GreatSchools

GreatSchools provides school information, ratings, and quality data via its Developer Hub APIs, including the School Essentials API for school details and the School Quality API for GreatSchools rating bands.

GreatSchools publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Schools, Education, Ratings, and Geolocation.

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17.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

2 APIs

SchoolsEducationRatingsGeolocation

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 17.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GreatSchools School Essentials API

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 off...

GreatSchools School Quality API

Builds on School Essentials by adding GreatSchools School Rating Bands (below average, average, above average) to assess school quality.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Greatschools Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Greatschools Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Developer Hub

Developer Hub

Source (apis.yml)

aid: greatschools
name: GreatSchools
description: GreatSchools provides school information, ratings, and quality data via its Developer Hub APIs, including the
  School Essentials API for school details and the School Quality API for GreatSchools rating bands.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/greatschools.png
tags:
- Schools
- Education
- Ratings
- Geolocation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/greatschools/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: greatschools:school-essentials
  name: GreatSchools School Essentials API
  description: 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.
  humanURL: https://www.greatschools.org/api
  tags:
  - Schools
  - Education
  - Geolocation
  properties:
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.greatschools.org/api
  - type: Developer Hub
    url: https://www.greatschools.org/api
- aid: greatschools:school-quality
  name: GreatSchools School Quality API
  description: Builds on School Essentials by adding GreatSchools School Rating Bands (below average, average, above average)
    to assess school quality.
  humanURL: https://www.greatschools.org/api
  tags:
  - Schools
  - Education
  - Ratings
  properties:
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.greatschools.org/api
  - type: Developer Hub
    url: https://www.greatschools.org/api
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/greatschools-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greatschools
- type: Website
  url: https://www.greatschools.org
- type: Developer Hub
  url: https://www.greatschools.org/api
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com