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Colorado K-12 Schools

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This section provides an interactive ranking table to view/analyze public K-12 schools. This version of the dataset shows data reported by individual states and school districts for the 2008-09 school year. Data are preliminary and subject to update. Data presented in the ranking table are a subset of a larger set of schools and subject matter (details).

Proximity develops and uses school level data with other data to facilitate demographic-economic analyses of study areas. Contact Proximity (888-364-7656) with questions about data presented in this section and/or to discuss analyses ranging from an individual school to national scope applications.

School Characteristics 2008-09
  Interactive ranking table -- view, sort, compare schools for areas of interest. See usage notes
  Click column header to sort; click again to sort other direction.
  Click on link at left to view different state. See related ranking tables.
Column Headers (2008-09 school year except as noted)
  School Name
  St - state postal abbreviation
  SchCode - Federal school code
  DistName - school district name
  StID - state assigned school district code
  StSch - state assigned school code
  Phone - school telephone number
  City - school location city name
  ZIP - school location ZIP code
  LoGrade - low grade (from 2007-08 file)
  HiGrade - high grade (from 2007-08 file)
  T1 - 1 indicates Title I eligible school
  T1SW - 1 indicates Title I school-wide eligible school; otherwise coded as 2
  Magnet - 1 indicates magnet school; otherwise coded as 2
  Chrtr - 1 indicates magnet school; otherwise coded as 2
  Shrd - 1 indicates shared time school; otherwise coded as 2
  Index - not used in this version
  Students - number of students
  TchFTE - number of teachers, full-time equivalence
  StdTch - student-teacher ratio
  Vintage - 2008-09 (used with updated versions)

Usage Notes and Additional Information
. Start-up view shows schools listed in order of Federal code (SchCode column).
. Table width requires a display device that supports 1400px width.
  .. by design to accomodate a large number of columns.
  .. all important vertical scroll bar at far right of table.
. How to find a school by name?
  .. Sort on School Name column and then scroll to school name of interest.
  .. Use scrollbar at far right of ranking table; scroll down to school name.
  .. Or use Find in School Name button below table (see more information below).
. Which schools are largest in the state based on number of students?
  .. Click header of Students column; then click again.
. Find in School Name. Rules for entering Find text ("enter text & click Find"):
  .. operates on School Name column.
  .. matching requires exact spelling.
  .. matching is case sensitive.
  .. try use of partial, unique text rather than full name.
  .. ShowAll button must be used to refresh table to search on full set of names.
. Find in City Name. Rules for entering Find text ("enter text & click Find"):
  .. operates on City Name column.
  .. otherwise operates same as Find in School Name filter.
. Grade Range Filtering. Rules to view schools in a selected grade range.
  .. select LoGrade dropdown value.
  .. select HiGrade dropdown value.
  .. filters/selected schools automatically displays.
  .. choosing PK, KG or 01 as low grade are equivalent; produce same result.
  .. click ShowAll button to view all schools.
. Some column widths are intentionally made narrow to conserve space.
  .. Click on column divider in header row and drag to make narrower/wider.
. To find a set of schools of interest by city, sort on City column and then scroll to city of interest.
  .. Use scrollbar at far right of ranking table.
  .. Or use similar technique to locate by school district name or ZIP code.
. Other
  .. A negative value in the numeric columns indicates data not reported or not available for this school.

Data presented the ranking table are a subset of a larger set of schools and subject matter. Only regular, active schools are included in the ranking table and omit alternative, special education and other schools that are included in the master K-12 school database. Additional subject matter data available but not presented in the ranking table include address, latitude and longitude of school location, previous year enrollment, free and reduced lunch eligible count, congressional district code and other items.

The master K-12 schools database may be used in manner integrated with other geography/data through the ProximityOne Enterprise or acquired separately on a one-time or subscription basis in CSV or database structure. The data are available in shapefile structure and may be used in mapping or geospatial analysis applications with the CommunityViewer GIS software or any software that can process a shapefile. Contact Proximity (mention K-12 schools database) for additional information (888-364-7656).


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