# GreatSchools School Essentials API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/greatschools/school-essentials/  
**Provider:** GreatSchools — https://apis.io/providers/greatschools/  
**Documentation:** https://www.greatschools.org/api

GreatSchools School Essentials API is one of 2 APIs that [GreatSchools](https://apis.io/providers/greatschools/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Schools, Education, and Geolocation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes pricing.

Retrieve key information about schools across the United States based on proximity to a location or filtered by name, type, and more. Returns school names, addresses, grades offered, type, and website links.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Pricing** — https://www.greatschools.org/api
- **Developer Hub** — https://www.greatschools.org/api
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/greatschools/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other GreatSchools APIs (1)

- [GreatSchools School Quality API](https://apis.io/apis/greatschools/school-quality/)

## Tags

Schools, Education, Geolocation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/greatschools/school-essentials/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/greatschools/.