Schools of Attica (2023) – National Observatory of Athens

This dataset contains the geographic locations of schools within the Region of Attica, Greece, for the reference year 2023, provided in ESRI Shapefile format (schools.shp). Compiled and processed by the National Observatory of Athens, the file includes point geometries representing the positions of individual educational facilities across Attica, along with associated attribute information such as school identifiers and classification where available. The data are intended for use in standard GIS environments including QGIS, ArcGIS, and Python-based geospatial tools (e.g., GeoPandas), and follow the official Greek coordinate reference system (GGRS87 / EPSG:2100) as specified in the accompanying .prj file. This dataset supports spatial analysis applications such as infrastructure distribution studies, accessibility analysis, planning, and risk assessments related to environmental hazards and societal impacts. It has been integrated into regional spatial workflows to analyze exposure and resilience of educational infrastructure within Attica.