Charter Schools in Wake County as a Point Dataset

A point dataset of charter schools in Wake County, North Carolina. The feature service is updated annually from an Excel file provided by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Wake County published the dataset, which was last updated on the platform on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial distribution of charter schools based on the point geometry.
• Analyze proximity to other educational or community resources based on the geospatial data.
• Conduct demographic or equity studies of school access based on the geographic location of charter schools.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, GEOJSON, KML, ZIP, ArcGIS REST API).
• The dataset has a clear update frequency, being updated annually from a source file.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)

Collection Method

Derived annually from an Excel file provided by NCDPI.

Time Range

Data reflects the state as of the source file's last update (August 17, 2021).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 22 02:57:15.272017; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wake County, North Carolina, United States.