Public School District Boundaries and Administrative Attributes 2020-21

13,000 public school district boundaries and administrative characteristics for the 2020-21 academic year are provided by the National Center for Education Statistics. The dataset includes directory information, student and teacher counts, and grade spans reported by state education officials. Data is sourced from the Common Core of Data collection and the Census Bureau's EDGE program.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between district-level student counts and teacher counts to model resource allocation.
• Map school district boundaries using geographic files to study demographic distributions and enrollment zones.
• Investigate grade span configurations across districts to understand elementary and secondary school organization.
• Join administrative attributes like directory information with external demographic data for educational equity research.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative National Center for Education Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Covers approximately 13,000 public school districts across the United States for a complete national snapshot.
• Includes both geographic boundary files and tabular administrative data from the annual Common Core of Data collection.

Limitations

• Specific column names and a precise row count for the administrative data table are not provided in the input.
• Missing data is indicated with codes like -1, M, -2, N, and -9, which requires careful handling during analysis.
• The dataset is specific to the 2020-21 academic year and does not represent current conditions without an update.

Provenance

Source

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program.

Collection Method

Boundaries developed by the U.S. Census Bureau; administrative attributes reported annually by state education officials.

Time Range

2020-2021 academic year.

Freshness

Last updated on 2024-05-23; data reflects the 2020-21 academic year.

Geography

United States, covering public elementary, secondary, and unified school districts.