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US Public Schools Directory: NCES School Data by State

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US Public Schools Directory: NCES School Data by State

US Public Schools Directory: NCES School Data by State

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Every US public and charter school from the federal NCES Common Core of Data: address, phone, district, grades, level, enrollment, teachers, student-teacher ratio, free lunch counts, locale and coordinates, with optional race and ethnicity counts.

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What does US Public Schools Directory do?

US Public Schools Directory returns every public and charter school in the states you choose, from the federal NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) as served by the Urban Institute Education Data API. Built for ed-tech and school-supply sales teams, researchers, real estate and relocation sites.

Per result you get:

  • 🏫 NCES ID, name, district, full address, phone, county and coordinates
  • 🎓 level, grade span, charter, magnet, virtual, Title I status
  • 👩‍🏫 students, teachers (FTE), students per teacher, free and reduced-price lunch counts
  • 📊 optional student counts by race and ethnicity
  • 🔎 filter by state, city, name, level, charter, closed schools on or off

How to use it

  1. Click Try for free: the prefilled input runs in seconds.
  2. Replace the example input with your own and press Start.
  3. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule the run.

Input example

{
    "states": [
        "TX",
        "OK"
    ],
    "year": 2023,
    "cities": [
        "Austin",
        "Tulsa"
    ],
    "levels": [
        "High"
    ],
    "includeDemographics": true,
    "maxResults": 500
}

Output example

{
    "rowType": "school",
    "input": "WY",
    "ncesId": "560000900145",
    "name": "Cathedral Home for Children",
    "district": "Cathedral Home for Children - Administration Office",
    "city": "Laramie",
    "state": "WY",
    "phone": "(307)745-8997",
    "level": "Other",
    "grades": "4-12",
    "charter": false,
    "enrollment": 12,
    "teachersFte": 0,
    "studentTeacherRatio": null,
    "freeOrReducedLunch": 9,
    "locale": "Rural, fringe"
}

How much does it cost?

This Actor uses pay per event:

EventPrice
School returned$0.0004 each
Summary and error rowsfree
  • 1,000 schools cost $0.40.
  • Schools your filters remove are not charged.
  • Apify also charges a tiny standard start fee per run. Maximum cost per run caps your spending.

Data source and terms

  • NCES Common Core of Data (US Department of Education) through the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (educationdata.urban.org), licensed under ODC-By 1.0. Please cite the Education Data Portal and the CCD when you publish this data.
  • This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by NCES / Urban Institute. Collect only what you are allowed to use, and respect personal data rules (GDPR/CCPA) for any personal data in the results.

Limitations

  • The CCD is published once a year, so the newest year lags one or two school years behind.
  • Private schools are not in the CCD.
  • Counts the state reported as missing or suppressed are returned as null.

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