SchoolScope

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Where it answers

• https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcpstreamable-http

The tools it lists (7, as of 6 days ago)

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• find_schools

  Find California schools four ways, whichever fits the question: free text over school/city/district names (`query`), inside a zip code (`zip`), within a radius of a place or coordinate (`near`), or the top-ranked schools at one level (`level` alone). Returns band, Scope Score, archetype and profile URL for each match. Private schools are flagged and never ranked — they have no state testing data. Supply exactly one of query, zip or near; or none plus a level for a top list. Set `tk: true` to limit any of these searches to schools with active transitional kindergarten (TK) enrollment — a filter

• school_profile

  The full SchoolScope profile for one school by slug: verdict and archetype, Scope Score with band and percentile per level, CAASPP exceeded/met split, cohort growth (school-by-grade aggregates two years apart, in SBAC scale-score points, reported as a 0-100 index centred on the state average), climate (absenteeism, suspension, ELPAC), equity gaps by student group, teacher stability, and — for high schools — graduation, college destinations, UC admissions history, AP courses, and IB programmes. Also answers "is this school improving?" with a year-over-year table of statewide percentile and the

• feeder_path

  The K-12 feeder path for a school: which schools students typically arrive from, where they go next, and — for elementary/middle schools — the endpoint high school with its graduation and college-going outcomes. Boundary-based (NCES SABS), shown alongside scores, never inside them.

• compare_schools

  Compare 2-4 public schools side by side: band, Scope Score, exceeded/met split, cohort growth (aggregate school-by-grade cohorts across the grade span, as a 0-100 index centred on the state average), climate. A school with no cohort comparison reports no growth figure rather than a substitute — treat that as missing evidence, not flat growth. Schools are only comparable within the same level (elementary/middle/high are separate rankings). Private schools cannot be compared — they have no state testing data.