School Carpool Platform | GoKid
- Solve Transportation Gaps

Offer transportation alternatives
Parents easily self-organize carpools
GoKid Connect is a school carpooling software that helps K12 schools and districts organize parent-driven carpools. Parents self-coordinate rides through our platform, reducing traffic congestion, and providing a safe transportation alternative when buses aren’t available.

Solve School Transportation Gaps with GoKid Connect

Enhance your school’s transportation with GoKid, the leading carpool solution, designed to simplify the process of arranging reliable and efficient carpools for parents. Our platform empowers parents to connect with other families, create carpool groups, and coordinate rides, ensuring every student has a safe and convenient way to carpool to school. With GoKid, schools can reduce traffic congestion and tardiness, alleviate parking challenges, and promote a more sustainable approach to transportation. By partnering with GoKid, your school can provide parents with a user-friendly tool that streamlines the process of organizing carpools for school, fostering a stronger sense of community and support among families.

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. 

"We chose to work with GoKid carpooling technology because of the friendly staff, their attentiveness to detail and their timeliness to respond to any of our inquiries and requests. We have been impressed with their knowledge and capabilities of coordinating their program with our student information system. We have been faced with a bus driver shortage that led to cancellation of a few routes and with GoKid we hope to solve that problem for all families. "

Peter Efstathiu
Assistant Superintendent Placer Union High School District

"I'm not sure what I did before discovering GoKid, and can’t imagine coordinating life with three kids playing multiple sports without it! If you haven’t downloaded the GoKid app, you’re missing out on an easier and much better way to simplify life and carpooling."

Robin Sowers
Parent

“We were looking to enhance our transportation offerings to relieve the pressure on our parents to coordinate carpooling and to offset the prohibitive costs of ride share and bussing. Gokid provided us with an alternative solution, that is helping parents that are unable to drive their kids - and can be used even for after-school activities! We're happy to see family registration rates of over 30% after the first three weeks."

Kirk Gossman
Director of Admissions at Woodside Priory

"This app has been a lifesaver for our middle school carpool. Everyone’s schedules change on a daily basis. This is a great and easy way to stay organized and communicate effectively."

Mg Cindy
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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. 

Public Schools

Public Schools

Reduce traffic
A safe transportation alternative
Lower absenteeism

GoKid Connect is an award-winning carpooling solution

GoKid Connect is an award-winning carpooling solution for schools and school districts. We strive to reduce absenteeism and get kids to school and after school activities when there are no or not enough buses.

Reduce traffic in front of your school, and lower the overall cost of transportation. We do not hire drivers – parents are helping each other.

The Benefits of School Carpooling

A safe ride alternative

Rising cost of busing? School bus driver shortage? School carpooling is the affordable alternative, And carpools are driven by the safest volunteer drivers: your school parents.

Reduce traffic

Fewer cars will make the school entry safer, neighbors happier and reduce your staff burden in the morning and at dismissal time. We provide the data to prove it!

Lower absenteeism

One of the biggest factors affecting school districts this year? The increase in chronicle absent students. A safe transportation alternative especially for one-car household will get kids to school.

GoKid Connect Carpool Solution for Schools

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.

Gokid app on mobile phone

Easy Carpool Management for Families

After connecting with other parents, your school families will have access to our award-winning apps to manage their trips.

Custom notifications, alerts for the parent who is driving, live-tracking of vehicles and GPS are all included for free if your school signs up. 

Developed by parents
Amazing customer support

Our School Partners

Some of our school partners offering GoKid to their families to offer a safe transportation alternative, saving school families time and money, reducing traffic and CO2 around the school.  

Privacy, Data Security and Liability

Your data, protected

School parents expect that their data is protected at all times. Gokid will not share any personal information before parents agree 1:1 with another family to carpool.

Parental control

Parents decide if they want to participate in the school carpool program. They can choose to opt-out at any point. Schools can implement a double opt-out.

Liability

Before joining the school carpool program, parents will accept our terms of service. Under these terms, they accept all liability for participating in carpooling.

Your data, protected

School parents expect that their data is protected at all times. Gokid will not share any personal information before parents agree 1:1 with another family to carpool.

Parental control

Parents decide if they want to participate in the school carpool program. They can choose to opt-out at any point. Schools can implement a double opt-out.

Liability

Before joining the school carpool program, parents will accept our terms of service. Under these terms, they accept all liability for participating in carpooling.

Meet Our Team

Our international team has a combined 50 years of experience building technology-enabled businesses. In June 2016, GoKid was accepted as one of twelve companies (out of over 500 applicants) into Techstars Mobility in Detroit, Michigan.

Connect with us

Join the growing community of school districts who are making their school transportation safer, and more cost efficient.

With GoKid Connect, getting kids to school carpooling has never been easier and more affordable.  

To receive a custom quote email: schools@gokid.mobi.
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Do you want to learn more about other B2B school carpool solutions? Get back to all schools to learn more about the benefits of Private schools or Charter schools now.

