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NCES EDGE School Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS)

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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School_Attendance_Boundary_Survey_SABS.zip application/zip 5.8 GB 02/15/2025 04:07:PM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. NCES EDGE School Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219604V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title NCES EDGE School Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS)
Summary:  View help for Summary The School Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS) was an experimental survey conducted by NCES’ EDGE program with assistance from the U.S. Census Bureau to collect school attendance boundaries. The SABS collection includes boundaries for more than 70,000 schools in over 12,000 school districts throughout the United States. The SABS boundaries can help data users visualize and explore the spatial distribution of educational outcomes and learn how the structure of educational geography varies within and between local school systems. The SABS data are provided as shapefiles and are primarily intended for use with a geographic information system (GIS). The shapefiles include feature geometry for elementary, middle, and high school boundaries as well the name, ID, grade span, and other attributes for each school. Although the SABS data do not define feeder patterns between school levels, the boundaries are provided in a single composite file to help visualize and identify the spatial relationships between school catchment areas.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/SABS

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage National
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2009 – 2016
Universe:  View help for Universe Public schools in the United States


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V2 [2026-04-20]

V1 [2025-02-15]

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