DC School Garden Program Successes, 2024-25 School Year

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) School Gardens Program provides technical assistance to increase garden-based learning in District of Columbia schools. The dataset likely contains information on program successes from the 2024-25 school year. It is published by the District of Columbia government and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the locations of successful school garden programs based on the geospatial data format.
• Analyze the impact of technical assistance and training on school garden quality based on program description.
• Identify schools and partner organizations engaged in garden-based learning based on the program's stated goals.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official District of Columbia government and the OSSE.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Last updated on 2026-03-25, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level documentation are absent.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The dataset appears to focus on successes, which may not represent the full scope of school garden programs.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia, Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)

Collection Method

Likely collected through program administration and reporting.

Time Range

Includes data from the 2024-25 school year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 08:36:24.573095; freshness should be verified.

Geography

District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) schools.