Planning a move
Connect a place with nearby schools and the later school path.
- Place
- Nearby schools
- Later grades
Proximity does not establish enrollment eligibility. Check boundaries and admissions with the district.
Explore schools on the map →SchoolScope integrations
Put school context
where decisions happen.
Help families explore schools, neighborhoods, and tradeoffs with structured public data, visible sources, and questions worth asking.
MCP server · LiveDecision Mode · Coming soon
A question becomes a research pathIllustrative
“We may move near Culver City. Which elementary schools should we explore, and where could they lead?”
- Find nearby schoolsStart with a place, school level, and search radius.
- Open the evidenceSee academic patterns, attendance, and community context.
- Explore the path aheadLook at later grades; confirm assignments with the district.
Source years and limitations stay alongside the school context.
Use cases
Four places to use the school tools.
Bring school data into AI assistants, moving searches, parent groups and reporting. Each example shows one possible workflow with the live MCP tools.
Answer the follow-up, not just the lookup.
Find schools, inspect the reported patterns, and help a parent decide what to ask next.
Example conversationIllustrative workflow
ParentWhat public elementary schools are near 90004?
Search & inspectFind schools around the ZIP, then open their profiles to see available measures and reporting years.
ParentWhich show improvement, and what should I ask on a visit?
Compare & investigateCompare reported cohort growth and attendance. Ask what changed during that period and how the school supports different learning needs.
find_schoolsschool_profilecompare_schoolsA property is also a school question.
Help families connect a location with nearby schools, district context, and later grades without confusing proximity with an enrollment assignment.
Example: exploring a neighborhood
- Start with the locationSearch around a place or coordinates and keep elementary, middle, and high schools distinct.
- Explain the local optionsOpen profiles and district context. Show the source years behind school measures.
- Make the next step clearDirect the family to confirm boundaries, admissions, and transportation with the district.
find_schoolsdistrict_profilefeeder_pathKeep the evidence close to the conversation.
Support parent communities with a consistent starting point for school questions, comparisons, and visit planning.
Example: preparing a shortlist
- Find and compareLet families explore school profiles and compare two to four schools at the same level.
- Save what mattersAn authenticated user can read their SchoolScope watchlist through the saved-school tool.
- Bring questions to a visitShow where the data is incomplete and help families investigate their own priorities.
school_profilecompare_schoolsmy_watchlistPersonal watchlists require OAuth. Public school-data tools do not.
Make school claims inspectable.
Use source metadata, comparable measures, and methodology resources to support reporting and analysis.
Example: examining a reported pattern
- Define the comparisonFind relevant schools or peers serving similar student populations. Keep level and peer-class rules visible.
- Check the vintageRecord the source agency and reporting year. Separate data vintage from the time a response was generated.
- Explain what remains unknownA reported trend does not establish why it happened. Use the findings to guide further reporting.
similar_schoolsschool_profilemethodology resourcesFamily decisions
Three parent decisions: planning a move, checking a school, comparing options.
Checking a school
Read academic patterns, school climate, and community context together.
- Reported pattern
- Supporting measures
- Source & year
Follow an observation back to the evidence before deciding what it means for your family.
Find a school profile →Comparing options
Keep the same measures aligned and surface what differs.
- Same level
- Comparable evidence
- Questions to ask
A comparison helps explain tradeoffs. It cannot predict a child’s experience.
Explore school comparisons →Coming soon
A guided way to turn priorities into better questions.
Decision Mode is being designed to help families describe what matters, explore relevant school patterns, and build a shortlist they can inspect.
Priorities to exploreConcept preview
- My child
- What helps them feel comfortable and engaged?
- Learning pace
- Where do they need support or more challenge?
- What matters
- Which experiences matter most to your family?
- The path ahead
- How are you thinking about later grades?
- Travel
- What locations work for your daily routine?
Preview only. These are prompts to consider, not an active questionnaire.
What it is being designed to do
Organize family priorities, surface relevant reported patterns, and suggest questions to investigate.
What it cannot promise
Predict your child’s happiness, guarantee admission, or replace a school visit and your judgment.
No launch date promised.
Patterns
Findings keep the evidence specific.
A school’s data rarely tells a single story. Independent findings make a recurring pattern easier to describe, while the profile shows the measures and tradeoffs behind it.
High ceiling
On average across the reported grades and subjects, at least 50% of students scored in the top level.
Who gets access to advanced work, and what support is available to students still working toward the standard?
Broad base
On average across the reported grades and subjects, at least 65% of students scored in the top two levels.
Do those results extend across subjects and student groups?
Grade-to-grade gains
From grade 3 to grade 5 two years later (grade 6 to grade 8 at a middle school), results rose more than at the average California school of the same level. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children.
Does the pattern hold for other cohorts, and how does the school track each child’s progress?
Across the board
High results in English and math, and California’s own growth measure at Average or above in both. Each part needs evidence; missing information never counts toward it.
Do the broad strengths extend to your child’s grade and learning needs?
On the rise
English and math results have improved across three reporting years. This describes a recent record, not a prediction or proof of what caused it.
What has changed, and is the improvement reaching students with different starting points?
Archetypes describe evidence, not school personalities or a child’s fit. They are withheld where the data cannot support a classification. How archetypes are defined →
For builders
School context you can explain.
Connect through Streamable HTTP, discover typed tools at runtime, and use methodology resources to keep definitions close to the answer. California school data is available now.
Start with find_schools, then compose the profile and comparison tools.
Remote HTTP endpointLive MCP server
https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp
School-data tools work without an API key or an account.
Stay in the loop
Bring your family’s questions.
Get an update when Decision Mode is ready to try. The guided experience is still in development.
No launch date promised. MCP school-data access is already available.
Explore the live MCP server →Decision Mode launch updates
Sign in, then select “Join the Decision Mode list” to confirm your interest.