California Public School Locations and Attributes for 2022-23

State of California provides authoritative geographic data for K-12 public school locations during the 2022-23 academic year. The dataset includes point locations with coordinates and is enriched with demographic and performance variables from the California Department of Education. It covers schools open in October 2022, aligned with official Fall Census Day enrollment counts.

Use Cases

• Analyze school locations using X, Y coordinates to map geographic access and proximity patterns.
• Examine demographic variables from CALPADS to study equity across different school populations.
• Use NCES locale codes to compare school characteristics and performance in urban, suburban, town, and rural settings.
• Cross-reference state and federal legislative district identifiers to assess policy impacts on school resources.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative California Department of Education, ensuring official school records.
• Coordinates are assigned via a quality-controlled geocoding and validation process using aerial imagery and assessor data.
• Dataset is temporally specific to the 2022-23 academic year and aligned with the official Fall Census Day.

Limitations

• Dataset is a subset excluding nonpublic nonsectarian schools and district office schools, limiting scope to K-12 public schools only.
• Specific row count, column count, and data size are unknown, making it difficult to assess scale and completeness.
• Relies on a snapshot from October 2022; conditions may have changed for schools that opened, closed, or moved later in the academic year.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

School locations geocoded from physical addresses and validated; demographic and performance data collected through official state systems.

Time Range

2022-23 academic year, with school status based on October 2022.

Freshness

Data reflects the 2022-23 academic year; metadata was last updated in January 2026.

Geography

State of California, USA.