California K-12 Public School Locations and Attributes for 2021-22

California's authoritative geographic data source for K-12 public school locations during the 2021-22 academic year, enriched with demographic and performance variables from the California Department of Education. Schools are mapped as point locations with coordinates from a quality-controlled geocoding process. The dataset includes schools open in October 2021, excluding nonpublic nonsectarian and district office schools.

Use Cases

• Analyze school enrollment and demographic patterns across geographic areas using NCES locale codes and legislative district identifiers.
• Map school locations with X, Y coordinates to visualize spatial distribution and proximity to community resources.
• Examine relationships between school performance variables and demographic data collected through the CALPADS system.
• Identify geographic patterns in school characteristics for state and federal legislative district planning.

Strengths

• Authoritative geographic data source from the California Department of Education for the 2021-22 academic year.
• School locations are assigned X, Y coordinates through a quality-controlled geocoding and validation process using aerial imagery.
• Data is enriched with demographic and performance variables from official CDE collections like CALPADS.
• Includes geographic area values such as state/federal legislative district identifiers and NCES locale codes.

Limitations

• Limited to K-12 public schools open in October 2021, excluding nonpublic nonsectarian and district office schools.
• The specific number of rows (schools) and columns (attributes) is not provided in the input.
• Data is temporally fixed to the 2021-22 academic year and may not reflect subsequent changes.

Provenance

Source

California Department of Education (CDE) via the California School Directory and CALPADS system.

Collection Method

School locations mapped as point locations from physical addresses using a quality-controlled geocoding process. Demographic and performance data collected through official CDE data collections.

Time Range

2021-22 academic year, with schools open in October 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-01-23, but data coverage is for the 2021-22 academic year.

Geography

State of California, USA.