NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219521V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes
Summary:  View help for Summary
NCES relies on information about school location to construct school-based surveys, support program administration, identify associations with other types of geographic entities, and to help investigate the social and spatial context of education. EDGE creates and assigns address geocodes (estimated latitude/latitude values) and other geographic indicators to public schools, public local education agencies, private schools, and postsecondary schools. The geographic data are provided for download as shapefiles and are also directly accessible as GIS web services.

Geocodes for public schools are based on data reported in the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), an annual collection of administrative data about enrollment, staffing, and program participation for schools, local education agencies (LEAs), and state education agencies (SEAs). SEAs report these data to the United States Department of Education in a series of file submissions throughout the year. Additional information about the CCD collection and data resources for public schools are available at https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ccddata.asp.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage National
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2015 – 2024 (School years)
Universe:  View help for Universe Public K-12 schools in the United States

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source NCES Common Core of Data (CCD)
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation School
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Lat/long points

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