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Private School Locations 2023-24

Published by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Department of Education | Catalog Last Checked: May 08, 2026 at 08:15 PM | Dataset Last Updated: March 18, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program develops bi-annually updated point locations (latitude and longitude) for private schools included in the NCES Private School Survey (PSS). The PSS is conducted to provide a biennial count of the total number of private schools, teachers, and students. The PSS school location and associated geographic area assignments are derived from reported information about the physical location of private schools. The school geocode file includes supplemental geographic information for the universe of schools reported in the 2023-2024 PSS school collection, and they can be integrated with the survey files through use of institutional identifiers included in both sources. For more information about NCES school point data, see: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations and https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/LocaleBoundaries.All information contained in this file is in the public domain. Data users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these data.

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description <p>The National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program develops bi-annually updated point locations (latitude and longitude) for private schools included in the NCES Private School Survey (PSS). The PSS is conducted to provide a biennial count of the total number of private schools, teachers, and students. The PSS school location and associated geographic area assignments are derived from reported information about the physical location of private schools. The school geocode file includes supplemental geographic information for the universe of schools reported in the 2023-2024 PSS school collection, and they can be integrated with the survey files through use of institutional identifiers included in both sources. For more information about NCES school point data, see: <a target='_blank' href='https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations</a> and <a target='_blank' href='https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/LocaleBoundaries' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/LocaleBoundaries</a>.</p><p>All information contained in this file is in the public domain. Data users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these data.</p>
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