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School District Characteristics - Current
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 governments and 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 most current CCD collection available. 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.
Collections are available for the following years:
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
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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|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
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| contactPoint |
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| description | 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 governments and 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 most current CCD collection available. 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. Collections are available for the following years: 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 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. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | 311ef168-3e56-43d2-92bb-6842fca6bd41 |
| issued | 2022-04-21T18:58:13.000Z |
| keyword |
[ "CCD", "Common Core of Data", "EDGE", "Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates Program", "NCES", "National Center for Education Statistics", "Public Schools", "School District Boundaries", "U.S. Census Bureau", "United States", "geospatial" ] |
| landingPage | https://data-nces.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/nces::school-district-characteristics-current-1 |
| license | https://resources.data.gov/open-licenses/ |
| modified | 2026-05-12T12:24:25.536572 |
| programCode |
[ "018:107" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| rights | other-license-specified; other-license-specified |
| spatial | -179.1686,-14.5487,179.7487,71.3896 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | School District Characteristics - Current |