A side-by-side look at the Education Data and Education Scope MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Education Data for education work as a local process; choose Education Scope MCP for education over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
education_find_schools, education_find_districts, education_district_finance.classify_knowledge_scope, check_answer_scope, search_curriculum.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Education | Education |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 51/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | 6 |
| Full listing | View Education Data | View Education Scope MCP |
education_find_schoolsFind 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_districtsFind 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_financeSchool 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_povertyCHILD 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…classify_knowledge_scope「三平方の定理」「微分」「現在完了」などの教育範囲を判定check_answer_scope「中2までで説明して」に高校・中3範囲が混ざっていないか監査search_curriculum学校段階・教科・領域・キーワードで公式コード表を検索get_prerequisitesそのトピックを理解するための前提知識を取得list_supported_scopes監査に指定できる上限学年を取得get_dataset_status全量MEXTデータがロード済みか、コード表別件数とともに確認Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"education-data-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-education-data"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"education-scope-mcp": {
"url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
}
}
}