This section presents an overview of how geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping can be used to visually examine and analyze characteristics of schools and school districts in the State of New York.

Boundary files used to display these maps were developed by Proximity using the Census Bureau TIGER/Line files. The school and school district statistical data have been derived from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) 1998-99 data files. The CCD data files provide data on all public schools and school districts in the US based on data reported by schools, districts, and states. CCD data used here were collected New York school districts by the New York State Education Department. Proximity address-matched the school level file and added latitude-longitude coordinates to each school record (this process has been applied to all of the Nation's 94,000 public schools by Proximity). Use of the latitude-longitude coordinate enables the mapping software to superimpose the school locations on the maps.

School district maps and boundary files may be viewed for other states by connecting to the School District Map Resources page.

Contents:

  • View a Profile of a Selected School in Manhattan
  • State of New York School Districts (by county)
  • State of New York School Districts
  • New York City Public School District (5 county equivalent area)
  • Special Education Students by NY School District
  • New York Public Schools Dot Density Map
  • New York City Area Public Schools Dot Density Map 1
  • New York City Area Public Schools Dot Density Map 2
  • Schools by Free Lunch Eligible Students - School Locations
  • Profile of a selected school

Profile of a Selected School in Manhattan [go to top]

Manhattan is shown in the lighter shade of green in the leftmost portion of the map. While all of Manhattan is in the New York City Public Schools Federal school district (code 20850), this map depicts pseudo school district boundaries (black lines within Manhattan). These are elementary school district boundaries developed specially for New York City.

State of New York School Districts (by county) [go to top]

State of New York School Districts [go to top]

New York City Public School District (5 county equivalent area) [go to top]

State of New York School Districts [go to top]
Special Education Students as Percent of Total Students

State of New York Public Schools (red icons) [go to top]
Superimposed on New York State School District Boundaries

State of New York Public Schools (red icons) [go to top]
Zoom into New York City Area

State of New York Public Schools (blue icons) [go to top]
Zoom into New York City Area
Boroughs color coded

State of New York Public Schools [go to top]
Zoom into New York City Area
Icons depict schools by percent of students free lunch eligible
Blue icons: less than 50-percent of students are free lunch eligible Yellow icons: 50-percent or more of students are free lunch eligible

Tabular profile view of one school [go to top]
  with more than 50% free lunch eligible students
    (image shown below is the same as the one at the top of this section)