California Public School Locations and Attributes for 2023-24

2023-24 academic year data provides authoritative geographic point locations for California's K-12 public schools, enriched with demographic and performance variables from the California Department of Education. The dataset includes schools open in October 2023 to align with official Fall Census Day enrollment counts. It is produced by the State of California as a subset of the CDE's public school directory.

Use Cases

• Map school locations using X, Y coordinates to analyze geographic distribution and access patterns across California.
• Correlate school-level demographic variables with performance metrics to inform education policy decisions.
• Analyze enrollment data from Fall Census Day 2023 to identify trends in public school populations.
• Examine the relationship between school characteristics from the California School Directory and geographic area values like legislative districts.

Strengths

• Data is authoritative and quality-controlled, with coordinates verified using aerial imagery or assessor's parcel databases.
• Temporal coverage is precisely defined for the 2023-24 academic year, aligned with official enrollment counts.
• Includes enriched attributes beyond location, such as demographic and performance variables from state collections.

Limitations

• Dataset is a subset excluding nonpublic nonsectarian schools and district office schools, limiting scope to K-12 public schools only.
• Unknown total row count and specific column details, which hinders precise assessment of dataset scale and feature completeness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Geographic data created through a quality-controlled geocoding and validation process of school addresses; demographic and performance data collected through state systems.

Time Range

2023-24 academic year, with school status based on October 2023.

Freshness

Data reflects the 2023-24 academic year and was last updated on the platform in January 2026.

Geography

State of California, USA.