NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes

NCES relies on information about school location to construct school-based surveys, support program administration, identify associations with other types of geographic entities, and to help investigate the social and spatial context of education. EDGE creates and assigns address geocodes (estimated latitude/latitude values) and other geographic indicators to public schools, public local education agencies, private schools, and postsecondary schools. The geographic data are provided for download as shapefiles and are also directly accessible as GIS web services.<br>Geocodes for public schools are based on data reported in the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), an annual collection of administrative data about enrollment, staffing, and program participation for schools, local education agencies (LEAs), and state education agencies (SEAs). SEAs report these data to the United States Department of Education in a series of file submissions throughout the year. Additional information about the CCD collection and data resources for public schools are available at https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ccddata.asp.