# Education Data API

> Use this tool when you need to retrieve and analyze educational statistics for research, policy analysis, or data visualization. It provides access to detailed and aggregated data across various education levels, sources, and topics through a simplified interface with structured parameters and filters. The Education Data API is ideal for AI assistants to fetch data without requiring specialized API knowledge, enabling informed decision-making and insights in the education sector.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/ckz-education-data  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ckz-education-data

## Description

An MCP server that provides access to the Urban Institute's Education Data API, enabling AI assistants like Claude to retrieve and analyze educational statistics. The server exposes tools for fetching detailed and aggregated education data across various levels (schools, districts, universities), sources (CCD, IPEDS, CRDC), and topics (enrollment, finance, assessment). Built with TypeScript and the MCP SDK, it simplifies complex data retrieval operations through structured parameters and filters, making it valuable for educational research, policy analysis, and data visualization without requiring specialized API knowledge.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** finance
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/ckz-education-data)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ckz/edu_data_mcp_server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "ckz-education-data"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ckz-education-data` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ckz-education-data/pull`

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