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Student sees or hears a concern
A threat, weapon, bullying, self-harm concern, drugs, suspicious behavior, or another safety issue.
Law-Enforcement Designed • Proven in Schools
Anonymous school safety reporting. As simple as sending a text.
Give students and staff the fastest path to report threats, weapons, bullying, self-harm concerns, drugs, or suspicious activity — using the text messaging already on their phone.
No appNo loginNo downloadNo IT install
Anonymous to school staffStudent number stays protected.
School Text Tips
Text Message • Today 8:42 AM
John Smith said he plans on bringing a gun to school tomorrow, I heard it near the gym after lunch.
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Tip securely delivered to authorized recipients
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Fast by designOpen Messages. Send the tip.
Trusted by public & private schools
Monroe County Schools
Somerset Academies
Ransom Everglades
Simple to deploy. Simple to use.
When something feels wrong, reporting should be easy.
Students do not need to remember an app password, install software, create an account, or navigate a reporting portal.
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Student sends a normal text
The student texts the school’s dedicated number from the messaging app already on the phone.
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The student becomes an anonymous Person number
Before the tip is shown to school personnel, School Text Tips replaces the student's phone number with a unique anonymous identifier, such as Person 385. The student's actual phone number is not displayed to authorized school personnel during normal operation.
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The Person number stays consistent
If that same student texts again from the same phone, the system recognizes the number and continues to identify the tipster as Person 385. A new tipster receives the next available Person number, making it easy to distinguish a returning tipster from a new one without revealing the student's phone number.
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Authorized personnel receive the alert
The anonymous tip reaches the people designated by the school or district so they can evaluate and act.
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Every school gets its own dedicated number
Each school in the district receives its own dedicated School Text Tips phone number, giving students a clear, school-specific number to use whenever they need to report a concern.
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Posters keep School Text Tips visible
Schools receive printable posters that can be placed in hallways, cafeterias, common areas and other locations around campus to build awareness and remind students how to use the system.
Built for real-world school safety
More than a tip line.
School Text Tips gives each school a simple student-facing reporting number while giving authorized personnel the tools and information they need to evaluate and respond to concerns.
A dedicated local number for every school
Each school receives its own dedicated local School Text Tips number. Students can text concerns involving bullying, intimidation, harassment, cyberbullying, drugs, weapons, threats, student welfare, or anything they believe could affect the safety of students, staff, or the school.
Tips reach designated officials immediately
Incoming messages are pushed to the school officials you designate through text message and email, helping your team quickly evaluate the information and respond according to established school or district procedures.
Anonymous Person numbers provide continuity
School Text Tips replaces each student's phone number with a unique anonymous identifier — for example, Person 385. That identifier remains consistent for that phone: if the same student sends another tip later, they still appear as Person 385. Each new tipster receives the next available Person number. This lets authorized personnel quickly recognize a returning tipster versus a new one while the student's actual phone number remains hidden during normal operation.
Student phone→School Text Tips→Person 385→Authorized personnel
Your school controls its information
Tip records are available to the school and the people it authorizes. School Text Tips provides the communication platform while your administrators and safety personnel determine how each tip should be evaluated and handled.
Life-safety situations require immediate action
When an authorized school official determines that an anonymous tip involves an imminent life-safety concern — such as a suicide threat, bomb threat, or similar emergency — School Text Tips can provide the originating number without unnecessary administrative delays, consistent with the service's emergency disclosure procedures.
Awareness matters
Help students remember how to speak up.
Each school receives printable School Text Tips awareness posters featuring its dedicated number. Schools can place them in hallways, cafeterias, classrooms, restrooms, common areas and other high-visibility locations so students always know how to report a concern.
Real example: this 24 × 36 poster was created for a participating school. The dedicated phone number is masked here, but each school receives materials featuring its own School Text Tips number.
See School Text Tips in Action
A quick look at how simple anonymous reporting can be.
See the student experience and why SMS removes unnecessary barriers to reporting a safety concern.
Why SMS
Fewer steps between concern and action.
The strongest reporting system is the one students can use immediately, especially in a stressful moment.
Typical app-based reporting
More friction before the report
—Find and download the app
—Install and open it
—Navigate the reporting flow
—May require an account, data, or setup
School Text Tips
Open Messages. Send the tip.
✓No app to download
✓No login or student account
✓Works through standard SMS
✓Nothing technical for school IT to install
Safety by design
Deliberately simple. Deliberately protected.
School Text Tips is designed around student safety, privacy, and clear handling of sensitive information.
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Anonymous to school personnel
Authorized recipients can act on the information without seeing the student’s phone number during normal operation.
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Text only
Photos and videos are blocked by design, reducing privacy, inappropriate-content, evidentiary, and staff-device risks.
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No unsolicited reply-backs
The reporting student is not unexpectedly contacted in a way that could reveal that they made a report.
These are not missing features. They are safety features.
What School Safety Leaders Say
Proven in real schools and real safety programs.
School Text Tips has been used by schools and public-safety partners to help students share information before and after incidents — and to raise concerns about students in crisis.
“School Text Tips enables a greater level of communication for students when they see something to say something, in a way that is comfortable for the digital native generation. The platform is easy to use, efficient and cost effective. School Text Tips makes schools safer.
“Through School Text Tips our students have been able to provide information to administrators and law enforcement regarding crimes, both before and after they occurred. But more importantly, students have shared their concerns for their fellow students when they are dealing with mental health crisis.
“School Text Tips is a low cost yet highly effective tool for school safety... it is now used in every one of our eleven schools, covering nearly 8,000 students.
For school administrators
Easy for students. Practical for schools.
The system is designed to complement existing safety procedures instead of becoming another complicated technology project.
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Fast deployment
Launch a dedicated reporting number without requiring every student to install or configure an application.
IT
Minimal IT burden
No student-side app, account, or device management is required for the core reporting experience.
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Clear information flow
Route incoming tips to the authorized school, district, or safety personnel who are responsible for action.
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Retained reporting data
Message records can support later review, trend analysis, safety planning, and program documentation.
See it in action
Make it easier for students to speak up before a concern becomes a crisis.
See how School Text Tips can fit into your school or district’s existing safety plan.