A Trusted Carpool Solution for Schools, Districts, and Parents

GoKid Connect: A safe, carpool program for schools and their families. Helping parents share rides, reduce traffic, and strengthen school communities. 

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We're on a mission.

At GoKid, a female-founded impact startup, we’re on a mission to transform school transportation with a safe, parent-driven carpool solution that reduces traffic and builds community. Our a school carpooling solution enables parents to connect with other families within their school communities to create and manage safe, efficient carpools—without requiring coordination from schools. Designed for private schools and school districts, GoKid offers real-time GPS tracking, automated notifications, and secure messaging to ensure a seamless carpooling experience.

 

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Gokid Connect for Schools

A safety-first school carpool program with a state of the art school admin portal; our safety features for students and parents are designed to making school carpooling a great alternative when there are not enough buses.

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GoKid App for Parents

Our carpool apps bring real time tracking, flexible scheduling and easy schedule management to the entire carpool group. Families benefit from safety + easy access to all carpool information.

Why choose us?

Award-winning technology

Gokids' school carpool program is the only solution that combines a school carpool program with award-winning carpool apps. Custom notifications, alerts for the parent who is driving, GPS and live-tracking of vehicles, a are all included for free if your school signs up.

Data-Driven

We leverage data to improve school transportation options, providing key insights like sign-up rates, number of carpools scheduled, miles saved, CO2 saved. Our data approach ensures the safety, efficiency, and affordability or our program , while creating the best possible carpooling experience for our customers, schools, districts and families alike.

An experienced & passionate team

With years of experience in building parent and school technology, we are passionate about finding a better way for student transportation. Our customer success and support teams are making alternative school transportation safe, affordable, and reliable.

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GoKid Carpool: Safety First

At Gokid, carpooling safety features are on top or our minds: Our school carpool program and the carpool apps were designed to easily manage carpools, maximizing ease of use with peace of mind during each carpool.  

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The GoKid Team

Our team at GoKid combines over 50 years of experience in building technology-driven solutions, and we share a deep commitment to safer, smarter school transportation. As parents ourselves, we understand the challenges of juggling schedules and ensuring reliable rides. Since our founding in 2016  GoKid has been recognized with multiple awards, but our true passion lies in providing schools and families with an efficient, community-centered alternative when traditional bus options fall short.

We’re here to help school communities get stronger, while reducing traffic, and make everyday school travel safer and simpler.

What’s it like working with us as a school or district

Sign our license agreement

School customers get access to an admin portal for one or multiple schools. 

Invite school parents to join Gokid

Upload a CSV or connect with your Student Information System, and we’ll invite families to join. Opt-out available!

School Families Connect

After registering, they can find, chat with, and invite other school parents on a map to create carpools.

Families set up carpools

Parents manage their carpools with GoKid’s award-winning app. Questions? Our support team is here to help! 

Impact Dashboard for Schools

Access valuable data in your admin dashboard: carpool numbers, CO₂ savings, and traffic impact.

What our Customers are saying

We are proud to be working with some of the leading schools and districts across the US – and tens of thousands of amazing families.