Daily COVID-19 testing and positive case data for K-12 public schools in New York State during the 2021-2022 academic year. The data was collected via a daily survey submitted by school administrators to the NYSDOH and is published by health.data.ny.gov. It includes metrics on students, teachers, and staff across counties and school districts.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in Positive Students, Positive Teachers, and Positive Staff by County and Report Date to model disease spread.
- Compare COVID-19 testing rates (Total Tests, Screening Test Administered) across different School Types and Regions.
- Assess the relationship between school size (Number of Students, Number of Staff) and case positivity rates using School BEDS Code for unique identification.
Strengths
- Data includes daily reporting for an entire academic year, providing high temporal granularity.
- Contains 17 distinct columns covering school demographics, testing volumes, and positive cases for multiple groups.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2022-09-27 14:03:27; freshness should be verified for current analyses.
Provenance
- Source
- health.data.ny.gov
- Collection Method
- Collected via daily school survey forms submitted by school administrators to the NYSDOH.
- Time Range
- 2021-2022 School Year
- Freshness
- Data was updated daily during the collection period; last platform update was 2022-09-27.
- Geography
- New York State, United States