New York City School Enrollment, Capacity, and Utilization, Historical

Historical enrollment, capacity, and utilization data for buildings and schools within the New York City public school system. The dataset includes columns for enrollment numbers, building capacity, and utilization rates, sourced from data.cityofnewyork.us. The data was last updated on May 9, 2022, and the historical report is noted as no longer being produced or maintained.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in school enrollment over time using the Enroll and Organization Name columns.
• Assess facility utilization by comparing Historical Capacity and Historical Utilization across different Geo Dist (geographic districts).
• Identify buildings with specific program capacities, such as PreK, using the PreK Cap + and Building Name columns.
• Model the relationship between reported special rooms (No. of Cluster / Spec Rms Reported +) and calculated needs (No. of Cluster Rms Needed +) for resource planning.

Strengths

• Data is structured with 12 distinct columns covering key facility and enrollment metrics.
• Includes unique identifiers (Bldg ID, Org ID) that facilitate joining with other datasets.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2022-05-09 22:27:58; freshness should be verified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Likely administrative reporting from the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA).

Freshness

Last updated 2022-05-09 22:27:58.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA