Bureau of Indian Education Schools Directory

187 Bureau-funded elementary and secondary schools operate on 64 reservations across 23 states, serving approximately 40,000 Indian students. The Bureau of Indian Education directly operates 58 schools and funds 129 tribally controlled institutions, plus off-reservation boarding schools and dormitories. The system also supports higher education through scholarships and two directly operated post-secondary institutions.

Use Cases

• Map school locations and types (BIE-operated vs. tribally controlled) across 23 states for resource allocation analysis.
• Analyze the distribution of schools relative to the 64 reservations to study educational access for Native American students.
• Study the operational structure of the school system using data on BIE-operated and tribally controlled institutions.

Strengths

• Covers 187 Bureau-funded schools, providing a complete census of this federal education system.
• Includes specific counts for 58 BIE-operated and 129 tribally controlled schools, detailing governance models.
• Geographic scope spans 64 reservations in 23 states, offering broad spatial coverage.

Limitations

• Data on individual student demographics, academic performance, or school-level resources is not included in the provided description.
• The description focuses on institutional counts and locations, lacking time-series data for trend analysis.
• Sample data and specific column schema are unavailable, limiting understanding of the data's granular structure.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

64 reservations across 23 states in the United States