get_education_data
Retrieve education data from the Urban Institute's Education Data API
LABSCO SUMMARY
The summary tool is what keeps a state-level question from becoming a million rows.
The API is organised as level, source and topic, so the first job is always working out which combination holds what you want — that is what the endpoint resource is for. Once you know it, ask for an aggregate rather than records: totals by state come back computed instead of arriving as raw enrollment lines you then have to add up.
What it is
A server over the Urban Institute's Education Data API, which publishes US education data organised by level, source and topic. It gives you one tool for detailed records and one for aggregates computed by the API itself, so you do not pull rows in order to sum them.
What you get
- Detailed records for a chosen
level,sourceandtopic— for example schools, ccd, enrollment — with optional grouping, filters, variable labels and a result limit —get_education_data - Aggregates computed API-side: pick a statistic such as sum, avg, count or median, the variable to summarise, and what to group by —
get_education_data_summary - Filters expressed as values, including lists, so a query can scope to specific years, states and grades in one call
- Endpoint browsing through the
edu-data://endpoints/{level}/{source}/{topic}resource
Requirements
No account and no key — the Education Data API is public. Node.js with npx. The npx command fetches the repository from GitHub and builds it as it installs, so there is nothing to clone or link. The package.json names it edu-data-mcp-server 0.1.0, which npm does not have.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y github:ckz/edu_data_mcp_server
USE CASES
01
Looking up enrollment for schools in one state and year
Query the schools level with the ccd source and enrollment topic, filtered to the state's FIPS code, the year and the grades you care about, with a limit so the answer stays readable.
02
Comparing totals across states without pulling every row
Ask for a sum of enrollment grouped by FIPS across the years and states you name — the aggregation happens API-side.
03
Working out which dataset even has your answer
Browse the endpoint resource for a level, source and topic combination to see what is available before writing the query.
04
Breaking a figure down by demographics
Add subtopics such as race and sex to the detailed query, and turn on variable labels so the coded values come back readable.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
get_education_data_summary
Retrieve aggregated education data from the Urban Institute's Education Data API
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected.
Requires
npx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 2 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"edu_data_mcp_server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"github:ckz/edu_data_mcp_server"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y github:ckz/edu_data_mcp_server
