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Which schools serve an address?
Public school data from the National Center for Education Statistics, checked November 2026.
Short answer
Type an address to get its school district, the elementary, middle and high schools its attendance zone was assigned, and the other public schools within a mile and a half. The district is current (2024–25). The zones come from the last nationwide survey, in 2015–16, so check them with the district before you rely on them.
Where the answers come from
Everything is from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the federal agency that collects data on every public school. The district is the boundary and record for the 2024–25 school year. School details, from grades to enrollment and students per teacher, are each school's 2024–25 record.
The assigned schools come from NCES's School Attendance Boundary Survey, which it describes as "an experimental survey … to collect school attendance boundaries for the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 school years", covering "more than 70,000 schools in over 12,000 school districts". It hasn't been repeated, so 2015–16 is the latest nationwide picture. We match each 2015–16 school to its 2024–25 record by its NCES ID and say when it's no longer listed.
Where a district publishes its current zones under terms that let us reuse them, the lookup shows those first: Houston ISD (from the City of Houston, public domain), DC Public Schools (DC GIS, CC BY 4.0), Montgomery County, Maryland (the county Planning Department, 2026–27), Seattle (2023–24, the latest the city lists openly), Portland and the rest of Multnomah County, Oregon (City of Portland open data), New York City (DOE, 2024–25), Chicago (CPS, 2025–26), Prince George's County, Maryland, San Francisco (elementary attendance areas, 2024–25), Miami-Dade (county GIS, a Florida public record) and every Minnesota district (the state Department of Education, 2025–26). We add more as districts publish them openly; most publish their zones with a disclaimer that doesn't allow reuse.
The survey's documentation notes that "many districts also use a variety of school choice and open enrollment options that transcend traditional school boundaries." The district's own school locator, or its enrollment office, has the final word on today's zones.
More about the neighborhood
The neighborhood page collects the other address checks: flood zones and property lines on the measuring map, and what you can build, from ADUs to a lot split.
Sources
This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.cityofchicago.org, the official website of the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one’s own risk.