The Benefits of School Carpooling

Benefit for Schools

Instantly reduce traffic and congestion
Offer a transportation alternative when there are no or not enough buses
Increase safety and air quality around school
Increase attendance and reduce absenteeism
Measure impact: CO2 reduced, time saved, miles saved

Benefit for Parents

Spend less time driving to/from school
Find parents to share driving to after-school activities
Peace of mind knowing who is driving your child
Build relationships with school families
Only carpool with trusted school parents!

Implementing a carpool program - Case Study

A school in Oakland California contacted GoKid about implementing a carpool program to reduce congestion and traffic in their neighborhood. Read about how we are working together to measure this. 

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Free 30-min Consultation
on Better School Transportation Options

Navigating the complex world of school transportation can be daunting. That’s where GoKid steps in. We’ve designed a parent-powered carpooling solution, GoKid Connect, to offer a cost-effective, sustainable, and community-focused alternative.
We invite school administrators and PTO representatives to a complimentary phone consultation with our CEO. During this conversation, you’ll gain insights into industry best practices and learn how GoKid Connect could revolutionize your school’s transport system.

Frequently Asked Questions

The GoKid parent carpool app allows you to create a carpool group with other families in your community. You can schedule and manage carpool rides with your group, track pick-up and drop-off times, get notified of any changes, and communicate with other parents through the app. To get started, download the app from the Appstore, the Google PlayStore or register on the web.

GoKid Connect is a school carpooling software that enables schools to organize carpools within their school community. Here’s how:

When school administrators launch Gokid Connect via their school admin portal, parents can:

  • Use the it to locate nearby school parents with kids in similar grades who are also interested in carpooling.
  • Organize carpools with ease and confidence
  • Take advantage of software’s safety features, mapping, messaging, real-time tracking, and automated invitations.

Watch a video on how it works.

GoKid Apps for Schools and Parents

The cost of the program is structured as an annual Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fee, based on the number and size of school, starting at $2999 for a petite school including customer support.

  • Petite School (<200 students) Annual fee $ 1,999.00
  • Small School (200-500 students): Annual fee of $3,999.
  • Medium School (500-900 students): Annual fee of $5,999.
  • Large School (900-1400 students): Annual fee of $7,999.
  • Extra Large School (over 1400 students): Annual fee of $9,999.

There is also an annual technology and customer support fee of $1,000 -2,000 depending on the size of the school. Here’s what goes into our pricing.

For school districts and multiple year contraction, we offer significant discounts. Contact us at schools@gokid.mobi for a personalized quote.

GoKid App is for individual families to organize carpools with friends. GoKid Connect is for schools and districts to offer coordinated carpooling to their entire community. Learn more at our FAQ page

We’re so glad you found us! You need three things to get started on Gokid

1. A family

2. Somewhere your kids need to go

3. Friends with kids who also need to go somewhere

Once you’ve downloaded the app (Android or iOS) and registere you’ll simply create a profile and add your family members.

Just tap on “create” and follow the steps on the page to enter the carpool name, and when and where it happens. Then select friends to invite from your phone’s contact list or type their emails/phone numbers in manually. You can add a custom message to your carpool invitation as well.

When you save your carpool your invitations will be sent (if you added invitees). As your friends join, you’ll get notified by the app.

Lastly, volunteer to drive on the days that work best for you by scrolling through the schedule and tapping the red Select Driver button.

GoKid will ensure all participants can see the same schedule and everyone is kept reminded of when it’s their turn to participate or drive. We also plot the optimal driving route, and adjust if one or more of the kids aren’t participating on a specific date.

 

GoKid is available for free and includes all the core functionalities needed to set up and manage carpools. You can sign up now on Android, iOS or on our website. Families can also upgrade their accounts on a subscription basis to unlock additional features. The upgrade applies to every member of your family and will include life tracking of vehicles, the history of your carpools, chat functionalities. A monthly subscription is $4.99 / month. A yearly subscription is $49.99 / year.

  • Only carpool with families that you know and trust.
  • Add photos and, if available, phone numbers to your children in the profile settings so that the driving parent can easily identify your child.
  • Add photos to your profile so children who carpool with you can easily identify you.
  • Encourage other parents to do the same.
  • Upgrade to Gokid PRO to see the live tracking of the vehicle and encourage your carpool group to do the same.
  • Follow all traffic laws and ensure your vehicle is in good condition.
  • Watch our video on how to set up your family.
  • One adult registers for GoKid. If you have been invited by your school we already have one adult and one child in your profile.
  • Go to your profile and select “add family member.”
  • Add at least one child and, if applicable, another parent.
  • The Family Members will get an invitation to join the family on GoKid setting their password.
  • Pro Tip: Adding photos adds safety and a friendlier experience 🙂

GoKid is an award-winning carpool solution for schools and school districts, helping families to carpool within their trusted school network. 

Let’s Connect!

Contact us to learn more about our safe transportation alternative for schools and districts. 
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