# Free student ID card maker Source: https://scoolin.com/tools/student-id-card-maker > Make student ID cards for one student or the whole school: six designs, your logo and colour, photos, a list pasted from Excel. Print on A4 or PVC. Free. [Home](https://scoolin.com/) [Free tools](https://scoolin.com/tools) Student ID card maker ## Student ID card maker Make ID cards for one student or a whole class. Pick a design, add your school’s logo and the students, and print them on A4 sheets or PVC cards. - Free, no sign-up - Stays on this computer - Prints at the real card size Preview Front Back Some details don’t fit on this card. Turn a few off in step 3, or pick a wide design. Drag the photo to move it; zoom it in step 3. Saved in this browser as you go. Nothing is uploaded. This browser isn’t keeping your work, so it will be gone when you close this tab. Print or save the PDF before you leave. ### 1 **Pick a design** Classic Arc Side strip Bright Wide Wide split Colour A back side, with the address and an emergency number ### 2 **Your school** Logo Add the logo School name Address on the card School phone Session Principal’s signature Add the signature A clear photo of the signature on white paper works; the white doesn’t show on the card. Or leave it out and sign each card by hand. Signed by Board or affiliation, for the back Line on the back Rules on the back, one on each line ### 3 **Students** Add photos To add many photos at once, name each file by the student’s admission no. or name, like 2026-0412.jpg or Aarav Sharma.jpg. Find a student Photo Zoom Student’s name Class and section On card Roll no. On card Admission no. On card Date of birth On card Blood group On card Father’s name On card Mother’s name On card Parent’s phone On card Home address On card Bus route or stop On card House On card ### 4 **Print** Cards Every student Only the student shown Paper A4 sheets, to cut out ID card printer Print the backs too Dashed lines to cut along - In the print window, set **Scale** to 100% (or “Actual size”) and **Margins** to None, so the cards come out at 85.6 × 54 mm. - For the backs, print two-sided and **flip on long edge**. Try one sheet first. - Choose **Save as PDF** to send the file to a print shop. ## Paste your student list In Excel or Google Sheets, select the rows with the heading row on top, copy them, and paste here. Student list Or open a CSV file Add to my list Replace my list How it works ## A whole class’s cards in four steps. - 1 **Pick a design** Six designs, upright or wide, in your school’s colour. - 2 **Add your school** Logo, name, address and the principal’s signature. Kept for next time. - 3 **Add the students** Type them in, or paste the list from Excel. Add photos one by one or a class at once. - 4 **Print** On A4 sheets to cut out or on a PVC card printer, or save a PDF for the print shop. Good to know ## Before you print the cards Short answers on the size, what goes on the card, photos and printing. ### What size is a student ID card? The same as an ATM card: 85.6 × 54 mm. Every ID card holder, pouch and PVC card printer is made for this size, so keep to it whether the card is upright or wide. | In mm | 85.6 × 54 mm | | In cm | 8.56 × 5.4 cm | | In inches | 3.37 × 2.13 in | | Its name | CR80, or ID-1 (ISO/IEC 7810) | | PVC card thickness | 0.76 mm, called “30 mil” | ### What to put on a school ID card The front is what the gate and the bus staff check at a glance. The back is for the day something goes wrong. Front - School name and logo, with the session - A clear photo of the student - Name and class, as in the school’s records - Admission no., blood group and a parent’s phone - The principal’s signature Back - The school’s address and phone, to return it - The home address, if your school prints it - A number to call in an emergency - A few rules, like wearing it every day **Leave off** Aadhaar numbers and anything about fees. A lost card shouldn’t carry them. ### ID card photos that print well Any phone camera is enough. Stand the student facing a window, hold the phone at their eye level and leave the flash off. - A plain, light wall behind - Head and shoulders in the frame - Daylight on the face - A busy room behind - Taken from far away - A screenshot of a group photo ### Print ID cards on A4 paper or PVC? A4 is the cheapest way to start, on any office printer. PVC cards cost more but last the whole session. | | A4 sheets | PVC cards | | Printer | Any office printer | A card printer, or a print shop | | On each page | 9 upright or 10 wide cards | One card, front then back | | Card | Thick paper, 250 to 300 GSM | CR80 PVC cards | | Then | Cut out, then a holder or lamination | Ready to wear | | Tip | Print at 100% scale; flip backs on the long edge | Print one card first to check the colours | **Making cards every session?** In Scoolin, each student’s photo and details are already in their record, so a class’s cards print in one go, with a QR code that opens the record. [Book a free demo](https://scoolin.com/demo) FAQ ## About ID cards. **Something else?** Scoolin prints a whole school’s cards from its records. [See it on a call](https://scoolin.com/demo) . ### How do I add photos for the whole class? Name each photo file by the student’s admission no. or name, like **2026-0412.jpg** or **Aarav Sharma.jpg**. Then pick all of them at once with **Add photos**. Each photo goes to its student, and you’re told which files didn’t match anyone. ### How do I reprint one lost card? Open the student in step 3 (the search box finds them), then in step 4 choose **Only the student shown**. ### Do we need new cards every session? Most schools print new ones each April, since the card shows the session. Your design, logo and signature stay saved: change the session in step 2 and paste this year’s list. ### Why not make ID cards in Word or Excel? It works for a few students. For a class, every photo has to be placed by hand and one long name can push the layout out. Here you paste the list as it is and every card comes out the same, with long names shrunk to fit. ### Are my students’ details uploaded anywhere? No. Everything you type and every photo stays in this browser, on this computer; nothing is sent to Scoolin. It is kept for the next time you open the page. **Start over** clears it. ### Is it really free? Yes. No sign-up, no limit on students, and nothing of ours printed on the cards.