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Public School Characteristics 2017-18

Published by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Department of Education | Metadata Last Checked: June 28, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-05-22T18:05:03.595449
<div style='text-align:Left;'><p></p><div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>The National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program develops annually updated point locations (latitude and longitude) for public elementary and secondary schools included in the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD). The NCES EDGE program collaborates with the U.S. Census Bureau's Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics (EDGE) Branch to develop point locations for schools reported in the annual CCD directory file. The CCD program annually collects administrative and fiscal data about all public schools, school districts, and state education agencies in the United States. The data are supplied by state education agency officials and include basic directory and contact information for schools and school districts, as well as characteristics about student demographics, number of teachers, school grade span, and various other administrative conditions. CCD school and agency point locations are derived from reported information about the physical location of schools and agency administrative offices. The point locations and administrative attributes in this data layer were developed from the 2017-2018 CCD collection. For more information about NCES school point data, see: <a href='https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations</a>. For more information about these CCD attributes, as well as additional attributes not included, see: <a href='https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/files.asp' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/files.asp</a>.</span></p><div>Notes:</div><div><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='border-collapse:collapse; border:none;'> <tbody><tr> <td style='width:71.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='96'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>-1 or M</span></p> </td> <td style='width:233.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='312'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>Indicates that the data are missing.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style='width:71.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='96'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>-2 or N</span></p> </td> <td style='width:233.75pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='312'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>Indicates that the data are not applicable.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style='width:71.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='96'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>-9</span></p> </td> <td style='width:233.75pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='312'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;'>Indicates that the data do not meet NCES data quality standards.</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div><p><span></span></p><p><span>All information contained in this file is in the public domain. Data users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these data.<br /></span></p></div></div></div><p></p></div>

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