# Nces K12 School Leads Scraper (`gocreative.ai/nces-k12-school-leads`) Actor

Scrape every US public K-12 school from NCES Common Core of Data. Get school name, district, address, phone, grade range, enrollment, and school type. Perfect for EdTech vendors, curriculum publishers, and school supply companies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gocreative.ai/nces-k12-school-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [GoCreative AI](https://apify.com/gocreative.ai) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 22.2% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $6.00 / 1,000 leads

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## NCES K-12 School and District Leads

### 📊 Example output (real run)

![Sample output](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/1ztQFHwG8acESTazI/records/nces-k12-school-leads-sample)

A real record from a live run — clean structured data, exported as CSV / JSON / Excel or via API.

Scrape public K-12 school contact data from NCES via the Urban Institute Education Data API. No API key required.

### Fields

ncesId, schoolName, districtName, districtId, street, city, state, zip, phone, website, gradeLow, gradeHigh, schoolLevel, schoolType, enrollment, latitude, longitude

### Use cases

- EdTech vendors prospecting by grade level and enrollment
- Curriculum publishers targeting elementary/middle/high
- School supply companies geo-targeting by state
- Staffing agencies building district contact lists

### Pricing

Pay Per Result - $0.01 per school record.

### Use cases

- **B2B lead generation** — build targeted prospect lists with verified, structured data
- **Sales prospecting** — find organizations and contacts that match your ICP
- **Market research & competitive intelligence** — track this niche in structured form
- **AI agents & automation** — feed agents clean external data without scraping infra
- **Data enrichment** — append fresh fields to your existing lists

### Why use this actor

- **Direct from the official source** — no stale third-party resale data
- **Structured, typed output** — ready for CSV, JSON, Excel, or API export
- **Pay-per-result** — no subscription, no minimums, only pay for data you get
- **Schedulable** — run it once or set an Apify Schedule for fresh data on autopilot

### How it works

This actor pulls data directly from the source, structures it into clean rows, and pushes each result to the dataset. It runs on Apify's infrastructure — reliable, schedulable, and pay-per-result so you only pay for data you actually get.

### FAQ

**Do I need an API key or account?** No. Just provide your input and run it.

**Can I schedule it to run automatically?** Yes — use Apify Schedules to run it hourly, daily, or weekly and get fresh data on autopilot.

**What formats can I export?** CSV, JSON, Excel, or via the Apify API.

**Can I integrate it into my own app?** Yes — call it via the Apify API and pull results directly into your pipeline.

**Is the data accurate and fresh?** Data is pulled live from the source on each run, so it reflects what's available at run time.

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. CA, TX, NY, FL).

## `schoolLevel` (type: `string`):

Filter: Elementary, Middle, High, or blank for all.

## `minEnrollment` (type: `integer`):

Only include schools with at least this many students. 0 = all.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum school records to return (1-2000).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "CA",
  "schoolLevel": "",
  "minEnrollment": 0,
  "maxResults": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "state": "CA"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gocreative.ai/nces-k12-school-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "state": "CA" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gocreative.ai/nces-k12-school-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "state": "CA"
}' |
apify call gocreative.ai/nces-k12-school-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gocreative.ai/nces-k12-school-leads",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9SlL33bechlj0nxKL/builds/4z0GdnOTMkkeEnWcz/openapi.json