Free to browse. Pay only when you're deciding.
Every public metric on every school — test scores, demographics, rankings, maps — is free, forever. When you're down to a shortlist and the decision actually matters, a pass unlocks the evidence we built that Google doesn't have.
Choosing a school is a five-figure-a-year decision if you go private, and a house-price decision if you don't. The research below costs less than one tank of gas.
Browse
Every school, every public metric.
- All OSPI test scores, by year and subject
- Rankings, maps, and demographics
- Dossier executive summaries
- Address lookup to your district
- Score trends & peer percentiles
- Full research dossiers
Single Dossier
One school, researched in depth.
- Full research dossier for one school of your choice
- Every citation and the evidence ledger
- Unlock is permanent for that school
- Paid metrics on other schools
Research Pass
For comparing a shortlist.
- 3 full dossiers included
- Score trends on every school
- Peer percentile vs. demographically similar schools
- Competition evidence (National Merit, Science Olympiad, robotics, chess)
- Gifted/HCC pathway detail & PTA capacity
- Extra dossiers $9 each
Power Pass
For a full district search or a move.
- 20 full dossiers included
- Everything in Research Pass
- Comparison dossiers
- Priority research queue
Important: check out with the same email address you use to sign in here — that's how your pass and credits attach to your account. Passes never auto-renew; renewal is a deliberate re-purchase. Create your account first →
What exactly is a dossier?
A dossier is a long-form research report on one specific school — the file a diligent family would assemble themselves over many weekends. It covers academic outcomes in context, depth of the advanced-peer group, program and access analysis (how you actually get in), culture signals from handbooks and climate surveys, logistics, and neighborhood context — every claim dated, sourced, and linked. It ends with the open questions we couldn't resolve, so you know what to ask on your tour.
49 dossiers are published so far, concentrated in Seattle, Bellevue, Lake Washington, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Bainbridge Island, and Northshore — and the set is growing. Each school's page shows the dossier's executive summary free, so you can judge the quality before you unlock one.
What's free vs. paid — and why
One principle decides the line: if the data is public and pre-aggregated by the source, it's free. Test scores, graduation rates, and demographics come straight from OSPI — we won't charge you for data Google already has. What's paid is the work we did: multi-year trend derivations, peer-controlled percentiles, competition evidence compiled from dozens of scattered sources, gifted-pathway analysis, PTA financial capacity from IRS filings, and the dossiers themselves.
| What you get | Browse (free) | Research Pass | Power Pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| All OSPI metrics — scores, Level 4, graduation, attendance, demographics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rankings, interactive map, district profiles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dossier executive summaries | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3-year score trends on every school | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Peer percentile vs. demographically similar schools | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Competition evidence: National Merit, Science Olympiad, FRC robotics, chess | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gifted / Highly Capable pathway detail | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| PTA / booster financial capacity (IRS 990s) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full research dossiers included | — | 3 | 20 |
| Comparison dossiers & priority queue | — | — | ✓ |
Questions
- Does the pass auto-renew?
- No. A pass is a 30-day window, bought once. If you're still deciding in a month, renewing is a deliberate choice — we'd rather earn it again than bill you while you're not looking.
- Do dossier credits expire?
- No. Credits stay on your account until you spend them, and a school you've unlocked stays unlocked permanently — even after your pass ends.
- Do I need a pass to buy a single dossier?
- No. The $9 single dossier stands alone. The pass is the better deal if you're comparing two or more schools, since it includes three dossiers plus the paid metrics on every school.
- How current is the research?
- Every metric is labeled with its school year and source; every dossier shows its research date and links every citation. OSPI publishes annually, so the most recent academic year shown is always the latest the state has released.
- Is this a ranking service?
- No. We never collapse the evidence into a single score. The rankings pages that do exist use one transparent public metric and say exactly what they don't include. The product is the evidence, organized — the judgment stays yours.