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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202627 issues · 87 checks

This review found 27 issues worth fixing on schooloutlet.com, 11 of them high impact, across 87 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.3 s1.7 sMay 16Oct 311.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.1 s
May 23, 20262.1 s
May 30, 20262.0 s
Jun 6, 20262.1 s
Jun 13, 20262.1 s
Jun 20, 20262.1 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20262.1 s
Jul 11, 20262.1 s
Jul 18, 20262.2 s
Jul 25, 20262.1 s
Aug 1, 20262.1 s
Aug 8, 20261.9 s
Aug 15, 20261.8 s
Aug 22, 20261.8 s
Aug 29, 20261.8 s
Sep 5, 20261.8 s
Sep 12, 20261.8 s
Sep 19, 20261.8 s
Sep 26, 20261.8 s
Oct 3, 20261.8 s
Oct 10, 20261.8 s
Oct 17, 20261.8 s
Oct 24, 20261.7 s
Oct 31, 20261.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
105 ms94 msMay 16Oct 31100 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026104 ms
May 23, 2026104 ms
May 30, 2026104 ms
Jun 6, 2026104 ms
Jun 13, 2026104 ms
Jun 20, 2026102 ms
Jun 27, 202697 ms
Jul 4, 202698 ms
Jul 11, 202697 ms
Jul 18, 202696 ms
Jul 25, 202696 ms
Aug 1, 202695 ms
Aug 8, 202695 ms
Aug 15, 202695 ms
Aug 22, 202696 ms
Aug 29, 202699 ms
Sep 5, 2026103 ms
Sep 12, 2026100 ms
Sep 19, 202696 ms
Sep 26, 202696 ms
Oct 3, 202696 ms
Oct 10, 202699 ms
Oct 17, 202698 ms
Oct 24, 202698 ms
Oct 31, 2026100 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of schooloutlet.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. schooloutlet.com at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. schooloutlet.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  3. schooloutlet.com at 1.8 s1.8 s
  4. schooloutlet.com at 2.5 s2.5 s
  5. schooloutlet.com at 3.1 s3.1 s
  6. schooloutlet.com at 3.7 s3.7 s
  7. schooloutlet.com at 4.3 s4.3 s
  8. schooloutlet.com at 4.9 s4.9 s

Speed

10 to fix43
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.7 s · 502 KiB

    About 502 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.7 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.9 s

    11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.9 s.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.1 s · 255 KiB

    28 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (255 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 43

    43/100

    Your mobile performance score is 43. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 5.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 5.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.8 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 3,845 HTML elements

    The page has 3,845 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, termly.io and Clarity and others), adding 1.1 MB and 1.1 s of main-thread time.

  • 19 long tasks on the main thread

    19 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 418 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 357 ms

    357 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 357 ms of main-thread work and 164 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • tidio.co adds 95 ms

    95 ms

    tidio.co costs a phone 95 ms of main-thread work and 515 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    33 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 33 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    30 KiB

    About 30 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Minify JavaScript

    11 KiB

    11 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Improve image delivery

    9 KiB

    2 images could be 9 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    1 KiB

    1 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 12 ms

    12 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 12 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

4 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 12.6 s

    12.6 s

    Your largest element takes 12.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use essential cookies to make our site work. With your c…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 14.8 s

    14.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 14.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.4 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 6.4 s

    6.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -5%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 104 ms to 100 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

9 checks passed
  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 96 ms

    96 ms

    Real visitors wait 96 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.02

    0.02

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 465 ms

    465 ms

    Real visitors wait 465 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors

    -18%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.1 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001

    0.001

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.6 MB in 218 requests

    2.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.6 MB in 218 requests on a phone: scripts 1.4 MB (74), other files 627 KiB (75) and fonts 253 KiB (7). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.74 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.74 g of CO₂e: 89.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9697
  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Hidden but focusable

    1 element hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 1 form field without a label

    1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 41 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 47 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 1 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 10085
  • Title is long (85 characters)

    Your title is 85 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Welcome to School Outlet, the premiere online School Furniture Provide – SchoolOutlet”.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 584 internal links, 4 external

    The homepage links to 584 pages on schooloutlet.com and 4 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Meta description: 156 characters

    Your meta description is 156 characters: “School Outlet offers school desks, chairs, tables and more for every grade and all sizes. For more information visit th…”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.schooloutlet.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.schooloutlet.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Organization data: 4 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,803 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://www.schooloutlet.com/llms.txt (5 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 14 pages slow to respond

    https://www.schooloutlet.com/pages/contact-us, https://www.schooloutlet.com/collections/chairs, https://www.schooloutlet.com/collections/desks, https://www.schooloutlet.com/collections/tables, https://www.schooloutlet.com/collections/cafeteria-school-lunch-tables and https://www.schooloutlet.com/collections/science-lab-furniture and 8 others took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 197 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

3 to fixGoogle 8876
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=4009413&Ver=2&mid=3b3a0548-179b-4d83-9553-171959657e16&bo=1&sid=46bde310d88211f194cefbc374d5abf4&vid=46bdf3f0d88211f1822fbb2666f062bf&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&lg=.

  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught TypeError: Failed to construct 'URL': Invalid URL”.

  • 4 distorted images

    4 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

  • 4 low-resolution images

    4 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    28 of 30 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix86
  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 6 trust badges. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • Only about 249 words

    The homepage has only about 249 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

8 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Call us now”.

  • 7 calls to action

    The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “Contact us”, “Track Order” and “Reading Centers & Book Displays”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Fathom and Cloudflare Web Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 4 phone links and 0 email links.

  • Opening hours shown

    Your opening hours are on the homepage.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Privacy and tracking

  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Ads and Microsoft Clarity (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Termly) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 21 cookies set on arrival

    21

    Opening the homepage sets 21 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 41 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 41 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Termly

    A consent management tool (Termly) loads with the page.

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at schooloutlet.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 6 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Hulk Product Options · Seowill Redirects · Simprosys Google Shopping Feed · Dr Cart Shipping Rates · jst.ai · hikeorders.com

Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Tailwind CSS
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Analytics | Microsoft Clarity | Fathom
Hosting
Cloudflare

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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