Public School Geographic Locations for the 2022-23 Academic Year

Annually updated point locations for public elementary and secondary schools across the United States, developed by the National Center for Education Statistics' EDGE program. The data originate from the Common Core of Data collection and include school characteristics such as student demographics and grade span.

Use Cases

• Map school locations with latitude and longitude coordinates for spatial accessibility analysis.
• Analyze school distribution relative to student demographics reported in the Common Core of Data.
• Identify public schools by grade span for regional educational planning and resource allocation.

Strengths

• Data is developed annually by the authoritative National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
• Covers all public elementary and secondary schools in the United States for the 2022-23 academic year.
• Includes multiple geographic file formats like GeoJSON and KML for diverse mapping applications.

Limitations

• Specific row count and column details are not provided in the input.
• Data is limited to public schools and does not include private institutions.
• Point locations are derived from reported information, which may contain inaccuracies.

Provenance

Source

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) collection.

Collection Method

Administrative data supplied by state education agency officials, with point locations derived from reported physical addresses.

Time Range

2022-2023 academic year.

Freshness

Updated annually; data reflects the 2022-23 academic year and was last updated in October 2024.

Geography

United States.