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Information on Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Data
The database provides the following information on public schools:
General Information:
Names, addresses, and telephone numbers
Type of schools: regular, special education, vocational education, and alternative schools
Operational status code: currently operational, closed, new, operational last time but not reported on that file
School flags; charter, magnet, Title I, and Title I School-wide
Locale codes, longitude, latitude, and level of school
Student Information:
Membership counts, by PK-12 grade and ungraded
Counts of Free and reduced-price lunch eligible and migrant students
Counts by race/ethnicity: America Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, Not Hispanic, and White, Not Hispanic
Staffing Information:
Classroom teachers
School Database Notes
There are some legitimate records that have no student counts. Some regular schools contract with other schools or agencies to provide services for some students rather than operate schools for those students directly. In order to avoid duplication those student counts are not reported for the receiving school. Conversely, in cases where all services are provided by a contracting school, no student counts are reported for the sending school. The sum of the number of teachers reported for schools associated with the agency may differ from the number of teachers reported from the agency. This is because some teachers may not be assigned to a particular school.