I actually think a school districts information is a wealth of data. It tends to be pretty accurate since they work so closely with the City. Where are you looking?
We use Google My Maps to compile all our market data. We get most of our info from:
The market (clients, owners, our day to day operations) HBJ Metro Study Apartment Data School districts Bisnow Land owners There is some architect forum that is normally pretty insightful online Hou Chron
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Certain Municipalities make it really easy to pull recent permits and some even have interactive development maps online with their whole permitting system overlayed.
College Station posts their development permits monthly so I typically check in on those in case I missed something moving in the market.