Pa School Districts 2026_04: Pennsylvania School District Boundaries and Attributes

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation provides geographic and administrative data for school districts across the state. Columns suggest it includes district names, county affiliations, intermediate unit codes, and geometric shapes for mapping. The dataset was last updated on May 7, 2026, by the Bureau of Planning and Research, Cartographic Information Division.

Use Cases

• Map school district boundaries using `GIS_GEOMET` or `the_geom` for spatial visualization.
• Analyze the relationship between school districts (`SCHOOL_DIS`) and their governing intermediate units (`IU_NAME`, `IU_NUM`).
• Join demographic or financial data to districts using identifiers like `AUN_NUM` or `GPID` for regional analysis.
• Calculate geographic properties like area (`AREA`, `Shape_Area`) and perimeter (`Shape_Leng`, `LEN`) for district comparisons.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geometric representations (`GIS_GEOMET`, `the_geom`) for spatial analysis.
• Contains administrative hierarchy columns (`IU_NAME`, `CTY_NAME`, `AUN_NUM`) for jurisdictional analysis.
• Offers data in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Cartographic Information Division

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 13:36:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pennsylvania, United States