SchoolDigger.com API - Power your website or application with SchoolDigger data

Power your website or application with SchoolDigger data!

Since 2006, SchoolDigger.com has been the internet's most comprehensive source for U.S. K-12 school and district data.

Now for the first time, this data is available in JSON format for use on your websites and in your apps!

Getting started is easy!

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Select a plan below to get started

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Use your App ID and API key to authenticate the calls you make

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Start coding and create awesome applications with the SchoolDigger API

Plans are available for any budget:

...and you may change or cancel your plan at any time!

API
Bulk Data License

BASIC
$9.90/month
Cost per call (monthly):
  0 - 2,000: included
  2,001 - 10,000: $0.0040
  10,001 - 50,000: $0.0032
  50,001+: $.0028
7 day FREE trial*
School/District lists:
  Address
  Phone Number
  Parent/Student Reviews
Search by:
  Name
  District
  City
  Zip code
Yearly metrics: 1 year
  Number of Students
  Number of Teachers
  Racial Makeup
  Free/Reduced Recipients
  Student/Teacher Ratio
SchoolDigger Rankings: 2 years
Sample JSON:
School
Rank list
Start Free Trial

PRO
$89.00/month
Cost per call (monthly):
  0 - 2,000: included
  2,001 - 10,000: $0.0080
  10,001 - 50,000: $0.0064
  50,001+: $.0056
7 day FREE trial*
School/District lists:
  Address
  Phone Number
  Parent/Student Reviews
  Latitude/Longitude
Search by:
  Name
  District
  City
  Zip code
  Charter
  Magnet
  Latitude/Longitude
Yearly metrics: 8 years
  Number of Students
  Number of Teachers
  Racial Makeup
  Free/Reduced Recipients
  Student/Teacher Ratio
SchoolDigger Rankings: 4 years
Test Scores: 4 years
Spending Per Pupil at the Building Level
Sample JSON:
School
Rank list
Start Free Trial

ENTERPRISE
$189.00/month
Cost per call (monthly):
  0 - 2,000: included
  2,001 - 10,000: $0.0100
  10,001 - 50,000: $0.0080
  50,001+: $.0070
7 day FREE trial*
School/District lists:
  Address
  Phone Number
  Parent/Student Reviews
  Latitude/Longitude
Search by:
  Name
  District
  City
  Zip code
  Charter
  Magnet
  Latitude/Longitude
Yearly metrics: 20 years
  Number of Students
  Number of Teachers
  Racial Makeup
  Free/Reduced Recipients
  Student/Teacher Ratio
SchoolDigger Rankings: 10 years
Test Scores: 10 years
Test Score Performance Tiers (e.g. proficient vs highly proficient): 10 years
Spending Per Pupil at the Building Level
Split by Federal and State/Local Spending
Sample JSON:
School
Rank list
Start Free Trial

DEV/TEST
If you want to kick the tires of the API for free, you can sign up for DEV/TEST.
DEV/TEST is a free account that has ENTERPRISE level data access. Calls are limited to 1 per minute and 20 per day.

Calls can be made over this limit, but obfuscated results are returned.
No credit card required!

* Free trial requires a credit card. You will be notified before any charges are incurred.

You can change or cancel your plan at any time!
Any questions? Contact us at api@schooldigger.com!

We have made self-service bulk downloads of SchoolDigger data available at the AWS Marketplace! Data sets consist of a series of machine-readable files and are suited for import into a relational database management system (RDBMS).

Prices are for a year-long lease and includes four quarterly updates (on Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st).

To see if a dataset is right for you, download a free sample for evaluation!

Package Name	Package Contents	Data Description	Price	Get It!
US Nationwide School Directory	1 csv file	Single CSV file containing one entry per school building, including: NCES School ID, School Name, Address, Zip Code, County, URL, Lat/Long, District Name, Phone, Grades Served, Magnet/Charter/Virtual flags	$399/year	Subscribe Free Sample
US Nationwide School Directory w/Student Populations	1 csv file	Same as US Nationwide School Directory, but also includes Student Body Count, Ethnic Breakdown, Pupil/Teacher Ratio, Free-Reduced Lunch Program Recipient Count	$1,275/year	Subscribe Free Sample
US Nationwide School Directory w/Student Populations and Star Rating	1 csv file	Same as US Nationwide School Directory w/Student Populations, but also includes SchoolDigger Star Rating for public schools (0-5 stars).	$1,950/year	Subscribe Free Sample
US Nationwide School Directory & Performance Metrics - 1 year	16 normalized tab-delimited files	Complete database that powers SchoolDigger. Includes school directory, district directory, one year of school student attributes (student body count, ethnicity, pupil/teacher ratios, free-reduced lunch program recipients), one year of test scores (includes percent-proficient scoring students at the state, district, building, test, subject and grade levels), one year of SchooDigger School Ranking Lists, one year of SchoolDigger District Ranking Lists, one year of SchoolDigger City Ranking Lists, one year of spending-per pupil at the building level, school reviews submitted by SchoolDigger website visitors	$12,750/year	Subscribe Free Sample
US Nationwide School Directory & Performance Metrics - 5 years	16 normalized tab-delimited files	Same as US Nationwide School Directory & Performance Metrics - 1 year, but includes 5 years of student attributes, 5 years of test scores, 5 years of SchoolDigger School Rankings, 5 years of SchoolDigger District Rankings, and 5 years of SchoolDigger City rankings. Test scores also include tier breakdowns (for example: % below standard, % meets standard, % exceeds standard)	$17,500/year	Subscribe Free Sample
US Nationwide School Directory & Performance Metrics - 10 years	16 normalized tab-delimited files	Same as US Nationwide School Directory & Performance Metrics - 1 year, but includes 10 years of student attributes, 10 years of test scores, 10 years of SchoolDigger School Rankings, 10 years of SchoolDigger District Rankings, and 10 years of SchoolDigger City rankings. Test scores also include tier breakdowns (for example: % below standard, % meets standard, % exceeds standard)	$34,500/year	Subscribe Free Sample

If you are interested in pursuing a SchoolDigger data license or have any questions, please contact us at data@schooldigger.com. Let us know about your use case and how we can help. We will get right back to you!

Companies rely on SchoolDigger data!

SchoolDigger has been a reliable source of school data for over 12 years and proudly powers these partners:

I'm here if you need assistance!

I'm Pete Claar, founder of SchoolDigger.com. I'm a life-long developer and love how APIs have made complex integrations simple. I spend a lot of time collecting and integrating nationwide school and district test score data and hope that this API is useful to you in your own endeavors. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about SchoolDigger or the API -- I'd love to hear from you! I'm at pete@schooldigger.com.