Common Core of Data, Local Education Agency Directory, 2014-15 FILE NAME = ag14prelim.txt, 2014-15 NVAR = 21 NOBS = 18,789 (*) Fields have two explicit decimal places, unless otherwise noted. (+) Fields represent sub-fields of the fields immediately preceding them. In the column "Data Type" below, “AN” and “N” indicate alphanumeric and numeric data, respectively. The file contains data for school year 2014–15, sorted by the NCES-assigned local education agency identification code (LEAID). Data presented in this release are available in two formats—SAS datasets (.sas7bdat) and tab-separated values text files (.txt). Note that starting with the 2002–03 CCD, all numeric fields contain a -1 to indicate missing and a -2 to indicate not applicable. Previously, numeric fields contained an “M” to indicate missing and an “N” to indicate not applicable. Character fields continue to use “M” for missing and “N” for not applicable. Starting with the 2009-10 2a provisional file, the numeric fields contain a -9 to indicate that the data do not meet NCES data quality standards. ================================================================================= Variable Data Name Order Type Description ================================================================================= SURVYEAR 1 AN Year corresponding to survey record. LEAID 2 AN NCES Local Education Agency ID. The first two positions of this field are also the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) state code. FIPST 3 AN + American National Standards Institute (ANSI) state code. STID 4 AN State’s own ID for the education agency. NAME 5 AN Name of the education agency. PHONE 6 AN Telephone number of education agency. MSTREE 7 AN Mailing address of the agency—may be a street address, a P.O. Box number, or, if there is no address beyond CITY, STATE, and ZIP, the character “N.” MCITY 8 AN Name of the agency mailing address city. MSTATE 9 AN Two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state where the mailing address is located. MZIP 10 AN Five-digit U.S. Postal Service ZIP code for the mailing address. MZIP4 11 AN Four-digit ZIP+4, if assigned; if none, field is blank. LSTREE 12 AN Location address of agency. LCITY 13 AN Location city of agency. LSTATE 14 AN Location state (two-letter postal abbreviation) LZIP 15 AN Location 5-digit ZIP Code. LZIP4 16 AN Location +4 ZIP Code. TYPE 17 AN Agency type code: 1 = Regular local school district. Locally governed agency responsible for providing free public elementary or secondary education; includes independent school districts and those that are a dependent segment of a local government such as a city or county. 2 = Local school district that is a component of a supervisory union. Regular local school district that shares its superintendent and administrative services with other school districts participating in the supervisory union. 3 = Supervisory Union. An education agency that performs administrative services for more than one school district, providing a common superintendent for participating districts. 4 = Regional Education Service Agency. Agency providing specialized education services to a variety of local education agencies, or a county superintendent serving the same purposes. 5 = State-Operated Agency. Agency that is charged, at least in part, with providing elementary and/or secondary instruction or support services. Includes the State Education Agency if this agency operates schools. Examples include elementary/secondary schools operated by the state for the deaf or blind; and programs operated by state correctional facilities. 6 = Federally-Operated Agency. A federal agency that is charged, at least in part, with providing elementary or secondary instruction or support services. 7 = Independent Charter Agency. All schools associated with the agency are charter schools. 8 = Other Education Agency. Agency providing elementary or secondary instruction or support services that does not fall within the definitions of agency types 1–7. UNION 18 AN Supervisory union number. For supervisory union administrative centers and component agencies, this is a number assigned by the state to the union. Additionally, if the agency is a county superintendent, this is the ANSI county number. If no number was reported, the field will contain “000.” BOUND 19 AN The boundary change indicator is a classification of changes in an education agency’s boundaries since the last report to NCES. The options are as follows: 1 = No significant boundary change for this agency since the last report. Currently in operation. 2 = Education agency has closed with no effect on another agency’s boundaries. 3 = This is a new education agency formed with no effect on another agency’s boundaries. 4 = Agency was in existence, but not reported in a previous year’s CCD agency universe survey, and is now being added. 5 = Agency has undergone a significant change in geographic boundaries or instructional responsibility. 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 a previous year’s file but has reopened. GSLO 20 AN Agency low grade offered. If grade span data were not reported, this field was calculated from the low grade spans of the associated schools in the CCD school universe file. GSHI 21 AN Agency high grade offered. If grade span data were not reported, this field was calculated from the high grade spans of the associated schools in the CCD school universe file. When combined, GSLO and GSHI are the grade span of the agency.