SchoolDigger API

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

Get your API key

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

Integrate!

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!

  • 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

  • SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY
    ADD-ON

    Starts at $599/month
  • Take your app to a whole new level! In partnership with ATTOM Data Solutions, we now offer the industry's most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date School Attendance Area lookup!
  • Paired with a SchoolDigger API plan, this add-on will allow you to confidently search the SchoolDigger database for schools that serve any property address.
  • Example: "List the schools that have attendance boundaries serving 123 Main St, Anytown USA"
  • Find out more!

  • 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.

* 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!      


New for 2022! 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:

Money Magazine    Century 21    Pitney Bowes    Onboard Informatics   


Coldwell Banker    IXL Franklin Covey National Wildlife Federation

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.
Pete