U.S. Education Department State and District Data from 2010 to 2022

This collection comprises unaltered data files from the U.S. Department of Education's ED Data Express website, downloaded in February 2025. It includes state- and district-level education data from school years 2010-2011 to 2021-2022, covering topics such as state assessments, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in state assessment data across school years to measure educational impact
• Investigate graduation rate patterns at the district level using the provided data files
• Study chronic absenteeism metrics before and during the COVID-19 pandemic disruption noted for SY 2019-20
• Cross-reference data from EDFacts and Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR) for state-level reporting

Strengths

• Data spans 12 school years from 2010-2011 to 2021-2022, providing longitudinal coverage
• Includes high-value state- and district-level data collected by the U.S. Department of Education
• Original file structure and naming conventions (EID_#### folders) are preserved to maintain provenance

Limitations

• The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted data collection and reporting beginning in SY 2019-20, requiring caution for interpretation
• Data library functionality was reported as temporarily not working for many SY2122 school files at download time
• Specific row counts, column details, and file formats for the contained datasets are unknown

Provenance

Source

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences

Collection Method

Unaltered data files downloaded from the ED Data Express data library website on February 6, 2025.

Time Range

School years 2010-2011 to 2021-2022

Freshness

Data covers school years up to 2021-2022; the collection metadata was last updated in February 2026.

Geography

United States, state and district levels