# France Schools Directory – Emails, Phones, Sections (`bstandco/france-schools-directory`) Actor

All 68,000 French schools, middle and high schools from the official Ministry directory: email, phone, website, GPS, public or private, sections, canteen, boarding. Filter by area, type and features. Updated daily.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bstandco/france-schools-directory.md
- **Developed by:** [BSTAndCo](https://apify.com/bstandco) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.10 / 1,000 schools

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## France Schools Directory – Emails, Phones, Sections

Get **every French school, middle school (collège) and high school (lycée)** from the **official directory of the Ministry of Education**, updated **every day**: about **68,000 establishments**, public and private, with **email, phone, website, address and GPS**.

Filter by **area** (department, city, postal code or radius around a point), **type**, **public or private** status, **private contract**, **sections** (sport, international, European, arts…), **tracks** (general, technological, vocational, post-bac), **canteen, boarding**, **priority education** (REP / REP+) and **opening date**.

### Who is it for?

- **EdTech and school suppliers**: build a targeted list of schools to contact, for example every private high school in a region.
- **School photographers, school trips, catering and transport companies**: find all schools around your base, sorted by distance.
- **Tutoring and guidance businesses**: map high schools with post-bac courses or international sections.
- **Researchers, journalists and local authorities**: count and map establishments by area and type.

### What data do you get?

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `uai`, `name`, `type`, `nature` | 0690026D, Lycée du Parc, Lycée, LYCEE D ENSEIGNEMENT GENERAL |
| `status`, `privateContract` | public / private, contract with the State |
| `address`, `postalCode`, `city`, `inseeCode` | full address |
| `department`, `departmentName`, `academy`, `region` | 69, Rhône, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| `email`, `emailType` | ce.0690026D@ac-lyon.fr, `academic`, `other` or `withheld_personal` |
| `phone`, `website`, `onisepUrl`, `siret` | contact details and official identifiers |
| `latitude`, `longitude`, `distanceKm` | GPS, and distance when you search around a point |
| `priorityEducation` | REP, REP+ or empty |
| `levels` | nursery, elementary (primary schools) |
| `features` | canteen, boarding, tracks, post-bac, sport, international, European, arts sections, ULIS, SEGPA… |
| `openedAt`, `updatedAt` | opening date, last update in the official directory |

### How to use

All high schools in the Rhône with a sport section:

```json
{
  "establishmentTypes": ["Lycée"],
  "departments": ["69"],
  "features": ["sport_section"],
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

Every school within 10 km of central Lyon, closest first:

```json
{
  "latitude": "45.7640",
  "longitude": "4.8357",
  "radiusKm": 10,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

Private schools outside contract (Montessori, bilingual…) in Paris with an email:

```json
{
  "status": "private",
  "privateContract": "outside_contract",
  "cities": ["Paris"],
  "onlyWithEmail": true
}
```

**Tips**

- Leave the establishment types empty to get primary schools, middle schools and high schools.
- Paris, Lyon and Marseille include their arrondissements.
- Use `onlyAcademicEmails` to keep only official addresses such as `ce.0690026D@ac-lyon.fr`.
- Schedule it with `openedAfter` to follow new schools as they open.

### Pricing

Pay per result: you are charged once per establishment returned.

### Emails and privacy

The emails are the **contact addresses of the establishments**, published by the Ministry in its open directory. Most are official academic addresses. No names of principals, teachers or pupils are included.

**Addresses that look like a person's** (firstname.lastname@…), which some small private schools publish, are **withheld** (`email` empty, `emailType: withheld_personal`), whatever the options. With `onlyWithEmail`, these establishments are skipped and not charged. If you use the emails for prospecting, follow the GDPR and the CNIL rules on B2B emails: a relevant message, and an easy way to unsubscribe.

### Source

**Annuaire de l'éducation**, Ministry of National Education, via data.education.gouv.fr, under the **Licence Ouverte v2.0 (Etalab)**, which allows commercial reuse. Every result includes its source.

*Not affiliated with the French government.*

# Actor input Schema

## `establishmentTypes` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for primary schools, middle schools (collèges) and high schools (lycées).

## `status` (type: `string`):

Public establishments, private ones, or both.

## `privateContract` (type: `string`):

For private schools: under contract with the State (most Catholic schools) or outside contract (Montessori, bilingual, alternative schools…).

## `departments` (type: `array`):

Department numbers, e.g. 15, 69, 2A, 974.

## `postalCodes` (type: `array`):

French postal codes, e.g. 75013.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

City names, e.g. Lyon, Saint-Étienne. Paris, Lyon and Marseille include their arrondissements.

## `latitude` (type: `string`):

Centre of a radius search, e.g. 45.7640. Use with longitude and radius. Results are sorted by distance.

## `longitude` (type: `string`):

Centre of a radius search, e.g. 4.8357.

## `radiusKm` (type: `integer`):

Radius around the latitude and longitude, from 1 to 200 km.

## `nameKeywords` (type: `array`):

Words in the establishment name, e.g. Montessori, Saint-Joseph, agricole.

## `features` (type: `array`):

Keep only establishments that have all of these.

## `priorityEducation` (type: `array`):

Only establishments in priority education networks.

## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Skip establishments without a published email.

## `onlyAcademicEmails` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only official addresses such as ce.0690001a@ac-lyon.fr (drops private addresses like Gmail).

## `openedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only establishments opened on or after this date, format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2025-09-01.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of establishments returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "establishmentTypes": [
    "Lycée"
  ],
  "status": "all",
  "privateContract": "any",
  "departments": [
    "69"
  ],
  "radiusKm": 5,
  "onlyWithEmail": false,
  "onlyAcademicEmails": false,
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

French schools with type, public or private status, city, email and phone.

## `results` (type: `string`):

Every field: address, GPS, sections, features, levels, dates (JSON).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "establishmentTypes": [
        "Lycée"
    ],
    "departments": [
        "69"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bstandco/france-schools-directory").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "establishmentTypes": ["Lycée"],
    "departments": ["69"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bstandco/france-schools-directory").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "establishmentTypes": [
    "Lycée"
  ],
  "departments": [
    "69"
  ]
}' |
apify call bstandco/france-schools-directory --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bstandco/france-schools-directory"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/0RzuPdN6z210ereen/builds/ogIrV0TaaAQrHFgj7/openapi.json