Jupiter is the innovation leader in ed tech. We were the first to develop an all-in-one Learning Management System and Student Information System, which we built from the ground up as a web-hosted service back when most competitors were retrofitting their old standalone software. We developed all our features in-house, not acquired from third parties, so all modules share the same database and have a consistent user experience.

Founded in 2004, we now serve 4.5 million students in 50 states plus DC. We have been profitable since 2006, and we are completely self-funded, with no investors, so our undivided focus is to develop the best solution for schools.

Our founder and most employees are former teachers, so education is at the heart of what we do, and it is why schools find Jupiter so intuitive and our support so insightful. Our mission is to:

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Help students learn more and learn faster with interactive, engaging content, and stay on top of their homework

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Help parents stay informed and involved in their children’s education

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Help teachers monitor their students’ progress, collaborate on curriculum, and spend less time on grading and data entry

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Help administrators make more informed decisions, and operate more efficiently on limited budgets

Our founder and CEO is David Hundsness, a former middle/high school teacher in Silicon Valley. As a young teacher he was an early adopter of electronic gradebooks, but over the years he found all the gradebooks were still clunky and tedious. So in the summer of 2004 he decided to develop his own. “At first I was just making the gradebook for myself,” says Hundsness, “but within a few days I realized all teachers could use something like this.” He launched the gradebook as SnapGrades, which teachers loved enthusiastically, propelling it to the #1 web-based gradebook by 2009. In 2011 we rebranded as Jupiter, and by 2013 we had developed the SIS and LMS. In 2018 we modernized the entire user interface and back end, and we are continuously advancing new features.

DAVID HUNDSNESS
Founder + Former Teacher
I have never worked with a better company or program.
Dee Sillanpaa
Queen Creek Unified, AZ
Thanks for continuing to improve your product. I wish all software developers were as responsive!
Zane Quible
Oklahoma State University, OK
Your tech support is the quickest in the world! You run an amazing company!
Meir Muller
Columbia Jewish Day School, SC