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SchoolDigger API V1

schooldigger · Data

Data No Auth Free & Open open_data education

Get detailed data on over 120,000 schools and 18,500 districts in the U.S.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Returns a list of districts

Search the SchoolDigger database for districts. You may use any combination of criteria as query parameters.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts?q=test&st=example&zip=10001&city=London&page=1&appID=example&appKey=example&sortBy=example&perPage=1&nearLatitude=1&boxLatitudeNW=1&boxLatitudeSE=1&distanceMiles=1&nearLongitude=1&boxLongitudeNW=1&boxLongitudeSE=1&boundaryAddress=example&isInBoundaryOnly=true&includeUnrankedDistrictsInRankSort=true

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts?q=test&st=example&zip=10001&city=London&page=1&appID=example&appKey=example&sortBy=example&perPage=1&nearLatitude=1&boxLatitudeNW=1&boxLatitudeSE=1&distanceMiles=1&nearLongitude=1&boxLongitudeNW=1&boxLongitudeSE=1&boundaryAddress=example&isInBoundaryOnly=true&includeUnrankedDistrictsInRankSort=true"
import requests
params = {
    "q": "test",
    "st": "example",
    "zip": "10001",
    "city": "London",
    "page": "1",
    "appID": "example",
    "appKey": "example",
    "sortBy": "example",
    "perPage": "1",
    "nearLatitude": "1",
    "boxLatitudeNW": "1",
    "boxLatitudeSE": "1",
    "distanceMiles": "1",
    "nearLongitude": "1",
    "boxLongitudeNW": "1",
    "boxLongitudeSE": "1",
    "boundaryAddress": "example",
    "isInBoundaryOnly": "true",
    "includeUnrankedDistrictsInRankSort": "true"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('st', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('zip', '10001');
url.searchParams.set('city', 'London');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('appID', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('appKey', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('sortBy', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('perPage', '1');
url.searchParams.set('nearLatitude', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLatitudeNW', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLatitudeSE', '1');
url.searchParams.set('distanceMiles', '1');
url.searchParams.set('nearLongitude', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLongitudeNW', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLongitudeSE', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boundaryAddress', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('isInBoundaryOnly', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includeUnrankedDistrictsInRankSort', 'true');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("q", "test")
	q.Set("st", "example")
	q.Set("zip", "10001")
	q.Set("city", "London")
	q.Set("page", "1")
	q.Set("appID", "example")
	q.Set("appKey", "example")
	q.Set("sortBy", "example")
	q.Set("perPage", "1")
	q.Set("nearLatitude", "1")
	q.Set("boxLatitudeNW", "1")
	q.Set("boxLatitudeSE", "1")
	q.Set("distanceMiles", "1")
	q.Set("nearLongitude", "1")
	q.Set("boxLongitudeNW", "1")
	q.Set("boxLongitudeSE", "1")
	q.Set("boundaryAddress", "example")
	q.Set("isInBoundaryOnly", "true")
	q.Set("includeUnrankedDistrictsInRankSort", "true")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "q" => "test",
  "st" => "example",
  "zip" => "10001",
  "city" => "London",
  "page" => "1",
  "appID" => "example",
  "appKey" => "example",
  "sortBy" => "example",
  "perPage" => "1",
  "nearLatitude" => "1",
  "boxLatitudeNW" => "1",
  "boxLatitudeSE" => "1",
  "distanceMiles" => "1",
  "nearLongitude" => "1",
  "boxLongitudeNW" => "1",
  "boxLongitudeSE" => "1",
  "boundaryAddress" => "example",
  "isInBoundaryOnly" => "true",
  "includeUnrankedDistrictsInRankSort" => "true"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts?" . http_build_query([
    "q" => "test",
    "st" => "example",
    "zip" => "10001",
    "city" => "London",
    "page" => "1",
    "appID" => "example",
    "appKey" => "example",
    "sortBy" => "example",
    "perPage" => "1",
    "nearLatitude" => "1",
    "boxLatitudeNW" => "1",
    "boxLatitudeSE" => "1",
    "distanceMiles" => "1",
    "nearLongitude" => "1",
    "boxLongitudeNW" => "1",
    "boxLongitudeSE" => "1",
    "boundaryAddress" => "example",
    "isInBoundaryOnly" => "true",
    "includeUnrankedDistrictsInRankSort" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));
GET Returns a list of schools

Search the SchoolDigger database for schools. You may use any combination of criteria as query parameters.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/schools?q=test&st=example&zip=10001&city=London&page=1&appID=example&level=example&appKey=example&sortBy=example&perPage=1&isMagnet=true&isTitleI=true&isCharter=true&isVirtual=true&districtID=example&nearLatitude=1&boxLatitudeNW=1&boxLatitudeSE=1&distanceMiles=1&nearLongitude=1&boxLongitudeNW=1&boxLongitudeSE=1&boundaryAddress=example&isInBoundaryOnly=true&isTitleISchoolwide=true&qSearchSchoolNameOnly=true&includeUnrankedSchoolsInRankSort=true

