# GreatSchools

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/greatschools/  
**Website:** https://www.greatschools.org  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 6.7 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 6.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **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.

## Security (1)

- **Greatschools Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Greatschools Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Schools, Education, Ratings, Geolocation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/greatschools/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.