PowerSchool · Schema

PowerSchool Section

A course section from the PowerSchool SIS REST API (/ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/section). A section is a specific scheduled offering of a course, linking a course, teacher, time period, and enrolled students.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Section DCID — district-wide unique identifier. Also referenced as 'dcid' in SDK code.
course_id	integer	DCID of the course this section is an offering of.
section_number	integer	Section number within the course.
expression	string	Period expression string used internally (e.g., '1(A)').
external_expression	string	Human-readable period label for display (e.g., 'Period 1').
gradebooktype	string	Gradebook type identifier controlling grading method for this section.
school_id	integer	DCID of the school where this section meets.
staff_id	integer	DCID of the staff member (teacher) assigned to this section.
term_id	integer	DCID of the academic term during which this section is offered.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/powerschool/main/json-schema/powerschool-section.json",
  "title": "PowerSchool Section",
  "description": "A course section from the PowerSchool SIS REST API (/ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/section). A section is a specific scheduled offering of a course, linking a course, teacher, time period, and enrolled students.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Section DCID — district-wide unique identifier. Also referenced as 'dcid' in SDK code."
    },
    "course_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "DCID of the course this section is an offering of."
    },
    "section_number": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Section number within the course."
    },
    "expression": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Period expression string used internally (e.g., '1(A)')."
    },
    "external_expression": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable period label for display (e.g., 'Period 1')."
    },
    "gradebooktype": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Gradebook type identifier controlling grading method for this section."
    },
    "school_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "DCID of the school where this section meets."
    },
    "staff_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "DCID of the staff member (teacher) assigned to this section."
    },
    "term_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "DCID of the academic term during which this section is offered."
    }
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "id": 88901,
      "course_id": 4401,
      "section_number": 2,
      "expression": "3(A)",
      "external_expression": "Period 3",
      "gradebooktype": "1",
      "school_id": 5001,
      "staff_id": 22345,
      "term_id": 300100
    }
  ]
}