U.S. Public School Locations and Attributes for 2017-18

National Center for Education Statistics data provides point locations and administrative attributes for public elementary and secondary schools across the United States for the 2017-18 academic year. The dataset includes characteristics such as student demographics, teacher counts, and school grade span, compiled from the Common Core of Data collection.

Use Cases

• Analyze the geographic distribution of schools using latitude and longitude point locations to identify coverage gaps.
• Examine correlations between student demographics and school-level administrative conditions reported in the CCD.
• Map school grade span and teacher counts to study resource allocation across different regions.
• Use the reported physical location data to calculate proximity metrics for community planning studies.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) collection, which annually covers all public schools in the United States.
• Includes geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for precise spatial analysis of school locations.
• Administrative attributes cover multiple domains, including student demographics, teacher numbers, and school grade span.

Limitations

• Specific row and column counts are unavailable, making it difficult to assess the dataset's scale and feature completeness.
• Data is from the 2017-18 academic year and may not reflect current school characteristics or locations.
• Missing data is coded with values like -1 or 'M', which requires careful handling during analysis to avoid misinterpretation.

Provenance

Source

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program, in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Collection Method

Annually collected administrative and fiscal data supplied by state education agency officials for the Common Core of Data (CCD) program.

Time Range

2017-2018 academic year.

Freshness

Last updated metadata is from 2024-05-23, but the core data reflects the 2017-18 collection year.

Geography

United States.