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School District Demographics Online Reference
The Web-based SDD service is being replaced with the Online Data Access (ODA) feature
of the Proximity CommunityViewer (CV) software.
CV ODA is a client-server application operating on Windows-based computers
that enables you to access school district demographics
for any school district as well as other types of school district data and wide-ranging
demographic-economic data for other types of geography -- all interlaced with the ability to view
thematic and orienteering maps. See CV ODA for more information.
Register here to use the CommunityViewer software.
Features. The Proximity School District Demographics Online (SDD) enables the
user to perform side-by-side comparative analyses of selected school districts using
the Census 2000 School District Special Tabulation data.
There is no other online resource that enables this type of comparative analysis with this level of detail.
Select from several hundred tables of data items tabulated for several types of tabulation universes (see below).
This combination of tabulations provides access to several thousand demographic attributes for
each school district in the U.S. (having 50 or more unweighted Census respondents).
Default Settings.
The default settings are structured so that data from
Table P6 from the "Children's Own" tabulations will be retrieved
for Relevant Children Enrolled in Public School for three selected districts.
The default districts are Clear Creek ISD, TX, Mesa Unified, AZ, and
Denver County 1, CO. Click Submit and the comparative analysis display appears.
Relevant Children Enrolled in Public School is used as the default setting. This
category is often of most interest to examine characteristics
of the population enrolled in a particular school district. The total population for this
universe should be close to the reported enrollment for the 1999-2000 school year by the
district.
Data for each district are shown as columns in the resulting display.
This version displays the state and Federal school district code at the top of
each district/column. Subsequent versions will features names, percentages,
and have other computational/display features.
Instructions and Rules
- Select table
- Select a table number for Total Population (TT) or Children's Own (CO) or
Households with Children (HC).
- If a table number is selected from multiple primary tabulation universes,
a default selection is displayed -- select only one.
- Select tabulation universe if a "Children's Own (CO)" or "Households with Children (HC)"
table is selected.
- Select only one checkbox choice.
- If more than one checkbox is selected the one furthest right is selected.
- Checkbox abbreviations:
Total: Total Children
RCT: Relevant Children - Total
RCE: Relevant Children - Enrolled
RCEP: Relevant Children - Enrolled in Public School
RCER: Relevant Children - Enrolled in Private School
RCNE: Relevant Children - Not Enrolled
- Three geographic areas must be selected.
FAQs
- How does this data resource relate to others?
There are several Proximity school/school district information resources that are interrelated:
• Main School District Information Resources Web Page
• School District Information System (fee based)
• Children's Demographics Query (no fee)
• School District Map Files (no fee)
See the Web presentation for
Clear Creek ISD, TX to view a summary and example of how these resources can
be blended/integrated for school system planning and analysis.
- How do I select a different school district?
Click on the school district selection box to be changed.
A lengthy list of districts will display -- this is a list of all
school districts in the U.S. You are initially positioned on the district to be
replaced. Districts are organized in a state by state manner.
If you want a district in another state, use the scroll bar for rapid scrolling access.
Once you have reached the vicinity listing of interest use the arrow in the scroll bar
to move at a slower pace. When you see the district of interest, double click the name.
Districts are in sort order, first by state postal abbreviation and then district name.
- Why would I use the P (Population) tables in the HC tableset as opposed to the P tables in the CO tableset?
First, the universe of tabulation is different "households with children" as opposed to
"children's own characteristics."
Second, some subject matter items that are of interest to you might only be in the HC tables
even though you would like to have the date from the CO tables. For example, the table P64
(Public Assistance Income) is not
available in the CO tableset but is available in the HC tableset.
Why is this? Not all SF3 tables are included in every tabulation universe. This is a requirement
imposed to maintain confidentiality of respondents.
- I see that population items are available. How do I access housing items?
This version includes housing items for the "Households with Children" tables.
- How do I determine what is included in tables? Only a table number is provided.
You must use the two links provided to the left of "1 ... Select Table".
The "tables cross-reference" lists which table numbers are available by type of tabulation
universe.
The "list of table names" provides a list of the table title and supplemental information
about specific table contents.
- How are race and ethnicity data presented?
All "Race Alone" tables (i.e. White Alone, Black or African American Alone, American Indian and
Alaska Native Alone, Asian Alone, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone or Some Other
Race Alone) include Hispanic and non-Hispanic origins.
- How accurate are the data?
These data are estimates of population and housing characteristics and are subject to
errors of estimation and measurement. The smaller the population of an area, the relatively
less reliable the estimate. Our experience in examining thousands of these data values is
that they are quite accurate and superior to any other source of data,
Independent cell rounding has been applied to help maintain confidentiality.
Each cell in the Census 2000 special tabulation matrix have been independently rounded.
As a result of the cell rounding process:
• 0 remains 0
• 1-7 rounds to 4
• 8 or greater rounds to the nearest multiple of 5
All totals, subtotals, and derived measures were computed prior to rounding and the
independent cell rounding process disrupts table additivity.
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