Texas Unified School District Boundaries for 2021-2022 School Year

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line shapefiles provide geographic boundaries for unified school districts in Texas. These boundaries were in effect for the 2021-2022 school year and are designed to stand alone or combine for national coverage. The data includes names, local education agency codes, grade ranges, and school district levels obtained from state officials.

Use Cases

• Map school district boundaries using polygon geometry to analyze geographic service areas in Texas.
• Join district boundaries with local education agency codes and names to study Title I funding allocation patterns.
• Analyze grade ranges and school district levels across unified districts for regional education planning.

Strengths

• Boundaries are topologically integrated with no overlaps or gaps, ensuring seamless national coverage.
• Data represents a specific, known time period: boundaries in effect for the 2021-2022 school year.
• Information is sourced from state officials for the primary purpose of federal funding allocation, indicating an official use case.

Limitations

• Data is specific to a single school year (2021-2022) and may not reflect subsequent boundary changes.
• The dataset is limited to unified school districts, excluding separate elementary and secondary district files for Texas.
• Geographic coverage is restricted to the state of Texas, not the entire nation in this specific file.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extracted from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database; boundaries, names, and codes obtained from State officials.

Time Range

2021-2022 school year (in operation as of January 1, 2022).

Freshness

Data reflects boundaries as of January 1, 2022; metadata was last updated on January 27, 2024.

Geography

State of Texas, USA.