# SchoolScope (remote · mcp.schoolscope.co)

California school data for AI agents — scores, profiles, comparisons, feeder paths, UC pipelines.

- Trust score: 89/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- remote · `mcp.schoolscope.co`: 89/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-schoolscope-mcp/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-schoolscope-mcp/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `3.4.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-21.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 86/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1167 tokens (~89/item across 13 items; 7 tools + 6 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 96/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 85% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the SchoolScope MCP server?

SchoolScope is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http co-schoolscope-mcp 'https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-schoolscope-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "co-schoolscope-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.co-schoolscope-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "co-schoolscope-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add co-schoolscope-mcp --url 'https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  co-schoolscope-mcp:
    url: "https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "co-schoolscope-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add co-schoolscope-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-schoolscope-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-15 (score 89, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-14 (score 89, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 88, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 87, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-08 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-05 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-03 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-01 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (7)

### `find_schools` (~401 tokens)

Find California 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 that composes with query, zip, near and level, and every result carries a `hasTk` field.

Input parameters:

- `level` (string): Restrict to one level. Elementary, middle and high are scored on separate scales and are never mixed. With no query/zip/near, returns the top-ranked schools at this level.
- `limit` (integer)
- `near` (string): A point to search around: 'lat,lng' (e.g. '37.4299,-122.1285'), a 5-digit zip, or a California city name. Zips and city names resolve to the centre of the schools we hold there, so no external geocod…
- `query` (string): Free text: school, city or district name, e.g. 'lowell', 'palo alto unified'
- `radius_miles` (number): Radius for `near`, in miles. Default 5. Ignored unless `near` is set.
- `tk` (boolean): true limits results to schools with active transitional kindergarten (TK) enrollment.
- `zip` (string): 5-digit California zip code, e.g. '94110'

Output parameters:

- `heading` (string)
- `meta` (object)
- `point` (object)
- `radiusMiles` (number)
- `schools` (array)

### `school_profile` (~195 tokens)

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 (the same students 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 underlying rates; the Scope Score is excluded there because it is normalised within each year and is not comparable across them. Current data year 2025.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): URL slug, e.g. 'lowell-high-san-francisco-unified'. Get it from find_schools.

Output parameters:

- `meta` (object)
- `school` (object)
- `trend` (array)

### `feeder_path` (~78 tokens)

K-12 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.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): URL slug of the school

Output parameters:

- `endpoint`
- `feedsFrom` (array)
- `feedsInto` (array)
- `meta` (object)
- `school` (string)
- `subject` (object)

### `compare_schools` (~131 tokens)

Compare schools

Compare 2-4 public schools side by side: band, Scope Score, exceeded/met split, cohort growth (same students 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.

Input parameters:

- `slugs` (array, required): 2-4 school slugs from find_schools

Output parameters:

- `compared` (array)
- `excludedPrivate` (array)
- `meta` (object)

### `district_profile` (~56 tokens)

District profile

A California district roll-up: average Scope Score and absenteeism across the district plus every scored school ranked by level. Match by district name.

Input parameters:

- `district` (string, required): District name or fragment, e.g. 'palo alto unified'

Output parameters:

- `county`
- `district` (string)
- `meta` (object)
- `schools` (array)
- `stats`

### `similar_schools` (~113 tokens)

Similar schools

Schools serving a similar student population to a given school — same level, comparable free/reduced-lunch share and enrollment size — with the subject's standing among them. This is the fair comparison: a raw ranking largely reflects who enrolls, so a school's position against demographic peers says far more about the school itself than its statewide rank does. Public schools only.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `slug` (string, required): URL slug of the school to find peers for. Get it from find_schools.

Output parameters:

- `freeLunchWindow`
- `matchedPeerCount` (number)
- `meta` (object)
- `outscoredPeers`
- `peers` (array)
- `subject` (object)

### `my_watchlist` (~32 tokens)

My saved schools

Return the schools the authenticated user has saved on SchoolScope. Requires the `watchlist:read` OAuth scope.

Output parameters:

- `email` (string)
- `meta` (object)
- `watchlist` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-schoolscope-mcp/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 89
- 2026-09-20: 89
- 2026-09-19: 89
- 2026-09-18: 89
- 2026-09-17: 89
- 2026-09-16: 89
- 2026-09-15: 89
- 2026-09-14: 89
- 2026-09-13: 88
- 2026-09-12: 88
- 2026-09-11: 87
- 2026-09-10: 87
- 2026-09-09: 86
- 2026-09-08: 86
- 2026-09-07: 85
- 2026-09-06: 85
- 2026-09-05: 85
- 2026-09-04: 84
- 2026-09-03: 84
- 2026-09-02: 83
- 2026-09-01: 83
- 2026-08-31: 82
- 2026-08-30: 82
- 2026-08-29: 81
- 2026-08-28: 81
- 2026-08-27: 80
- 2026-08-26: 80
- 2026-08-25: 78
- 2026-08-24: 78
- 2026-08-23: 77

## Common questions

### What is the SchoolScope MCP server?

SchoolScope is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as co.schoolscope/mcp. California school data for AI agents, scores, profiles, comparisons, feeder paths, UC pipelines. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp).

### Is the SchoolScope MCP server safe to use?

SchoolScope scores 89 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the SchoolScope MCP server expose?

SchoolScope exposes 7 tools: find_schools, school_profile, feeder_path, compare_schools, district_profile, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,006 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the SchoolScope MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to SchoolScope without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the SchoolScope MCP server still maintained?

SchoolScope is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.schoolscope.co/mcp
- Website: https://schoolscope.co/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-schoolscope-mcp/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-schoolscope-mcp/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-schoolscope-mcp/mcp