California K-12 Public School Locations for 2024-25 Academic Year

California's authoritative geographic data source for K-12 public school locations during the 2024-25 academic year. The dataset maps schools as point locations with coordinates and is enriched with demographic and performance variables from the California Department of Education. It includes schools open in October 2024, aligned with official Fall Census Day enrollment counts.

Use Cases

• Analyze school location patterns using X, Y coordinates and NCES locale codes to study geographic access and equity.
• Examine relationships between school demographic variables and performance metrics to inform education policy decisions.
• Map schools to state and federal legislative district identifiers for constituency analysis and resource allocation planning.
• Validate and visualize school point locations against aerial imagery or assessor's parcels databases for accuracy assessments.

Strengths

• Serves as the authoritative geographic data source for California's K-12 public schools.
• School locations are assigned coordinates via a quality-controlled geocoding and validation process for positional accuracy.
• Data is enriched with demographic and performance variables from official California Department of Education collections.

Limitations

• Dataset is a subset of all school records, excluding nonpublic nonsectarian schools and district office schools.
• The specific number of school records (rows) and data variables (columns) is not provided in the input.
• Data is temporally fixed to the 2024-25 academic year and schools open in October 2024, limiting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

California Department of Education's California School Directory and data collections.

Collection Method

Schools are mapped as point locations based on physical addresses, with coordinates assigned via a geocoding and validation process. Data is enriched from CALPADS and other CDE systems.

Time Range

2024-25 academic year, with school status aligned to October 2024.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-23, covering the 2024-25 academic year.

Geography

State of California, USA.