Common Core of Data, Local Education Agency Universe Survey,Preliminary File 2008-09 FILE NAME = ag08prelim.dat, 2008-09 NVAR = 20 NOBS = 18,130 LRECL = 530 (*) Fields have one explicit decimal place (+) Fields represent sub-fields of the fields immediately preceding them. NOTE: The file contains data for the school year 2008-09 sorted by the NCES assigned local education agency identification code (LEAID). Throughout the remainder of this file, the following codes may appear as representing missing values whenever they are present in the data or the documentation. M: when alphanumeric data are missing; that is, a value is expected but none was measured. -1: when numeric data are missing; that is, a value is expected but none was measured. N: when alphanumeric data are not applicable; that is, a value is neither expected nor measured. -2: when numeric data are not applicable; that is, a value is neither expected nor measured. ======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Variable Start End Field Data Name Pos. Pos. Length Type Description ======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== LEAID 0001 0007 7 AN NCES Local Education Agency ID. The first two positions of this field are also the Federal Information Profesing Standards (FIPS) state code. FIPST 0001 0002 2 AN Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) state code. STID08 0008 0021 14 AN State’s own ID for the education agency. NAME08 0022 0081 60 AN Name of the education agency. PHONE08 0082 0091 10 AN Telephone number of education agency. NOTE: Position #0082–0084 is the area code, and position #0085–0091 is the exchange and number. MSTREE08 0092 0121 30 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.” MCITY08 0122 0151 30 AN Name of the agency mailing address city. MSTATE08 0152 0153 2 AN Two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state where the mailing address is located. MZIP08 0154 0158 5 AN Five-digit U.S. Postal Service ZIP code for the mailing address. MZIP408 0159 0162 4 AN Four-digit ZIP+4, if assigned; if none, field is blank. LSTREE08 0163 0192 30 AN Location address of agency. LCITY08 0193 0222 30 AN Location city of agency. LSTATE08 0223 0224 2 AN Location state (two-letter postal abbreviation). LZIP08 0225 0229 5 AN Location 5-digit ZIP Code. LZIP408 0230 0233 4 AN Location +4 ZIP Code. TYPE08 0234 0234 1 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 = 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 1–6 (NOTE: This includes charter school agencies). BOUND08 0235 0235 1 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 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 previous year’s file but has reopened. PK1208 0236 0251 7 N Total number of students in classes from prekindergarten through 12th grade that are part of the public school program. UG08 TOTTCH08 0252 0259 7* N Total teachers. Full-time equivalency reported to the nearest tenth; field includes one explicit decimal.