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What is SDDS?

The School District Demographics System provides access to school district demographic and related geographic data. The site's purpose is:

step 1To provide access to information about demographics, social characteristics, and economics of children and school districts from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

step 2To enable users to directly access school district geographic and demographic data.

step 3To provide information about school district demographic concepts, uses, and applications to facilitate effective use of these information resources.

Map Viewer

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STANDARD

Map Viewer allows users to view maps of states, school districts and school points, while overlaying U.S. Census Bureau and Education data.

EXPRESS

Create your map the easy way. Select your data theme, set your options, and you're done.

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Snapshot Reports

bar graph and pie chartSnapshot Reports provide a quick overview of the demographics, economics, financials, occupation and employment American Community Survey (ACS) and Common Core of Data (CCD) at the school district level.

Profiles & Comparisons

a graphic of a data tableProfiles provides a statistical comparison of a single school district over multiple years, or two districts compared for the same year using U.S. Census Bureau demographic data.

National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education