NCES Education MCP Server

NCES Education Data

Education data from NCES via Urban Institute API. Covers CCD (Common Core of Data for K-12 public schools), IPEDS (postsecondary), CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection), NAEP (National Assessment). School directory includes name, address, enrollment, grade span, Title I status, charter status, magnet status. Use fips= for state filtering (6=CA, 36=NY, etc). Available years vary by dataset.

Data Model

• CCD Schools — K-12 public school directory: name, address, enrollment, grade span, Title I/charter/magnet status, school type, locale.
• IPEDS — postsecondary institutions: enrollment, completions, finance, admissions.
• Postsecondary institutions — IPEDS college and university directory-style fields: institution name, address, type (public/private), degree-granting status, Carnegie classification, and enrollment. Filter by state, institution name, or IPEDS unit ID.
• CRDC — Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline, harassment, AP/IB enrollment, teacher equity.
• NAEP — National Assessment scores by subject, grade, state, demographics.

Gotchas

• State FIPS codes: use numeric FIPS codes for state filtering (6=CA, 36=NY, 48=TX, 12=FL).
• Year availability: CCD directory available 1986-2022, IPEDS 1980-2022. Not all years have all fields.
• Pagination: use limit= and offset= parameters. Default limit is 100.
• Response structure: results in a "results" array with pagination metadata.