The Students tab allows you to view a list of students within a specific school, district, group of districts, or location. The information you have access to will depend on your role and permissions.

Here, you can find detailed information about each student:

  • View student information: See the list of students you have permission to access.

  • Sort students: Arrange student information based on various criteria.

  • Filter students: Narrow down the student info based on specific filters.

  • Search for a student: Find a specific student using the search function.

View student information


On the Students tab, for each student, you can view the following details:

  • Student: The student's first and last name

  • Student ID: The ID associated with the student

  • Date of Birth: The student's date of birth

  • Phone Number: The phone number(s) of the student's primary caregiver(s)
    Note: If the student has more than one primary caregiver's phone number, an icon displaying the respective number will appear. Click the icon to view the additional phone numbers associated with the student.

  • District: The district(s) associated with the student
    Note: If the student is associated with more than one district, an icon displaying the respective number will appear. Click the icon to view the additional districts associated with the student.

  • School: The school the student attends

  • Trips: The number of trips recorded in the system for the student

    Note: You can select a number displayed in the Trips column to view detailed information about the trips recorded in the system for the student. If you click trip name, the trip will open.

  • Stops: The number of stops associated with the student
    Note: You can hover over a number displayed in the Stops column to view the addresses of the stops associated with the student.

  • Parent App Users: The number of users of the FirstView for Parents app who are following the student. Click the number to view the names of the parent users and their emails addresses. If you click the parent’s name, their record in the Parent Users subtab will open.


If you click a student, in the the right-side pane, the detailed information will appear.

For the districts serviced by First Student, the information will be as follows:

  • Student name

  • Student ID
    Note: If the student was added manually via the Parent App, the Student ID will be marked -.

  • District of attendance

  • School of attendance
    Note: If the student was added manually via the Parent App and the Parent App user specified an additional school, this school will be displayed as Additional School.

  • Information about the trips associated with the student:

    • Trip number.

    • Dispatch type

    • Run number

    • Stop associated with the student and the school stop and the pick-up and drop-off time

    • Trip/run schedule: Week days and run start and end time

  • Information about the Parent App users associated with the student:

    • Parent App user name and contact information. You can click the parent’s name, and their record in the Parent Users subtab will open.

    • List of trips and runs of the students associated with the Parent App user and corresponding distance notifications. For each trip and run, you can view up to three distance notifications even if there are more.

For the districts serviced by FirstAlt, the information will be as follows:

  • Student name

  • Student date of birth

  • Caregiver’s phone number

  • District of attendance

  • Billable district

  • School of attendance

  • Equipment required for a trip

  • Notes that may contain specifics of student’s trips or special requests

  • Information about the trips associated with the student:

    • Trip name. You can click trip number, and the trip will open.

    • Driver name

    • Vehicle model and license plate

    • Stop associated with the student and the school stop and pick-up and drop-off time

    • Trip schedule: Week days and trip start and end time

  • Information about the Parent App users associated with the student:

    • Parent App user name and contact information. You can click the parent’s name, and their record in the Parent Users subtab will open.

    • List of trips of the students associated with the Parent App user and corresponding distance notifications. For each trip, you can view up to three distance notifications even if there are more.

Alternatively, you can access this information by clicking a student in the Students Followed column on the Users > Parent App Users subtab.

Search for the student


You can search for a student using the following parameters:

By student’s first and last name


To search by a student’s name

  1. In the Student field, start typing the student’s name.

  2. Select the desired student from the drop-down list.
    You can also select multiple students, up to a maximum of 10.

  3. Click Apply. The table will display entries for the selected options.


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By student’s ID


To search a student’s ID

  1. In the Student ID field, start typing student’s ID.

  2. Select the desired student from the drop-down list.
    You can also select multiple students, up to a maximum of 10.

  3. Click Apply. The table will display entries for the selected options.

By trip or run


To search by trip or run

  1. In the Trip or Run field, start typing trip name or run code.

  2. Select the desired trip from the drop-down list.
    You can also select multiple trips, up to a maximum of 10.

  3. Click Apply. The table will display entries for the selected options.


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By other search options


You can also search for a student by the following characteristics:

  • Date of birth

  • Phone number

  • District

  • School

  • Parent App users

To search using any of the above characteristics, start typing the desired information in the respective field. The filtered results will be displayed in a table.

To clear search parameters and view the default list of students, click Clear All.

Sort students


Based on the column you want to sort by, you can organize the table entries either alphabetically (A to Z) or numerically in ascending or descending order.

To sort the student list

  • Click the arrows next to the column header by which you want to sort. The table entries will be sorted accordingly.

To clear sort parameters and view the default list of students, click Clear All.