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Public School Characteristics - Current

Published by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Department of Education | Metadata Last Checked: June 28, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-05-22T18:03:45.288210
<font color='#000000' face='Times New Roman' size='3'>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 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 represent the most current CCD collection. For more information about NCES school point data, see: </font><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><font color='#000000' face='Times New Roman' size='3'>. For more information about these CCD attributes, as well as additional attributes not included, see: </font><a href='https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/files.asp' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/files.asp</a><font color='#000000' face='Times New Roman' size='3'>.</font><br /><div><span style='color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size:medium;'><br /></span></div><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;'><div>Notes:</div><div><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='margin-bottom:1.5rem; width:1004px; border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; font-size:0.875rem;'><tbody><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:71.75pt;' valign='top' width='96'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:12pt;'>-1 or M</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:233.75pt; border-top:1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial;' valign='top' width='312'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:12pt;'>Indicates that the data are missing.</span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:71.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='96'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:12pt;'>-2 or N</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:233.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='312'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:12pt;'>Indicates that the data are not applicable.</span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:none;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:71.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='96'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:12pt;'>-9</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:233.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='312'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:12pt;'>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&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;'><span 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;'>Collections are available for the following years:</span><span 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 /></span></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;'><ul><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=b480c30aa8654d23be9b79a0feb436e3' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>2021-22</a><br /></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e3cbd4087f144ec5ac3b31094ec84199' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>2020-21</a><br /></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39ba5e0393174f5da3772ca48f6273bf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>2019-20</a><br /></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=146f28635d01435e978c6d2d5ccf6ea9' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>2018-19</a><br /></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=075dafd36b3443abb45332f1ef396f09' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>2017-18</a><br /></li></ul></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;'><span 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 /></span></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;'><span 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;'>All information contained in this file is in the public domain. </span><span 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;'>Data users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these data. Collections are available for the following years:</span></div></div></div>

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