U.S. school data API
School information for international students, starting with boarding schools, as JSON and as an MCP server for AI assistants. Every fact carries its source and the date it was checked.
Developer docs → /api/v1 OpenAPI
Live counts from our database. Last updated: 2026-10-10 (UTC). No boarding school has been verified yet: every one is still a candidate.
What you get
- Search — filter schools by region, grades, gender, religion, programs, visa and associations, exactly like the schools page, plus a name search and state.
/api/v1/schools - School records — address, website, grades, enrollment, teachers, every classification tag with its source, and yearly facts such as tuition or deadlines with the school year and source URL once we record them.
/api/v1/schools/<slug> - F-1 visa (SEVP) — whether a school is on the SEVP certified list, which is required to issue an I-20, with the Study in the States link.
/api/v1/sevp/check·/api/v1/sevp/campuses - Taxonomy and counts — facets and values in English and Korean with school counts.
/api/v1/facets·/api/v1/stats - Bulk files — every public school as one CSV or JSON file. schools.csv · schools.json
- MCP — for AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others):
https://usanaru.com/mcp· tools:about,search_schools,get_school,list_facets,check_sevp,compare_schools,search_news,get_school_news,get_school_videos,list_documents,get_document,check_regulation,get_test_dates,get_state_policy,find_helpers
Sources
| Source | Publisher | Edition | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private School Universe Survey (PSS) | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | 2023-24 | school directory: name, address, grades, enrollment, teachers, religious affiliation, gender, boarding, association membership |
| SEVP certified school list | U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Student and Exchange Visitor Program (Study in the States) | 2026-10-07 | F-1 / M-1 certification (campus codes); matched to PSS schools by name and location |
| OurAirports airport data | OurAirports (public domain) | — | nearest major / scheduled-service airport and straight-line distance from each school |
| Wikidata | Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) | — | school identifiers (same_as links to Wikidata and Wikipedia) |
| IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer | ProPublica (data from the IRS) | — | school finances — shown on usanaru.com pages only; not redistributed through this API (ProPublica terms) |
| Schools' official YouTube channels | each school (channel from Wikidata P2397 or the school's own website) | — | official school videos (campus tours, admissions, student life): title, watch link and date only — videos stay on YouTube |
We hold institution-level information only — never personal data about students or families. We do not fill gaps with guesses: a school stays a candidate until we check it.
Access and limits
No key and no sign-up. Requests are counted per IP address: 60 per hour and 500 per day, for /api/v1 and POST /mcp together. Limits reset at the top of each hour and at 00:00 UTC; requests answered with 429 are not counted.
Need more? Download the bulk file, or contact us.
Attribution (required)
Whenever you show, quote or summarize these data, show your users “USAnaru™” with a visible link to the url of the item you used. Every response has an attribution block, and every item a ready cite line.
Source: [USAnaru™](https://usanaru.com/schools/<slug>)Free for personal, research, education, news and other non-commercial use, and for AI assistants that answer with a link. Commercial use — in a business’s product, service, app, website, dataset or AI model, or bulk redistribution — needs a written agreement with us first. Draft API terms · Contact
Questions
Is the USAnaru™ API free?
Yes. No key or sign-up is needed. Each IP address can make 60 requests per hour and 500 per day. Use is free for personal, research, education, news and other non-commercial purposes, and for AI assistants that answer with a link. Every use requires attribution: show “USAnaru™” with a link to the page the data came from.
Where do the data come from?
The school directory comes from the Private School Universe Survey (PSS) of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. F-1 certification comes from the SEVP certified school list published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Study in the States). Every tag and fact in a response names its source, source URL and the date it was last checked.
What does “candidate” mean?
A candidate school was classified from public data (for example, as a boarding school) but USAnaru™ has not yet checked it with the school. Verified schools have been checked. Confirm details with the school before relying on them.
Can I use the data in a commercial product?
Not without a written agreement. Using the data in or for a business’s product, service, app, website, dataset or AI model, or redistributing it in bulk, needs our permission first. Contact us. Quoting a school page with a link in an article or an AI answer is free.
What happens when I reach the limit?
The API answers with HTTP 429 and tells you the limit and when it resets. Hourly limits reset at the top of each hour and daily limits at 00:00 UTC. For the whole list at once, use the bulk CSV or JSON file.