Chicago Public Schools: High School Attendance Boundaries SY2526

Chicago Public Schools provides official geospatial boundaries for high school attendance in the 2025-2026 academic year. The dataset includes polygon geometry and school identifiers, enabling precise mapping of student assignment zones. Its cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals its importance for public planning and transparency.

Use Cases

• Mapping school catchment areas using the_geom and SCHOOL_NAM.
• Verifying school assignments for specific addresses using BOUNDARYGR and SCHOOL_ADD.
• Analyzing district structure by school type using GRADE_CAT and SCHOOL_ID.

Strengths

• Contains official, high-stakes administrative boundaries for a major U.S. school district.
• Specifically covers the upcoming 2025-2026 school year, indicating planned future use.
• Available in multiple export formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, license, and author are missing or conflicting across sources.
• The description is identical and templated across platforms, suggesting a lack of detailed documentation.
• No information on the methodology for boundary creation or updates is provided.

Provenance

Source

City of Chicago

Time Range

School Year 2025-2026

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-04 21:50:57.874342

Geography

Chicago Public Schools district, Illinois, USA