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GreatSchools API: Get school rating and facts

Finds a school on GreatSchools by name, city and state. Returns its ratings and key facts; anything the profile does not publish is null.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Nov 3, 2026, shown under Output.

School, requiredschool

School name, for example Lincoln High School.

Alameda Elementary School

Location, requiredlocation

City and two-letter state, for example Portland, OR.

Portland, OR

Output

From a run on Nov 3, 2026.
{  "type": "public",  "phone": "(503) 916-6036",  "address": "2732 Northeast Fremont Street, Portland, OR 97212",  "website": "http://www.pps.net/schools/alameda",  "district": "Portland School District 1j",  "school_name": "Alameda Elementary School",  "equity_rating": null,  "grades_served": "K-5",  "greatschools_link": "https://www.greatschools.org/oregon/portland/866-Alameda-Elementary-School/",  "number_of_students": 498,  "test_scores_rating": 10,  "greatschools_rating": 10,  "student_teacher_ratio": "19:1",  "student_progress_rating": 6,  "college_readiness_rating": null}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
greatschools.org/get_school
Returns
school name, GreatSchools rating and subratings, grades, type, district, students, ratio, address, phone, website, link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method greatschools.org/get_school with the inputs above.

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