Chicago Public School Profiles for the 2020-2021 Academic Year

Chicago Public Schools profile information for the 2020-2021 school year. The dataset includes demographic counts, contact details, operational hours, and location data for schools in the district. It was published by data.cityofchicago.org and last updated on October 17, 2021.

Use Cases

• Analyzing demographic equity using Student_Count_Hispanic, Student_Count_Black, and Student_Count_White across Community Areas.
• Mapping school locations and service areas using School_Longitude and Community Areas for geospatial analysis.
• Correlating operational schedules like School_Hours and After_School_Hours with demographic or performance indicators.
• Studying special education and language services via Student_Count_Special_Ed and Classroom_Languages columns.

Strengths

• Includes specific demographic breakdowns across 8 ethnicity columns (e.g., Student_Count_Asian, Student_Count_Multi).
• Contains geospatial reference points via School_Longitude and administrative details like Phone and Website.
• Covers the full 2020-2021 school year for Chicago Public Schools, providing a complete annual snapshot.

Limitations

• Last updated 2021-10-17 22:30:19; freshness should be verified for current analyses.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

Likely administrative data reported by the Chicago Public School district.

Time Range

School Year 2020-2021

Freshness

Static snapshot for SY2021; not updated after the 2021-2022 dataset was created.

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA