Classroom behavior tracking software for middle school teachers

For a middle-school teacher who specifically wants to track student behavior, my top pick right now is ClassDojo—unless your school already has a formal PBIS/MTSS system, in which case PBIS Rewards is stronger.

My ranking

🥇 Best overall:ClassDojo

For a single middle-school teacher, I'd start here.

ClassDojo lets you create customized behavior skills/values, award positive or corrective feedback, review behavior reports, and communicate with families. Its PBIS tools can also be aligned with schoolwide expectations.www.classdojo.com

A particularly important point for middle school: ClassDojo has added middle- and high-school student accounts and teacher-to-student messaging, while keeping the interactions family-visible and under school oversight.external.classdojo.com

Why I like it for a teacher:

• Very quick to record behavior during class
• Positive behavior points are easy to use
• Custom categories such as Prepared, Respectful, On Task, Disruption, Missing Work
• Families can see points/feedback
• Reports let you look for patterns
• Core teacher/school functionality is freewww.classdojo.com

Potential downside: If you're trying to maintain formal discipline records, interventions, referrals, and Tier 2/Tier 3 documentation, ClassDojo isn't as specialized as PBIS Rewards.

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🥈 Best for a school with a serious PBIS system:PBIS Rewards

If your middle school already uses PBIS, I'd actually choose this over ClassDojo.

PBIS Rewards is designed specifically around schoolwide behavior systems. Teachers can award points, administrators can monitor trends, and the system supports behavior referrals, Check-In/Check-Out, interventions, reporting, and SIS integration.www.pbisrewards.com

The Check-In/Check-Out functionality is particularly useful for middle-school students who need more than occasional classroom feedback: progress can be tracked over time and reported at the individual-student level.support.pbisrewards.com

It also explicitly supports middle school and integrates with Clever/ClassLink.www.pbisrewards.com

The catch: It's much more of a school/district system than something I'd tell one teacher to independently purchase. Pricing is quote-based.www.pbisrewards.com

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🥉 Best if "behavior" includes technology/off-task behavior:Securly Classroom

This is a different category.

If your biggest problems are students:

• playing games,
• going to inappropriate websites,
• using AI when they shouldn't,
• being off-task on Chromebooks,
• constantly switching tabs,

Securly Classroom is extremely useful. Teachers can see student screens, control tabs/sites, freeze screens, push resources, and review activity history.www.securly.com

I wouldn't choose it as my primary behavior-point/discipline tracker, though. I'd use it alongside a behavioral system.

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What I'd choose for a middle-school classroom

If you're an individual teacher:
👉 ClassDojo

If your school uses PBIS:
👉 PBIS Rewards

If Chromebook/device misuse is a major problem:
👉 ClassDojo + Securly Classroom

If you're an administrator/PBIS coordinator:
👉 PBIS Rewards or SWIS

One other option worth knowing about is SWIS from PBISApps. It's much more focused on office discipline referrals and analyzing discipline patterns than day-to-day teacher behavior points. Current pricing starts at $500/year per school for one app.www.pbisapps.org

My recommendation

For one middle-school teacher, I'd pick ClassDojo because it has the best combination of speed + behavior tracking + student engagement + parent communication + zero cost. For a schoolwide system where administrators need reliable intervention/referral data, I'd move to PBIS Rewards.

If you tell me what you specifically want to track (e.g., talking, disrespect, missing work, phone use, fights, positive behaviors, parent contacts, referrals), I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 systems and compare their exact features and pricing.