`education_find_districts`

Pack: education-data · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp

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 ”, “how big is ”, “how many students does serve”. The returned leaid feeds education_district_finance and education_child_poverty.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`state`	string	yes	US state name or 2-letter abbreviation. Required.
`name_contains`	string	no	Optional substring match on district name, e.g. “Denver”.
`year`	number	no	Data year. Default 2020.
`limit`	number	no	Max districts to return (1-100, default 25).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "state": "Illinois",
  "name_contains": "Chicago"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"education_find_districts","arguments":{"state":"Illinois","name_contains":"Chicago"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('education_find_districts', {
  "state": "Illinois",
  "name_contains": "Chicago"
});

More examples

{
  "state": "TX",
  "limit": 50
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "education-data": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/education-data/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

education_find_districts