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    • School District Characteristics 2017-18

    Metadata Updated: October 21, 2024

    The National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program develops annually updated school district boundary composite files that include public elementary, secondary, and unified school district boundaries clipped to the U.S. shoreline. School districts are special-purpose administrative units designed by state and local officials to provide public education for local residents. District boundaries are collected for NCES by the U.S. Census Bureau to develop demographic estimates and to support educational research and program administration. The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) program is an annual collection of basic administrative characteristics for all public schools, school districts, and state education agencies in the United States. These characteristics are reported by state education officials and include directory information, number of students, number of teachers, grade span, and other conditions. The administrative attributes in this layer were developed from the 2017-2018 CCD collection. For more information about NCES school district boundaries, see: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/DistrictBoundaries. For more information about CCD school district attributes, see: https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/files.asp.Notes:

    -1 or M

    Indicates that the data are missing.

    -2 or N

    Indicates that the data are not applicable.

    -9

    Indicates that the data do not meet NCES data quality standards.

    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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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 16, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 21, 2024

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    Harvested from Education JSON

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    Metadata Created Date April 16, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 21, 2024
    Publisher National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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    Data First Published 2020-04-27T14:14:04.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2024-10-19T12:47:09.318500
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    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 018:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Office of the Secretary (OS) > Institute of Education Sciences (IES) > National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 59d7861731fec1660be1fdee6a68a80a52305afd5cc832848fe1ddfd4bcfc1ac
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