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City Public School Assignment API
The City Public School Assignment API Documentation
Overview
The School Assignment API is a API for retrieving public school information in the City of St. Louis. It is designed to return all school assignments, or take a parcel ID or city block, validate it against City of St. Louis data, and return the detailed school information for that address or area. The data is refreshed yearly.
API Calls
Methods
Get All Schools List
Call: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/customcf/endpoints/schools/school-list-json.cfm
Get Information By Parcel ID Method
The Parcel ID method requires two API endpoints that work together.
Step 1: Call Address Search API that returns a property parcel ID
Step 2: Call: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/customcf/endpoints/addressSearch/school-assignment-data-json.cfm?parcelID=5030-9-170.000
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ParcelId | 11 digits | Pass 11 digit parcelId in the URL |
Get Information By City Block Method
Step 1: Call Address Search API that returns a property cityblock
Step 2: Call: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/customcf/endpoints/addressSearch/school-assignment-data-json.cfm?cityblock=1884.00
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cityblock | 6 digits | Pass 4 digits with 2 decimal in the URL |
Output
We support returning results in JSON.
JSON Format
{
preschool: [
{
schoolName: "Mason
Elementary School",
address: "6031 Southwest Ave.
St. Louis, MO, 63139",
grade: "Preschool",
website: "",
age: "Aged 3, Aged 4"
}
]
}All methods return the following fields:
| Field Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| School Type | String | Preschool/Elementary/Meddle/High school |
| School Name | String | School Name |
| Address | String | School Location |
| Grade | String | Grade |
| Website | String | School Website |
| Age | String | Age range (Only for preschool students) |
