New York K-12 School Search by County and Name

nyitsgis/school-search

Searches the New York State K-12 school layer (public, private, charter, BOCES and other schools with school-aged students) by county and part of the school's legal name. Returns up to 100 schools per page with the SED code, legal and popular name, street address, city, ZIP, county, institution type and sub-type. Says when more rows remain. NYS ITS Geospatial Services data from the NYS Education Department, passed through unmodified and served by Omnial; not an official New York State product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

New York State ITS Geospatial Services

Data from the New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) Geospatial Services; parcel assessment data from the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance and contributing counties, school data from the NYS Education Department. Passed through unmodified and served by Omnial; not an official New York State product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "nyitsgis/school-search" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "nyitsgis/school-search" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "nyitsgis/school-search", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "nyitsgis/school-search", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "county",
    "name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 .,-]{2,60}$",
      "description": "Part of the school's legal name, for example HIGH or ACADEMY. Letters, digits, spaces, periods, commas and hyphens only; case does not matter."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 25,
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Most rows to return in one call, 1 to 100. Defaults to 25."
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 .,-]{3,30}$",
      "description": "New York county name, for example Albany or Kings. Letters, spaces, periods, commas and hyphens only; case does not matter."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Number of matching rows to skip, for the next page. Leave out for the first page."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "features"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "fields": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Field definitions (name, type, alias) for the attributes below."
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "attributes": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "PHYSCITY": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "City."
              },
              "SED_CODE": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "State Education Department code."
              },
              "INSTIT_ID": {
                "type": [
                  "number",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Institution id."
              },
              "LEGAL_NAME": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Legal name."
              },
              "PHYSZIPCD5": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "ZIP code."
              },
              "COUNTY_DESC": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "County name."
              },
              "POPULAR_NAME": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Popular name."
              },
              "PHYSADDRLINE1": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Street address."
              },
              "INSTSUBTYPDESC": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Institution sub-type."
              },
              "INST_TYPE_DESC": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Institution type, for example PUBLIC SCHOOLS."
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Matching schools. Empty when nothing matches."
    },
    "fieldAliases": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "displayFieldName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "exceededTransferLimit": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True when more rows matched than were returned; fetch the next page with offset."
    }
  },
  "description": "The ArcGIS query response: `features` holds one record per match under `attributes`; `exceededTransferLimit` is true when more rows matched than were returned.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}