DistrictAPI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 161 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Oct 2026.
US public school districts and schools by address — enrollment, demographics, boundaries
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Today is the operative word: we check DistrictAPI every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add districtapi-mcp -e 'DISTRICTAPI_KEY=<DISTRICTAPI_KEY>' -- uvx districtapi-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"districtapi-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"districtapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DISTRICTAPI_KEY": "<DISTRICTAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.districtapi-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["districtapi-mcp"]
env = { DISTRICTAPI_KEY = "<DISTRICTAPI_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"districtapi-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"districtapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DISTRICTAPI_KEY": "<DISTRICTAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"districtapi-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"districtapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DISTRICTAPI_KEY": "<DISTRICTAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<DISTRICTAPI_KEY> (API key from https://districtapi.dev (free tier: 500 requests/month)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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