Arkansas Unified School District Boundaries for 2023

2023 school district boundaries in effect for the 2022-2023 school year, as of January 1, 2023. The dataset contains polygon shapefiles for unified school districts in Arkansas, extracted from the U.S. Census Bureau's national Master Address File/TIGER Database. It provides geographic and administrative information for single-purpose administrative units providing public educational services.

Use Cases

• Map unified school district boundaries for Arkansas using the polygon shapefiles to analyze geographic service areas.
• Join school district polygons with demographic data using local education agency codes for Title I funding analysis.
• Analyze the distribution of unified school districts across Arkansas by comparing boundaries and names.
• Use the grade ranges and school district levels to study the structure of public education administration in the state.

Strengths

• Data represents boundaries in effect for the 2022-2023 school year, providing a specific temporal snapshot.
• Extracted from the U.S. Census Bureau's national Master Address File/TIGER Database, ensuring topological consistency with no overlaps or gaps.
• Includes specific attributes like names, local education agency codes, and grade ranges for administrative analysis.

Limitations

• Contains only unified school districts for Arkansas, excluding elementary and secondary districts which are in separate files.
• No row or feature count is provided, making the dataset's scale and completeness difficult to assess prior to download.
• Boundaries are from a single point in time (January 1, 2023) and may not reflect subsequent annexations or consolidations.

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, codes, grade ranges, and levels were obtained from State officials.

Time Range

2022-2023 school year, in operation as of January 1, 2023.

Freshness

Data reflects the 2022-2023 school year. The record was last updated on the platform in August 2025.

Geography

State of Arkansas, United States.