Education Data
Education Data MCP — US K-12 schools, districts, funding and child poverty.
Install
Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).
claude mcp add --transport http education-data 'https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp'{
"mcpServers": {
"education-data": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp"
}
}
}Documentation
From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.
Contents
mcp-education-data
Education Data MCP — US K-12 schools, districts, funding and child poverty.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1878+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
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 schools in <city/state>", "how many students at <school>", "charter schools in <state>", "which schools have the highest enrollment". For school DISTRICTS use education_find_districts; for COLLEGES use the college-scorecard pack instead — this covers K-12 only. |
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 <district>", "how many students does <district> serve". The returned leaid feeds education_district_finance and education_child_poverty. |
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 in <state>", "which districts get the most federal money", "local vs state share of school funding". Pass a state to rank districts, or a leaid (from education_find_districts) for one district. Note the finance survey lags the directory data by 1-2 years. |
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 <district>". Pass a state to rank districts by poverty rate, or a leaid for one district. |
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"education-data": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp"
}
}
}What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1878+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/education_find_schools \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"state":"TX","city":"Austin"}'No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/education_find_schools. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Standalone (no gateway account)
This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:
{
"mcpServers": {
"education-data": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-education-data"]
}
}
}Or run it directly to confirm it starts:
npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-education-dataIt speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call
for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway
connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Education Data data" })The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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License
MIT
Frequently asked questions
What is Education Data?
Education Data MCP — US K-12 schools, districts, funding and child poverty.
How do I install Education Data?
It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http education-data 'https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.
Does Education Data need an API key?
Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.
Is Education Data open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Who maintains Education Data?
It is published by pipeworx-io. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.
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