Bureau of Indian Education Schools and Facilities in 23 States

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

Use Cases

• Map school locations and types (e.g., BIE-operated vs. tribally controlled) using geographic data from the GEOJSON or KML files.
• Analyze the distribution of schools and student populations across the 64 reservations and 23 states mentioned in the description.
• Study the operational structure of the BIE system by examining data on the 58 directly operated and 129 contracted/grant-funded schools.

Strengths

• Covers 187 schools with a specific count of 58 BIE-operated and 129 tribally controlled institutions.
• Includes geographic scope across 64 reservations in 23 states.
• Managed by the authoritative Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Education.

Limitations

• No column names or sample data are provided, limiting understanding of the specific attributes available for analysis.
• The dataset's size and row count are unknown, making it difficult to assess its scale and completeness.
• Data may be primarily administrative and lack detailed student-level or academic performance metrics.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Education.

Collection Method

Administrative data collection by the federal agency.

Time Range

Current operational data; historical context references late 19th and early 20th-century origins.

Freshness

Last updated March 3, 2026.

Geography

United States, specifically 64 reservations across 23 states, with additional off-reservation facilities.