School Enrollment in Magdalena Department Municipalities, 2010-2020

Magdalena Department in Colombia provides data on the number of students enrolled in official and private schools across its municipalities from 2010 to 2020. The dataset excludes the municipalities of Santa Marta and Ciénaga. It includes columns for official, private, and contracted schools, as well as subregion and municipality codes.

Use Cases

• Analyze enrollment trends over time using the AÑO and MUNICIPIO columns.
• Compare public versus private sector enrollment shares using the OFICIAL and PRIVADA columns.
• Model regional educational disparities using SUBREGION and enrollment count columns.
• Calculate contracted service proportions in the education sector using CONTRATADA OFICIAL and CONTRATADA PRIVADA columns.

Strengths

• Covers an 11-year time range from 2010 to 2020.
• Provides a breakdown by municipality and school sector (official, private, contracted).
• Includes standardized geographic identifiers via the CODIGO DANE column.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Excludes data for the major municipalities of Santa Marta and Ciénaga.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Time Range

2010 - 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:43:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities within the Magdalena Department, Colombia (excluding Santa Marta and Ciénaga).