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NCES Education Data

By olyport.com Verified namespace

School enrollment, graduation rates, demographics, finance, and Title I data

Website
Connect to NCES Education Data
Checks passed
10 / 22

4 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
526 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
5

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
220
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
222

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 526 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name nces-education.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 5 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 526 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 526 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Fail
    Parameters documented

    0 of 20 parameters have a description (0%). The bar is 80%.

  • Fail
    Safety hints

    5 tools set neither readOnlyHint nor destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Fail
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-04-02T02:26:43.312955Z, which is older than 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using NCES Education Data

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http nces-education-data https://mcp.olyport.com/nces-education/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 5

get_district_finance

Get district-level financial data: total revenue, expenditures, per-pupil spending, federal/state/local revenue breakdown. Returns fiscal data from the CCD School District Finance Survey (F-33), including revenue sources, expenditure categories, and per-pupil spending. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'NY'). county_fips: Optional 5-digit county FIPS code to filter by county. year: Fiscal year to query (default 2021). Finance data lags 1-2 years. limit: Maximum number of districts to return (default 50, max 500).

Discovered
get_district_overview

Get district directory overview: district name, student count, school count, teachers, locale type. Returns district-level summary information from the CCD District Directory, including total enrollment, number of schools, teacher FTE counts, and urban/suburban/rural locale classification. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'NY'). year: School year to query (default 2022). limit: Maximum number of districts to return (default 50, max 500).

Discovered
get_graduation_rates

Get 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rates by school. Returns graduation rate data from EdFacts, including cohort counts and midpoint graduation rates. Filterable by state or county. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'NY'). county_fips: Optional 5-digit county FIPS code to filter by county. year: School year to query (default 2021). Graduation data may lag. limit: Maximum number of schools to return (default 50, max 500).

Discovered
get_school_demographics

Get school enrollment broken down by race/ethnicity. Returns enrollment counts by demographic group from the CCD, including White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, Two or More Races, and total enrollment. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'NY'). county_fips: Optional 5-digit county FIPS code to filter by county. year: School year to query (default 2022). limit: Maximum number of schools to return (default 50, max 500).

Discovered
get_schools

Search schools with enrollment, Title I status, type (charter/magnet/regular), and teacher counts. Returns school directory information from the Common Core of Data (CCD), including school name, location, enrollment, charter/magnet status, Title I participation, and full-time equivalent teacher counts. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'NY'). county_fips: Optional 5-digit county FIPS code to filter by county. title_i_only: If True, return only Title I eligible schools. year: School year to query (default 2022). limit: Maximum number of schools to return (default 50, max 500).

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected526 ms5

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