Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates Program (EDGE): School Neighborhood Poverty Estimates, 2016-2017

Title:	Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates Program (EDGE): School Neighborhood Poverty Estimates, 2016-2017
Description:	The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program developed school neighborhood poverty estimates to provide an indicator of the economic conditions in neighborhoods where schools are located. These spatially interpolated demographic and economic (SIDE) estimates apply spatial statistical methods to existing sources of income and poverty data developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new indicators with additional flexibility to support educational research. The economic conditions of neighborhoods around schools may or may not reflect the neighborhood conditions of students who attend the schools. However, supplemental information about school neighborhoods may be useful to combine with student-level or school-level information to provide a clearer picture of the overall educational environment.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (372KB)
Cover Date:	May 2019
Web Release:	November 28, 2019
Publication #:	NCES 2019112
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Douglas Geverdt
Type of Product:	User's Manual/Data File Documentation
Survey/Program Areas:	Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE)
Keywords:	Data Collection Data Strategy Data Use Economics Geography High School Income Poverty Status Public Schools • elementary • elementary/secondary • secondary Rural Rural Education • Rural Schools Schools • in urban locations Socioeconomic Status Urban Urban Schools
Questions:	For questions about the content of this User's Manual/Data File Documentation, please contact: Douglas Geverdt.