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/schools?q=test&st=example&zip=10001&city=London&page=1&appID=example&level=example&appKey=example&sortBy=example&perPage=1&isMagnet=true&isTitleI=true&isCharter=true&isVirtual=true&districtID=example&nearLatitude=1&boxLatitudeNW=1&boxLatitudeSE=1&distanceMiles=1&nearLongitude=1&boxLongitudeNW=1&boxLongitudeSE=1&boundaryAddress=example&isInBoundaryOnly=true&isTitleISchoolwide=true&qSearchSchoolNameOnly=true&includeUnrankedSchoolsInRankSort=true"
import requests
params = {
    "q": "test",
    "st": "example",
    "zip": "10001",
    "city": "London",
    "page": "1",
    "appID": "example",
    "level": "example",
    "appKey": "example",
    "sortBy": "example",
    "perPage": "1",
    "isMagnet": "true",
    "isTitleI": "true",
    "isCharter": "true",
    "isVirtual": "true",
    "districtID": "example",
    "nearLatitude": "1",
    "boxLatitudeNW": "1",
    "boxLatitudeSE": "1",
    "distanceMiles": "1",
    "nearLongitude": "1",
    "boxLongitudeNW": "1",
    "boxLongitudeSE": "1",
    "boundaryAddress": "example",
    "isInBoundaryOnly": "true",
    "isTitleISchoolwide": "true",
    "qSearchSchoolNameOnly": "true",
    "includeUnrankedSchoolsInRankSort": "true"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/schools",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/schools');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('st', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('zip', '10001');
url.searchParams.set('city', 'London');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('appID', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('level', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('appKey', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('sortBy', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('perPage', '1');
url.searchParams.set('isMagnet', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('isTitleI', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('isCharter', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('isVirtual', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('districtID', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('nearLatitude', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLatitudeNW', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLatitudeSE', '1');
url.searchParams.set('distanceMiles', '1');
url.searchParams.set('nearLongitude', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLongitudeNW', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boxLongitudeSE', '1');
url.searchParams.set('boundaryAddress', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('isInBoundaryOnly', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('isTitleISchoolwide', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('qSearchSchoolNameOnly', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includeUnrankedSchoolsInRankSort', 'true');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/schools")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("q", "test")
	q.Set("st", "example")
	q.Set("zip", "10001")
	q.Set("city", "London")
	q.Set("page", "1")
	q.Set("appID", "example")
	q.Set("level", "example")
	q.Set("appKey", "example")
	q.Set("sortBy", "example")
	q.Set("perPage", "1")
	q.Set("isMagnet", "true")
	q.Set("isTitleI", "true")
	q.Set("isCharter", "true")
	q.Set("isVirtual", "true")
	q.Set("districtID", "example")
	q.Set("nearLatitude", "1")
	q.Set("boxLatitudeNW", "1")
	q.Set("boxLatitudeSE", "1")
	q.Set("distanceMiles", "1")
	q.Set("nearLongitude", "1")
	q.Set("boxLongitudeNW", "1")
	q.Set("boxLongitudeSE", "1")
	q.Set("boundaryAddress", "example")
	q.Set("isInBoundaryOnly", "true")
	q.Set("isTitleISchoolwide", "true")
	q.Set("qSearchSchoolNameOnly", "true")
	q.Set("includeUnrankedSchoolsInRankSort", "true")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/schools")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "q" => "test",
  "st" => "example",
  "zip" => "10001",
  "city" => "London",
  "page" => "1",
  "appID" => "example",
  "level" => "example",
  "appKey" => "example",
  "sortBy" => "example",
  "perPage" => "1",
  "isMagnet" => "true",
  "isTitleI" => "true",
  "isCharter" => "true",
  "isVirtual" => "true",
  "districtID" => "example",
  "nearLatitude" => "1",
  "boxLatitudeNW" => "1",
  "boxLatitudeSE" => "1",
  "distanceMiles" => "1",
  "nearLongitude" => "1",
  "boxLongitudeNW" => "1",
  "boxLongitudeSE" => "1",
  "boundaryAddress" => "example",
  "isInBoundaryOnly" => "true",
  "isTitleISchoolwide" => "true",
  "qSearchSchoolNameOnly" => "true",
  "includeUnrankedSchoolsInRankSort" => "true"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/schools?" . http_build_query([
    "q" => "test",
    "st" => "example",
    "zip" => "10001",
    "city" => "London",
    "page" => "1",
    "appID" => "example",
    "level" => "example",
    "appKey" => "example",
    "sortBy" => "example",
    "perPage" => "1",
    "isMagnet" => "true",
    "isTitleI" => "true",
    "isCharter" => "true",
    "isVirtual" => "true",
    "districtID" => "example",
    "nearLatitude" => "1",
    "boxLatitudeNW" => "1",
    "boxLatitudeSE" => "1",
    "distanceMiles" => "1",
    "nearLongitude" => "1",
    "boxLongitudeNW" => "1",
    "boxLongitudeSE" => "1",
    "boundaryAddress" => "example",
    "isInBoundaryOnly" => "true",
    "isTitleISchoolwide" => "true",
    "qSearchSchoolNameOnly" => "true",
    "includeUnrankedSchoolsInRankSort" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));
GET Returns a detailed record for one district

Retrieve a single district record from the SchoolDigger database

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts/{id}?appID=example&appKey=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts/{id}?appID=example&appKey=example"
import requests
params = {
    "appID": "example",
    "appKey": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts/{id}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts/{id}');
url.searchParams.set('appID', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('appKey', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts/{id}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("appID", "example")
	q.Set("appKey", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts/{id}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "appID" => "example",
  "appKey" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/schooldigger.com/v1/v1/districts/{id}?" . http_build_query([
    "appID" => "example",
    "appKey" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with SchoolDigger API V1?

SchoolDigger API V1 is a Data API. Developers commonly use data APIs for:

  • enriching your app with third-party datasets
  • building data pipelines and ETL workflows
  • querying and searching large datasets
  • powering research, analysis, and reporting tools
  • syncing reference data into your own systems

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. SchoolDigger API V1 is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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