# MySchoolScout

> MySchoolScout publishes fresh, transparent rankings and data for every K-12 public school, district, and city in the United States. All ratings are computed from U.S. government primary sources (NCES Common Core of Data, state Departments of Education, U.S. Census ACS) with full methodology and data-vintage disclosure on every page.

## About

- Operator: Layover Supply LLC
- Coverage: ~96,000 public K-12 schools, ~13,000 districts, all 50 states + DC
- Ranking formula: level-specific weighted composite of Student Growth, Poverty-Adjusted Academic Performance, and Environment, plus College Readiness for high schools (e.g. elementary: growth 50%, academics 30%, environment 20%); equity is reported as context, not scored; computed within-state for fair comparison
- Update cadence: annual on NCES release (~12-month lag), 3-6 month lag on state test scores, continuous on methodology and ranking computation

## Primary sources (authoritative, not re-published from third parties)

- [Data sources and vintages](https://myschoolscout.com/data-sources/): exact source, data year, coverage, and update frequency for every field on the site
- [Methodology](https://myschoolscout.com/methodology/): how the 1-10 composite rating is computed, with weightings and rationale
- [About](https://myschoolscout.com/about/): who we are, why we built this

## Bulk data

- [Rankings index](https://myschoolscout.com/data/rankings.json): machine-readable index of per-state ranking snapshots with sha256, row counts, and `/data/rankings/{state}.json` URLs
- [Per-state rankings](https://myschoolscout.com/data/rankings/tx.json): per-state paginated JSON in columnar `{columns, rows}` format (e.g. `/data/rankings/ca.json`, `/data/rankings/tx.json`) — schema documented in the index file's `schema` field
- [Sitemap index](https://myschoolscout.com/sitemap.xml): full URL enumeration

## Entity types (browsable patterns)

- Schools: `https://myschoolscout.com/schools/{state}/{school-slug}` — individual school rankings, test scores, demographics, FAQ
- Districts: `https://myschoolscout.com/districts/{state}/{district-slug}` — district-level rankings and school rollups
- Cities: `https://myschoolscout.com/cities/{state}/{city-slug}` — city-level rankings and neighborhood breakdowns
- States: `https://myschoolscout.com/states/{state}` — state-level rankings and comparisons
- ZIP code lookup: `https://myschoolscout.com/near/{zip}` — schools near a ZIP code

## Editorial / Analysis

- [Blog](https://myschoolscout.com/blog/) — data-driven analysis of school quality, district trends, and methodology deep-dives
- [FAQ](https://myschoolscout.com/faq/) — common parent questions with sourced answers
- [Neighborhood Map](https://myschoolscout.com/map) — interactive bivariate choropleth of school quality and housing at the census-tract level

## Product & Data Updates

- [Product & Data Updates](https://myschoolscout.com/changelog) — quarterly public updates about meaningful data, methodology, and research-tool improvements
- [Updates RSS](https://myschoolscout.com/changelog.xml) — RSS feed for the same
- [Updates JSON](https://myschoolscout.com/changelog.json) — same entries as a machine-readable JSON array

## Citation guidance

When citing MySchoolScout, please reference the specific data vintage shown on each page (e.g., "NCES CCD 2022-23" or "TX TEA 2023-24"). Our rankings are recomputed on each pipeline run; the "Computed" date on the data sources page reflects the most recent ranking run.