · Rooftop solar installer

A rooftop solar website that went from zero to 7 to 10 leads a week

leads a week, from 0
7 to 10leads a week, from 0
clicks a fortnight, from 14
560clicks a fortnight, from 14
impressions a fortnight, from 860
35,466impressions a fortnight, from 860
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Terah Tex website, built by Billion Web Studio

Terah Tex · Uniform manufacturing

A 100-page lead engine that brings a uniform manufacturer 5 leads a week

leads a week, from 0
5leads a week, from 0
pages live
100pages live
uniform categories
16uniform categories
Read the case study →
Eco Industries website, built by Billion Web Studio

Eco Industries · Packaging manufacturing

A B2B catalogue site that brings a packaging manufacturer 10 leads a week

leads a week, from 0
10leads a week, from 0
pages live
44pages live
product lines
10product lines
Read the case study →

More websites we have designed and built

Process

How your private school website project runs

Typical timeline: 6 to 10 weeks for most school sites; plan launch before fall open house season. You see progress every week.

  1. Step 01 · Week 1

    Discovery and audit

    We audit your current site, competitors, and how you show up on Google and in AI answers, then agree on goals and a fixed quote.

  2. Step 02 · Weeks 2 to 3

    Strategy and design

    Sitemap, wireframes and full designs for your review. You approve everything before we build.

  3. Step 03 · Weeks 3 to 6

    Build and test

    Development, SEO setup, speed tuning, and testing across devices and browsers.

  4. Step 04 · Launch and beyond

    Launch and grow

    We launch, monitor, and improve based on real data. 30 days of free support included.

What shapes your quote

Scope, not hourly billing

Every project gets a fixed quote within 1 business day, agreed before work starts.

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  • How many division, program and admissions pages you need
  • Which enrollment and aid systems the inquiry and visit flows connect to
  • Whether we write the copy and organize photography and video
  • Current family quick links, calendars and portal connections
  • Spanish or other language admissions pages
  • Moving off a school website platform: content export, URLs, redirects, DNS and email records

Private school website questions, answered

Straight answers to what owners ask us, and what they ask Google and AI assistants. Ask us anything else.

How much does a private school website cost?

We quote one fixed price, agreed before work starts, based on the number of pages, features, integrations and content. You get it within 1 business day of a free audit of your current site. There is no hourly billing and no annual license fee.

How long does a school website take, and when should we start?

Most school sites take 6 to 10 weeks. To be live for fall open houses, start in late spring or early summer. You get a dated week-by-week plan and a written update every week.

Should we publish tuition on the website?

We recommend it. Parents compare cost early, and unclear pricing is one of the top reasons people decide not to contact a business. Show tuition by grade, required fees and what is included, next to how financial aid works, so the number comes with context.

Where does our nondiscrimination notice need to go?

If you use the website method in Rev. Proc. 2019-22, the notice goes on your homepage all year, noticeable with simple scrolling. A link to a policy page, a carousel, dropdown or hover does not count. Schools can also use the newspaper or broadcast methods; your counsel confirms the approach.

Can the site connect to Blackbaud, Finalsite or Ravenna?

Yes, by embed, link or API depending on your plan. We build a short inquiry and visit booking on your site that writes into your system with the source attached, and link to the full application. We confirm what your plan allows before we quote.

Can our admissions team update the site themselves?

Yes. We build the CMS around the things that change every year: dates, tuition, open houses, stories and staff. We train your team and leave written guides.

Do we own the website and domain?

Yes, from day one. Code, design, content, domain, hosting, Google Business Profile and GA4 are in your name, with no lock-in.

Is our school required to meet ADA website rules?

Title III of the ADA covers private schools, but schools controlled by religious organizations are exempt, and Section 504 applies if you receive federal financial assistance. Either way we build to a WCAG 2.2 AA target, because parents and students with disabilities use your site.

Will a new website bring more enrollments?

We do not guarantee enrollment numbers. A new site changes how many visitors inquire, book a tour or start an application, and lets you see which source produced each one. On Blues Renewables, a local business's site we built, the same tracked system took enquiries from none to 7 to 10 a week.

How does our school show up in ChatGPT and Google AI answers?

AI assistants lean on your website, Google profile and reviews. We write grades, tuition, programs, admissions steps and visit options as plain text and add structured data. No one can guarantee an AI mention, but a specific site gives assistants accurate facts.

What makes you different from another private school web design company?

Many school website providers license a platform on an annual contract. We build a site you own outright, centered on admissions, with tuition and aid in plain text, two-minute visit booking, the homepage notice placed correctly and every inquiry tracked into your enrollment system. The terms are in writing first: a fixed quote in 1 business day, a dated plan and no lock-in.

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