New York City School District Administrative Boundaries

School District boundaries for New York City, defined by the New York City Department of Education. The dataset is maintained by the City of New York's Department of City Planning and is available in multiple formats including XML, RDF, JSON, and CSV. All previously released versions are archived on the DCP BYTES of the BIG APPLE website.

Use Cases

• Map School District boundaries for spatial analysis of administrative areas in New York City.
• Integrate boundary data with other NYC geographic datasets using common identifiers like district codes.
• Analyze the relationship between School Districts and other administrative zones such as school assignment zones.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative City of New York Department of City Planning.
• Available in multiple interoperable formats including XML, RDF, JSON, and CSV.
• Historical versions are archived, allowing for longitudinal analysis of boundary changes.

Limitations

• No row count, column names, or sample data are provided, limiting understanding of the data structure.
• The license is unspecified, which may restrict commercial or derivative use.
• The description clarifies that these are administrative districts, not the school assignment zones used for student placement.

Provenance

Source

City of New York Department of City Planning (DCP)

Collection Method

Administratively defined by the New York City Department of Education (DOE).

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-15.

Geography

New York City