# Education Data [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🎓 Education  
**Repository:** https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-education-data  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/education-data-2

## Description
Education Data MCP — US K-12 schools, districts, funding and child poverty.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **education_find_schools** — Find US K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS by state, with optional city or name filter. Keyless federal data (NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute). Returns each school's NCES id, name, district, city, enrollment, charter/magnet status, grade range, and free/reduced-price lunch counts. Use for "public…
- **education_find_districts** — Find US PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS (local education agencies) by state, with optional name filter. Keyless federal data (NCES Common Core of Data). Returns each district's LEA id, name, county, city, number of schools, enrollment, and teacher counts. Use for "school districts in <state>", "how big is…
- **education_district_finance** — School district FUNDING AND SPENDING — revenue by source (federal / state / local) and expenditure by function, plus computed PER-PUPIL spending. Keyless federal data (NCES CCD school district finance survey, F-33). Use for "how much does <district> spend per student", "school funding by district i…
- **education_child_poverty** — CHILD POVERTY by school district — Census SAIPE estimates of the number and percentage of school-age children (5-17) in poverty, which drive federal Title I funding. Keyless. Use for "child poverty rate in <district>", "poorest school districts in <state>", "how many students in poverty in <distric…

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "education-data": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","@pipeworx/mcp-education-data"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation

## What Education Data does

Education Data provides agent-accessible information about US public K-12 schools and school districts. The dataset covers school and district directories, enrollment, staffing, charter and magnet status, grade ranges, free or reduced-price lunch counts, district finance, and child poverty among school-age children.

The service is intended for questions such as finding public schools in a state or city, identifying districts by name, comparing district enrollment, calculating per-pupil spending, and ranking districts by child-poverty rate. It covers K-12 public education rather than colleges.

## How it works

The hosted MCP endpoint is served through the Pipeworx gateway at `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp`. A client can connect to that URL directly, or use the full gateway endpoint at `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp`. The pack endpoint exposes the Education Data tools along with shared Pipeworx meta-tools, including routing and discovery capabilities.

The tools use keyless federal and Census-derived data. School and district directory information comes from the NCES Common Core of Data through the Urban Institute. District finance uses the NCES CCD F-33 finance survey, while child-poverty figures use Census SAIPE estimates for children ages 5–17.

District lookup results include an LEA identifier. Pass that identifier to the finance or child-poverty tool when retrieving data for a specific district. Alternatively, those tools can accept a state and rank or return districts across that state.

## Setup and configuration

For a hosted connection, add the MCP URL to a compatible client:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "education-data": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The local npm bridge uses stdio and forwards requests to the same hosted service:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "education-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-education-data"]
    }
  }
}
```

The bridge requires network access. Anonymous use is available with a daily call limit; adding `PIPEWORX_API_KEY` raises the limit for a free account. Set `PIPEWORX_META_TOOLS=1` if the local bridge should also list the shared Pipeworx tools. Direct HTTP callers can invoke tools under `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/`.

## Tools and capabilities

- `education_find_schools` filters public schools by state, with optional city or school-name criteria. Results include NCES ID, district, enrollment, grade range, charter or magnet status, and lunch counts.
- `education_find_districts` searches public local education agencies by state and optional name. Results include LEA ID, location, school count, enrollment, and teacher counts.
- `education_district_finance` returns federal, state, and local revenue; spending by function; and computed per-pupil spending. Supply a state for comparisons or an LEA ID for one district.
- `education_child_poverty` returns Census estimates of the number and percentage of children ages 5–17 in poverty by district. Supply a state or LEA ID.

## Limitations and notes

The tools focus on US public K-12 education. Finance data can trail directory data by one to two years because it comes from a separate survey. Anonymous local-bridge usage is capped at 50 calls per day, while an account raises that limit to 200 calls per day. The package is licensed under MIT.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/education-data-2/readme_