Niche K-12 Scraper

Niche (niche.com) is a school discovery and review platform. This actor collects structured K-12 school profile data from Niche search result pages and direct school detail pages.

Introduction

The Niche K-12 scraper starts from Niche K-12 search or school profile URLs, paginates through search results, and extracts structured school data such as name, address, rating, Niche grade, tuition, admissions, academics, student statistics, rankings, FAQs, and more.

Use Cases

• School research: Build datasets of private, public, boarding, or ranked schools from selected Niche searches.
• Market analysis: Compare school ratings, tuition, rankings, grades, and student statistics across locations.
• Lead generation: Collect school websites, phone numbers, and profile metadata for outreach workflows.
• Education analytics: Feed BI tools, dashboards, and internal data pipelines with structured K-12 school records.

Input

Provide the following fields:

• startUrls (array, required): Niche K-12 search result URLs or direct school detail URLs.
• maxItems (integer, optional): Maximum number of school detail pages to collect from list URLs.
• proxyConfiguration (object, optional): Apify proxy settings.

Notes:

• Proxies are recommended because Niche may show bot-protection pages such as "press and hold" challenges.
• The actor retires blocked sessions and retries when protected pages are detected.

Input Examples

1) Search and detail URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-schools/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.niche.com/k12/st-andrews-school-middletown-de/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output

Each dataset item contains fields like:

{
  "url": "https://www.niche.com/k12/st-andrews-school-middletown-de/",
  "loadedUrl": "https://www.niche.com/k12/st-andrews-school-middletown-de/",
  "name": "St. Andrew's School",
  "pageTitle": "St. Andrew's School in DE - Niche",
  "description": "St. Andrew's School is a private high school located in , Delaware.",
  "image": "https://d13b2ieg84qqce.cloudfront.net/da2d8bcb7f742c6b8e0eff2e6e8c5734fe80f0aa",
  "website": "https://www.standrews-de.org/",
  "phone": "(302) 285-4213",
  "claimed": true,
  "address": {
    "street": "350 NOXONTOWN RD",
    "city": "MIDDLETOWN",
    "state": "DE",
    "postalCode": "19709",
    "country": null,
    "raw": "350 NOXONTOWN RD, MIDDLETOWN, DE, 19709"
  },
  "rating": {
    "value": 4.634285714285714,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1,
    "reviewCount": 175
  },
  "nicheGrade": "A+",
  "categoryGrades": {
    "Academics": "A+",
    "Diversity": "A",
    "Teachers": "A+",
    "College Prep": "A+",
    "Clubs & Activities": "A+",
    "Sports": "A"
  },
  "tags": ["Boarding School", "Christian", "High School", "Private"],
  "admissions": {
    "applicationDeadline": "January 15",
    "applicationFee": null,
    "interviewRequired": "Yes",
    "requiredTests": "ISEE, SSAT, TOEFL"
  },
  "tuition": {
    "yearly": "$72,870",
    "yearlyAmount": 72870,
    "boarding": "$72,870",
    "boardingAmount": 72870,
    "receivedFinancialAid": "44%",
    "receivedFinancialAidPercent": 44,
    "averageFinancialAid": "$52,826",
    "averageFinancialAidAmount": 52826
  },
  "academics": {
    "averageGraduationRate": "100%",
    "averageSAT": "1400",
    "averageACT": "33"
  },
  "students": {
    "count": "315",
    "boarding": "100%",
    "boardingDaysPerWeek": "7-day",
    "internationalBoarding": "14%",
    "topCountries": "Australia, Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom"
  },
  "rankings": [],
  "breadcrumbs": [],
  "faqs": []
}

The scraper paginates through Niche search results and stops when maxItems is reached or when no more result items are found.

Why use the Niche K-12 Scraper?

• Focused: Built specifically for Niche K-12 school search and profile pages.
• Structured output: Ready-to-use JSON records for analysis and automation.
• Pagination support: Search pages are paginated automatically.
• Flexible input: Supports both search URLs and direct school profile URLs.
• Bot-protection handling: Detects protected pages, retires blocked sessions, and retries.
• Apify-native: Works with Apify datasets, request queue, and proxy config.

FAQ

• How many schools can it extract?
  Controlled by maxItems for search/list URLs. Direct detail URLs are also scraped.

• Do I need proxies?
  Proxies are recommended. Niche may show bot-protection pages on direct or repeated traffic.

• Can I start from a direct school profile URL?
  Yes. Direct K-12 school detail URLs are supported.

• Can I start from a search results URL?
  Yes. URLs such as https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-schools/ are supported.

• What if Niche changes their website structure?
  The actor may require updates to keep extraction stable.

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Image Credit

Image credit: niche.com.