Look up school ratings and directory data for a property address using the GreatSchools NearbySchools API
domain: greatschools.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Register for API access and receive an API key issued by the GreatSchools API team
Include the API key in the X-API-Key request header on every call
Call the NearbySchools endpoint with a latitude/longitude or address to get schools near that point along with GreatSchools 1-10 ratings
Parse the returned school directory fields such as name, level, type, and distance alongside the rating
Cache results client-side and stay under the published rate limit before re-querying the same location
Known gotchas
The published rate limit is 10 requests/second sustained with a burst allowance of 20 in any given second; bursting past this triggers throttling
Access requires signing up through GreatSchools' API developer hub and is not a keyless endpoint; bulk enterprise data licensing is a separate product from the NearbySchools API
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