SchoolDigger Data API
Supercharge Your Website or App with the Most Reliable School Data!
Looking for the most trusted and up-to-date U.S. K-12 school and district data? You've come to the right place! Since 2006, SchoolDigger.com has been a leading resource for accurate and comprehensive U.S. school data. We pride ourselves on keeping our data current, ensuring that you always have access to the latest information available.
Data Available Includes...
School & District Listings
- Over 130,000 schools and 18,500 districts
- Addresses, phone numbers, and parent/student reviews
- Latitude and longitude for precise geographic insights
Advanced Search Capabilities
- Search by name, district, city, zip code, charter status, magnet status, and location
20 Years of Yearly Metrics
- Student enrollment numbers and teacher counts
- Racial demographics and free/reduced lunch recipients
- Student-to-teacher ratios for better analysis
SchoolDigger Rankings
- 10+ years of SchoolDigger rankings of schools and school districts
Test Score Data
- Over 20 million test score records from the past 10 years
- Performance tiers, such as proficient vs. highly proficient
Spending Per Pupil
- Building-level insights into school spending
New! Student Metrics
- Chronic Absenteeism Rates
- 4-Year High School Graduation Rates
- Drop Out Rates
Seamlessly integrate our data into your websites and apps to elevate your user experience and provide your audience with the most dependable school data on the web!
Choose Your Data Access Method
Getting started with the API is easy!
Register
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
To get started, choose a plan:
...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*
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School/District lists:
Address
Phone Number
Parent/Student Reviews -
Search by:
Name
District
City
Zip code
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Yearly metrics: 1 year
Number of Students
Number of Teachers
Racial Makeup
Free/Reduced Recipients
Student/Teacher Ratio - SchoolDigger Rankings: 2 years
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Sample JSON:
School
Rank list - Start Free Trial
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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*
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School/District lists:
Address
Phone Number
Parent/Student Reviews
Latitude/Longitude -
Search by:
Name
District
City
Zip code
Charter
Magnet
Latitude/Longitude
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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
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More Metrics: 1 year
Spending Per Pupil
Chronic Absenteeism Rates
4-Year Graduation Rates
Dropout Rates
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Sample JSON:
School
Rank list - Start Free Trial
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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*
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School/District lists:
Address
Phone Number
Parent/Student Reviews
Latitude/Longitude
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Search by:
Name
District
City
Zip code
Charter
Magnet
Latitude/Longitude
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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
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More Metrics: up to 5 years
Spending Per Pupil
Chronic Absenteeism Rates
4-Year Graduation Rates
Dropout Rates
- Test Score Performance Tiers (e.g. proficient vs highly proficient): 10 years
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Spending Per Pupil at the Building Level
Split by Federal and State/Local Spending
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Sample JSON:
School
Rank list - Start Free Trial
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DEV/TEST
- If you want to kick the tires of the API for free, you can sign up for DEV/TEST.
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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!
Easy access to multiple data subscription packages!
Choose a package
We have multiple packages available for immediate download
Sign up and download
Use your AWS account to purchase the data
Integrate!
Start coding and create your application with SchoolDigger data!
Bulk Data Download
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 |
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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 |
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Free Sample |
We are also able to customize data sets to your specific needs! Please contact us at data@schooldigger.com. Let us know about your use case and how we can help.
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
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