School District Interactive Analysis

Analyzing Characteristics of School Districts

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This section provides access to an interactive analysis tool to sort and view characteristics of school districts based on the most recent (2006-07) national scope school district data. An extended version (additional subject matter fields) of the underlying dataset may be ordered via this Web link.

School District 2006-07 Characteristics: Interactive Analysis
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Data source: local and state education agencies; U.S. Department of Education
Column descriptions:

NAME	Name of education agency
CITY	Location city of agency
STATE	Location state (two-letter postal abbreviation)
ZIP	Location 5-digit ZIP Code
StDist	Federal education agency code (st+dist)
STID	State ID for the education agency
Type	Agency type code:
	1 = Regular local school district
	2 = Local school district that is a component of a supervisory union
	3 = Supervisory union
	4 = Regional education service agency
	5 = State-operated agency
	6 = Federally-operated agency
	7 = Other
Union	Supervisory union number
StCty	FIPS county number (two digit FIPS state numeric code + three digits FIPS
	NOTE: Position #0238–0239 is the FIPS state number, and position #0240–0242
CtyName	County name based on the location of the administrative office
CSA	Combined Statistical Area (CSA)
CBSA	Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA)
MSA?	Indicates whether the CBSA is a metropolitan or micropolitan area.
	0 = CBSA is equal to 70,300 or higher and does not have an associated
	1 = CBSA is a metropolitan area
	2 = CBSA is a micropolitan area
MSC	Classification of the agency’s service area relative to a CBSA
	1 = Primarily serves a principal city of a CBSA
	2 = Serves a CBSA but not primarily its principal city
	3 = Does not serve a CBSA
Locale	Urban-centric locale code.
	11 = City, Large Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city
	12 = City, Mid-size Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principla city
	13 = City, Small Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city
	21 = Suburb, Large Territory outside a principal city and inside an urban area
	22 = Suburb, Mid-size Territory outside a principal city and inside an urban area
	23 = Suburb, Small Territory outside a principal city and inside an urban area
	31 =Town, Fringe Territory inside an urban cluster that is less than or e
	32 = Town, Distant Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 10
	33 = Town, Remote Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 35
	41 = Rural, Fringe Census-defined rural territory that is less than or eq
	42 = Rural, Distant Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 mi
	43 = Rural, Remote Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 mi
C.D.	Congressional district code based on location of administrative office
BndChg	Boundary change indicator
	1 = No significant boundary change for this agency since the last report.
	2 = Education agency has closed with no effect on another agency’s boundary
	3 = This is a new education agency formed with no effect on another agency
	4 = Agency was in existence, but not reported in previous year’s agency
	5 = Agency has undergone a significant change in geographic boundaries or
	6 = Agency is temporarily closed and may reopen within 3 years.
	7 = Agency is scheduled to be operational within 2 years.
	8 = Agency was closed on previous year’s file but has reopened.
LoGr	Agency low grade offered. If grade span data were not reported
HiGr	Agency high grade offered. If grade span data were not reported
Charter	Agency charter. Code indicating charter schools served:
	1 = All associated schools are charter schools.
	2 = All associated schools are charter and noncharter schools.
	3 = All associated schools are noncharter schools.
Schools	Aggregate number of schools associated with this agency in the CCD school
Teachers	Aggregate full-time-equivalent (FTE) classroom teachers reported for school
UG	Total number of students in classes or programs without standard grade
PK12	Total number of students in classes from prekindergarten through 12th grade
TEnrolled	Calculated total student membership of the local education agency
Migrant	The number of migrant students, as defined under 34 CFR 200.40.
SpedEd	Count of all students having a written Individualized Education Program
ELL	The number of English language learner (ELL) students served

Additional data coding notes. The following codes may appear as representing missing values when present:
M: alphanumeric data missing; a value is expected but none was measured.
-1: numeric data are missing; a value is expected but none was measured.
N: alphanumeric data are not applicable; a value is neither expected nor measured.
-2: numeric data are not applicable; that is, a value is neither expected nor measured.

Selected Summary Characteristics. Of the 17,492 operating local education agencies (LEAs) in 2006–07, 464 local education agencies were closed and 172 were newly opened. Most LEAs were regular school districts (13,862) responsible for educating students residing within their jurisdiction. 1,347 agencies were administrative or service agencies providing services to school districts. 2,283 agencies were operated by the state or some other entity. Independent charter school agencies comprised 1,908 of the other education agencies category.

Of the 49.1 million students served by LEAs, 48.1 million attended schools in regular school districts. Administrative and service agencies provided instruction services to 350,000 students while state- and federally-operated, and other agencies provided instruction services to 686,000 students.