2018 Pre-K School Directory for New York City with Geospatial Attributes

A directory of schools participating in New York City's Pre-K for All program for the 2018 school year. The data was collected by the Department of Early Childhood Education and includes offer results from the Fall 2017 admissions process. The dataset includes geospatial columns added to meet Local Law 108 of 2015 standards.

Use Cases

• Map school locations and analyze spatial distribution using latitude, longitude, and district columns.
• Analyze program offerings and school characteristics using programname1, prek_type, meals, and magnet columns.
• Study enrollment patterns and seat availability using seats, district_outdistrict_some, and pkc_outdistrict_some columns.
• Identify contact information for schools or programs using contact_name, contact_email, phone, and website columns.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial attributes like latitude, longitude, and census tract for mapping analysis.
• Contains specific program and administrative details such as program codes, school DBNs, and contact information.
• Data is sourced directly from the New York City Department of Education's early childhood and enrollment offices.

Limitations

• The directory was printed in December 2017 and the description warns it should not be used to identify current programs.
• Row count and total number of records are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• License and author information are not provided in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

Department of Early Childhood Education and Office of Student Enrollment, New York City Department of Education.

Collection Method

Collected for informing families and producing borough-level directories.

Time Range

2018 school year, with admissions data from Fall 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-11-26 23:13:42; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2017-2018.

Geography

New York City, USA.