Chicago Public Schools Profile Data for the 2024-2025 Academic Year

School profile information for all schools in the Chicago Public School district for the school year 2024-2025. The dataset includes 40 columns covering demographics, contacts, transportation, and geospatial coordinates. It was published by data.cityofchicago.org and last updated on November 10, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing socioeconomic disparities using Student_Count_Low_Income, Student_Count_Black, and Student_Count_Hispanic columns.
• Mapping school locations and service areas using School_Latitude, School_Longitude, and Zip columns.
• Studying school program offerings and accessibility via Classroom_Languages, Transportation_Bus, and Transportation_El columns.
• Profiling school administration and contacts using Administrator, Third_Contact_Name, and Secondary_Contact_Title columns.

Strengths

• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (School_Latitude, School_Longitude) for mapping.
• Contains detailed demographic breakdowns for low-income, special education, Black, and Hispanic student populations.
• Covers all schools in a major U.S. urban district for a specific academic year (SY2425).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The dataset is static for SY2425 and will not be updated when the next year's data is created.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected by the Chicago Public Schools district.

Time Range

School Year 2024-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2024-11-10 23:30:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA