Hello @shegertech and welcome to the community 
SuiteCRM has also been made for case like yours :
The Perfect CRM for the Education Sector
Within the education sector, students are the customer. Utilise SuiteCRM to understand, retain and serve them better to gain a competitive edge over other institutions.
It has many many features that I think will fit your needs.
Rest assured, SuiteCRM is easily accessible to all, no developing skill required thanks to Studio or Workflows (two things that you should meet on your way to master SuiteCRM) — at least if your exigencies aren’t too particular, like integrations with third-party applications… so keep in mind that you might require some help from a professional SuiteCRM developer in the future.
For your information, SuiteCRM is mainly developed in PHP and is a software fork of SugarCRM.
That being said, you should mostly find your happiness within the SuiteCRM Community forum and tutorials available on other platforms.
SuiteCRM propose great documentation that will help you start using it (don’t forget to take a look at the Administrator Guide as well) :
A useful link found on this forum :
The following links may propose paid consultancy but it is not required, SuiteCRM is an open-source software and you achieve do most of the work by yourself :
- SuiteCRM in the Education Industry: Features and Benefits | by RT Dynamic | Medium
- https://techimplement.com/is-sugarcrm-a-best-fit-for-the-education-sector/ (SuiteCRM is a supercharged of SugarCRM, the point of this article is still the same as for using SuiteCRM)