School District Boundaries - Current

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES)
Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program develops annually
updated school district boundary composite files that include public
elementary, secondary, and unified school district boundaries clipped to the
U.S. shoreline. School districts are special-purpose governments and
administrative units designed by state and local officials to organize and
provide public education for local residents. District boundaries are collected
for NCES by the U.S. Census Bureau to support educational research and program
administration, and the boundaries are essential for constructing
district-level estimates of the number of children in poverty.</p>

<p>The Census Bureau’s School District Boundary Review program
(SDRP) (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sdrp.html) obtains the
boundaries, names, and grade ranges from state officials, and integrates these
updates into Census TIGER. Census TIGER boundaries include legal maritime
buffers for coastal areas by default, but the NCES composite file removes these
buffers to facilitate broader use and cleaner cartographic representation. For
more information about NCES school district boundary data, see: <a href='https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/DistrictBoundaries' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/DistrictBoundaries</a>.</p>

<p>Collections are available for the following years:<br /></p><ul><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=10ea737b49f149f084a64e221f487c99' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2022-23 TL 23</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6afefd8dda8048d18444b8f06fad6930' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2021-22 TL 22</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=57648a58b8e74acb80225485c18c4f63' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2020-21 TL 21</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a55870b7904848f793590998559f86bb' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2019-20 TL 20</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=fc0aaa02bb72455aa276e8c4efa07e1b' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2018-19 TL 19</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=29ccd69e8d0b438195cbf9e1f317ea60' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2017-18 TL 18</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cdde8df963b44233a20aedc495fdb20b' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2015-16 TL 17</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=37e60391180e47639445e11c67d9e990' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2015-16 TL 16</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=acb0e63f84b6437c88a05c62e7b4aa4f' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2013-14 TL 15</a></li><li><a href='https://nces.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9e3cbc1863d64545ad1936f49374927e' rel='nofollow ugc'>SY
2013-14 TL 14</a></li></ul><p>All information contained in this file is in the public
domain. Data users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature
class metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these data.</p>

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Organization: Department of Education