U.S. Public School Civil Rights Data for 2017-18

The Civil Rights Data Collection for 2017-18 is a universe survey of all public schools in the United States, administered by the Department of Education. It provides data on enrollment demographics, advanced placement, school discipline, and special education services, disaggregated by race, sex, English proficiency, and disability.

Use Cases

• Analyze enrollment demographics disaggregated by race and sex to identify equity gaps in school districts.
• Investigate school discipline patterns across disability and limited English proficiency student subgroups.
• Assess the distribution of advanced placement course access by race/ethnicity and sex.
• Examine special education services provision relative to student enrollment demographics.

Strengths

• A universe survey covering all public schools in the United States.
• Data is disaggregated by key demographic dimensions: race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency, and disability.
• Part of a longitudinal program with data available since 2000, enabling trend analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row and column counts are not provided, limiting precise assessment of dataset scale and granularity.
• As a cross-sectional survey for a single school year, it does not track individual student outcomes over time.
• Relies on administrative records submitted by local education agencies, which may have reporting inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.

Collection Method

Universe cross-sectional survey; local education agencies submit administrative records.

Time Range

2017-18 school year.

Freshness

Data is for the 2017-18 school year; metadata was last updated in October 2024.

Geography

United States (all public schools).