public education data package
public education data package. The edu data mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 2 defined tools rather than through you.
This repository contains an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to the Urban Institute's Education Data API. The server is designed to be used with Claude to enable easy access to education data.
The Urban Institute's Education Data API provides access to a wide range of education data, including:
edu-data-mcp-server on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
get_education_data — Parameters: - level (required): API data level to query (e.g., 'schools', 'school-districts', 'college-university') - source (required): API dataget_education_data_summary — Parameters: - level (required): API data level to query - source (required): API data source to query - topic (required): API data topic to query -This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Edu Data's toolset — get_education_data, get_education_data_summary — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ckz; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_education_data | Parameters: - level (required): API data level to query (e.g., 'schools', 'school-districts', 'college-university') - source (required): API data source to query (e.g., 'ccd', 'ipeds', 'crdc') - topic (required): API dat |
| get_education_data_summary | Parameters: - level (required): API data level to query - source (required): API data source to query - topic (required): API data topic to query - subtopic (optional): Additional parameters (only applicable to certain e |
{
"mcpServers": {
"edu-data": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "edu-data-mcp-server"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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