SchoolSpring Scraper

Scrape SchoolSpring — the leading US education job board with 110K+ active teaching, administration, support and substitute jobs. Search by keyword, location, job category, grade level and job type, or fetch full job details (salary, contact person, requirements, GPS coordinates, posting deadlines) by job ID or URL. HTTP-only via the public api.schoolspring.com JSON API. No auth, no proxy.

What this actor does

• Three modes: search, byId, byUrl
• Rich filters: keyword, location, category dropdown, grade level, job type, posted-within-days
• Full detail records: pay ranges, contact person, degree/experience requirements, coordinates
• Category taxonomy: dropdown built from SchoolSpring's own job-category system
• Empty fields are omitted

Output per job (mode = search)

• jobId — SchoolSpring job ID
• title, employer, location
• displayDate — listing date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• schoolSpringUrl

Output per job (mode = byId / byUrl)

• jobId, title, employer, externalJobCode
• jobDescription, requirements, instructions — HTML stripped to text
• jobType (Full-time / Part-time / Summer / ...), shiftType, positions
• payMin, payMax, payType, payDisplay — when the district advertises pay
• degreeType, experienceRequired, certificationEligibleRequired, unionName
• contactName, contactTitle, contactEmail, contactPhone
• location, latitude, longitude
• jobBoards[], jobBoardUrl — the district job-board that posted the job
• categories[] — job category / sub-category strings (e.g. Classroom Teacher / Elementary)
• postDate, displayDate, applicationDeadline, closeDate
• infoUrl — external application page (often a TED K-12 / PowerSchool link)
• eoeStatement
• schoolSpringUrl, recordType: "job", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search / byId / byUrl
searchQuery	string	math teacher	Free-text keyword (mode=search)
location	string	–	e.g. Ohio, New York, Chicago (mode=search)
category	enum	–	Full 239-value category taxonomy (e.g. Elementary, Math: Algebra, Special Education: General)
categoryId	int	–	Numeric category ID override
organizationName	string	–	Employer organization name, e.g. New Albany Plain Local (resolved via SchoolSpring's org directory)
gradeLevel	enum	–	Preschool / Primary / Intermediate / Middle / Secondary / Post-secondary
jobType	enum	–	Full-time / Part-time / Summer / After school/Evening
sortDateAscending	bool	false	Newest first (false) or oldest first (true)
jobIds	array	–	Job IDs (mode=byId)
startUrls	array	–	Job URLs (mode=byUrl)
postedWithinDays	int	–	Only jobs posted within N days
containsKeyword	string	–	Substring filter on title/employer/location
locationKeyword	string	–	Substring filter on location text
minPay	int	–	Min advertised annual pay, USD (detail mode)
maxItems	int	50	Hard cap (1–2000)

Example: math teacher jobs posted this week

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "math teacher",
  "postedWithinDays": 7,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: all elementary jobs in Ohio

{
  "mode": "search",
  "category": "43",
  "location": "Ohio",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: full details for specific jobs

{
  "mode": "byId",
  "jobIds": ["5864716", "5865419", "5865326"]
}

Example: lookup by URL

{
  "mode": "byUrl",
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://www.schoolspring.com/jobdetail?jobId=5864716"}
  ]
}

Use cases

• Education staffing agencies — monitor open teaching positions by district and category
• Teacher job seekers — track new postings in a target state with posted-within filters
• District recruiting teams — benchmark competing districts' job postings, pay ranges and deadlines
• Market research — quantify education job demand by subject, grade level and geography
• Edtech sales — build lists of districts currently hiring (employer + jobBoardUrl) for outreach

FAQ

What is SchoolSpring? A US education job board (part of PowerSchool/Unified Talent) carrying 110K+ teaching and education jobs posted by school districts nationwide.

Is there a rate limit? No documented hard cap. The actor uses small polite delays between requests.

Why does the category dropdown have 239 options? The dropdown mirrors SchoolSpring's full sub-category taxonomy, so every valid category is selectable without needing the numeric override.

Why are some jobs missing pay data? Districts advertise pay voluntarily. Jobs without advertised pay simply omit the pay fields — the record is still complete.

What is infoUrl? The district's own application page (often a TED K-12 or PowerSchool ATS link). SchoolSpring sometimes requires an account to apply directly; the infoUrl is the canonical application path.

How fresh is the data? Live — every run queries the SchoolSpring API in real time.

Is this affiliated with SchoolSpring? No. This is an independent third-party actor using SchoolSpring's public API.