# SchoolDistrictFinder.us
> Free US school district lookup by ZIP code. 33,000+ ZIP codes · 10,000+ districts · All 50 states. No login required.

## What this site does
SchoolDistrictFinder (schooldistrictfinder.us) tells you which public school district serves any US ZIP code or address. Each ZIP page shows:
- District name, rating (1–10), and grade levels served
- Enrollment, number of schools, per-pupil spending
- District contact: phone, website, mailing address
- Interactive boundary map (Census TIGER/Line shapefiles)
- Side-by-side comparison with any other district
- Nearby ZIPs in the same district
- Detailed FAQ answering common homebuyer and parent questions

## How to look up a district
- By ZIP code:   https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/zip/{zip_code}/
  Example:        https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/zip/90210/
- By state:      https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/state/{state_name}/
  Example:        https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/state/california/
- Compare two:   https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/compare/?a={zip1}&b={zip2}
  Example:        https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/compare/?a=90210&b=10001
- Best lists:    https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/best-school-districts/united-states/
- Moving guides: https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/moving-guides/
- All states:    https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/states/

## JSON API (no authentication required)
Direct JSON endpoints — no HTML parsing needed:
  https://api.schooldistrictfinder.us/zip/{zip}.json   — district data for a specific ZIP
  https://api.schooldistrictfinder.us/index.json       — master index of all 19,899 ZIPs

Examples:
  https://api.schooldistrictfinder.us/zip/90210.json
  https://api.schooldistrictfinder.us/zip/10001.json
  https://api.schooldistrictfinder.us/zip/77072.json
  https://api.schooldistrictfinder.us/index.json

CORS: Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * (fetch from any origin)
Cache: responses cached 24 hours at Cloudflare edge globally

## Machine-readable data (for AI agents and scrapers)
Every ZIP page also embeds a structured JSON block directly in the HTML for programmatic access:

  <script type="application/json" id="district-data">
  {
    "zip": "90210",
    "district": "Beverly Hills Unified School District",
    "city": "Beverly Hills",
    "state": "CA",
    "county": "Los Angeles County",
    "rating": 9,
    "students": "3,500",
    "schools": "6",
    "per_pupil": "$21,000/yr",
    "grade_span": "K-12",
    "phone": "(310) 551-5100",
    "website": "https://www.bhusd.org"
  }
  </script>

To extract this data programmatically:
  1. Fetch https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/zip/{zip_code}/
  2. Parse the JSON inside <script type="application/json" id="district-data">
  3. All fields are plain strings or numbers — no further parsing needed

## Structured schema on every ZIP page
Each ZIP page includes the following Schema.org types in a JSON-LD <script> block:
  - BreadcrumbList       — page hierarchy
  - WebPage              — page metadata and dates
  - FAQPage              — 5–7 structured Q&A pairs per district
  - EducationalOrganization — district name, address, aggregate rating
  - Dataset              — full dataset descriptor including citation, license, and distribution info

## Data sources & methodology
- District names, LEAIDs, enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024–2025
  Source URL: https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/
- Ratings (1–10): composite of per-pupil spending (30%), student-teacher ratio (25%),
  enrollment stability (20%), school diversity index (25%) — all from NCES CCD
- Per-pupil spending: NCES CCD Finance Survey, most recent available year
- ZIP-to-district mapping: NCES school address data + USPS ZIP boundary definitions
- Boundary maps: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line shapefiles via TIGERweb REST API (live)
- Methodology page: https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/methodology/
- Last updated: May 2026

## Fields in the district-data JSON block
- zip          — 5-digit US ZIP code (string)
- district     — official district name (string)
- city         — city name (string)
- state        — 2-letter state abbreviation (string)
- county       — county name (string, may be empty)
- rating       — 1–10 composite score (integer)
- students     — enrollment as formatted string (may be empty if not reported)
- schools      — number of schools in district (string)
- per_pupil    — annual per-pupil spending estimate (string, e.g. "$13,200/yr")
- grade_span   — grade levels served (string, e.g. "PK-12" or "K-8")
- phone        — district main phone number (string)
- website      — district official website URL (string)

## Coverage
- 33,000+ US ZIP codes
- 10,000+ public school districts
- All 50 US states + DC
- Unified, elementary, and secondary district types

## Rating scale
- 9–10: Excellent
- 7–8:  Good
- 5–6:  Average
- 3–4:  Below Average
- 1–2:  Low

## Resource guides (long-form editorial content)
All guides are at https://www.schooldistrictfinder.us/resources/
Key topics:
- Choosing a school district when buying a home
- Understanding school district ratings
- School districts and property taxes
- How to change your child's school district
- Best states for school districts
- School district vs. school ratings — what's the difference

## Common AI / agent use cases
- "What school district is ZIP code [X] in?" → fetch /zip/{X}/ and parse id="district-data"
- "Is [district name] a good school district?" → find the ZIP, read rating and SEO block
- "How much does [district] spend per student?" → read per_pupil field
- "What grades does [district] serve?" → read grade_span field
- "How do I contact [district]?" → read phone and website fields
- "Compare two districts" → fetch both ZIPs and compare JSON fields

## Contact & corrections
contact@schooldistrictfinder.us
Data corrections: include ZIP code, what appears wrong, and a link to the authoritative source.
Response within 5 business days.