# PowerSchool

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/powerschool/  
**Website:** https://www.powerschool.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 8

PowerSchool is the leading provider of cloud-based K-12 student information system (SIS) software in North America, serving over 5,300 districts and 17 million students across 56 states and provinces. The PowerSchool REST API enables third-party developers and district integrators to access and manipulate student records, grades, attendance, enrollment, scheduling, and district-level reporting data programmatically. Authentication is handled via OAuth 2.0 client credentials, with client IDs and secrets provisioned through the PowerSchool Plugin Management Dashboard. PowerSchool supports 75+ certified third-party integrations and custom API partnerships aligned with Ed-Fi Alliance and 1EdTech interoperability standards.

## Kin Score — 45.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 65.9 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 40.7 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 38.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (8)

- **PowerSchool Authentication API** — OAuth 2.0 token operations
- **PowerSchool Courses API** — Course catalog information
- **PowerSchool District API** — District-level resources
- **PowerSchool Metadata API** — System metadata and configuration
- **PowerSchool PowerQuery API** — Named PowerQuery endpoints for complex data retrieval
- **PowerSchool Schools API** — School information and management
- **PowerSchool Sections API** — Course sections and scheduling
- **PowerSchool Students API** — Student demographics, enrollment, and records

## Agentic access (1)

- **Powerschool Agentic Access** — 15 operations · 2 acting

## Security (3)

- **Powerschool Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Powerschool Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Powerschool Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001

## Plans (1)

- **Powerschool Plans Pricing**

## Tags

K-12, Education, Student Information System, SIS, Students, Grades, Attendance, Enrollment, Scheduling, EdTech

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