diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/Modal.module.css b/nextjs-app/components/Modal.module.css
index eab03ac..fb4bf92 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/Modal.module.css
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/Modal.module.css
@@ -123,11 +123,13 @@
   .modal {
     width: 100%;
     max-width: 100%;
-    /* Bottom sheet: open at a stable, comfortable height so the empty
-       "start typing" state isn't a tiny stub and the sheet doesn't jump as
-       results load (the results list scrolls within). */
-    min-height: 55vh;
-    max-height: 95vh;
+    /* Bottom sheet sized against the overlay (which tracks the visual
+       viewport), NOT vh: when the keyboard is open the overlay is short, so
+       max-height:100% keeps the whole sheet — input and results — above the
+       keyboard. min-height gives a comfortable default without a tiny stub,
+       but is capped at 100% so it never exceeds the visible area. */
+    min-height: min(55vh, 100%);
+    max-height: 100%;
     border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
     border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
     animation: slideUp 0.3s ease;
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/Modal.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/Modal.tsx
index 06f0a02..bac310f 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/Modal.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/Modal.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 'use client';
 
-import { useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import styles from './Modal.module.css';
 
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ interface ModalProps {
 }
 
 export function Modal({ isOpen, onClose, children, title, size = 'medium' }: ModalProps) {
+  const overlayRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
   const handleEscape = useCallback((e: KeyboardEvent) => {
     if (e.key === 'Escape') {
       onClose();
@@ -39,6 +41,32 @@ export function Modal({ isOpen, onClose, children, title, size = 'medium' }: Mod
     };
   }, [isOpen, handleEscape]);
 
+  // Pin the overlay to the VISUAL viewport, not the layout viewport. On mobile
+  // the on-screen keyboard shrinks the visual viewport but not the layout one,
+  // so a `position: fixed; inset: 0` overlay keeps full height — leaving the
+  // bottom-anchored sheet (and the dim backdrop's lower half) hidden behind
+  // the keyboard. Tracking visualViewport.height/offsetTop keeps the whole
+  // overlay — backdrop and sheet — inside the visible area, above the keyboard.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isOpen) return;
+    const vv = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.visualViewport : null;
+    const el = overlayRef.current;
+    if (!vv || !el) return;
+
+    const sync = () => {
+      el.style.top = `${vv.offsetTop}px`;
+      el.style.height = `${vv.height}px`;
+      el.style.bottom = 'auto';
+    };
+    sync();
+    vv.addEventListener('resize', sync);
+    vv.addEventListener('scroll', sync);
+    return () => {
+      vv.removeEventListener('resize', sync);
+      vv.removeEventListener('scroll', sync);
+    };
+  }, [isOpen]);
+
   if (!isOpen || typeof window === 'undefined') return null;
 
   const handleOverlayClick = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
@@ -48,7 +76,7 @@ export function Modal({ isOpen, onClose, children, title, size = 'medium' }: Mod
   };
 
   return createPortal(
-    <div className={styles.overlay} onClick={handleOverlayClick}>
+    <div ref={overlayRef} className={styles.overlay} onClick={handleOverlayClick}>
       <div className={`${styles.modal} ${styles[size]}`}>
         <div className={styles.header}>
           {title && <h2 className={styles.title}>{title}</h2>}
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/SchoolSearchModal.module.css b/nextjs-app/components/SchoolSearchModal.module.css
index 640dcea..2bbc8a5 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/SchoolSearchModal.module.css
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/SchoolSearchModal.module.css
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@
     padding: 1rem;
   }
 
+  /* One scroll container on mobile: the modal content itself scrolls, so the
+     results list must not add its own inner scroll (double scrollbars, and
+     the input would be trapped above a short 400px window when the keyboard
+     shrinks the sheet). */
+  .results {
+    max-height: none;
+    overflow: visible;
+  }
+
   /* Compact stacked card: name + meta, then a full-width action so the tap
      target is obvious and the card doesn't waste vertical space. */
   .resultItem {