About SchoolsByCounty
Free, transparent education data for every US county.
Our Mission
SchoolsByCounty provides free, transparent education and school quality data for every county in the United States. Families deserve clear, accurate information when making decisions about where to live and how to support their children's education.
Data Sources
Education data comes from two primary sources:
- NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) — School district finance, enrollment, and graduation rate data via the Common Core of Data (CCD).
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS — Educational attainment data (bachelor's degree rates) for the adult population by county.
Part of the ByCounty Network
SchoolsByCounty is part of the ByCounty Network — a suite of data sites covering property taxes, cost of living, crime, health, risk, water quality, and more. Visit CountyScore.com for a comprehensive county report card combining all data sources.
AI-Generated Content
SchoolsByCounty uses artificial intelligence (Claude, by Anthropic) to generate narrative text on state summary pages. These narratives are produced from structured government data — the AI does not fabricate statistics. All numbers, scores, and rankings displayed on the site are computed directly from NCES and Census ACS data without AI involvement.
Human editors review AI-generated narratives for accuracy. For full details on how we process data and generate content, see our Methodology page.