The 1970 Census School District Data Tape (SDDT) User's Guide was designed to complement the 1970 Census User's Guide prepared by the United States Census Bureau. The School District Data Tape (SDDT) created by the National Center for Education Statistics is a recompilation of the 1970 Census Fourth Count Population data, providing data tables for each school district in the country with 300 or more students. The preparation of the School District Data Tape required three major steps: (1) overlaying school district boundaries on census maps, (2) creating a geo-reference tape indicating the percent of each census area falling within each school district, and (3) merging the geo-reference tape with the 1970 Census Fourth Count Population Files A (Traced Areas) and B (Minor Civil Divisions). Some of the major uses of the School District Data Tape include: allocation of federal funds, desegregation planning, bilingual and minority special education planning, preschool and child care planning, facility planning, redistricting, urban-suburban-rural analyses, mobility analysis, social and economic inequality among school districts, and school children profiles. In addition to these uses, most state education agencies will find data by school district of value in allocating federal and state aid to school districts and in the evaluation of the inequality of property taxes as a basis for financing elementary and secondary education. The School District Data Tape matches, as closely as possible, the format of the Fourth Count (Population) Summary tapes supplied by the Census Bureau.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) formally established a Farm to School Program within USDA to improve access to local foods in schools. In order to establish realistic goals with regard to increasing the availability of local foods in schools, in 2013, USDA conducted the first nationwide Farm to School Census (the Census). In 2015, USDA conducted a second Farm to School Census to measure progress towards reaching this goal.

This dataset contains poverty estimates at school district level for population of 5 to 17 years old based on US Census Bureau program, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE). The information regarding counties and states where these schools are located is also available in the dataset.

Description of the experiment setting: location, influential climatic conditions, controlled conditions (e.g. temperature, light cycle)In Fall of 2023 the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) conducted the fourth Farm to School Census. The 2023 Census was sent via email to 18,833 school food authorities (SFAs) including all public, private, and charter SFAs, as well as residential care institutions, participating in the National School Lunch Program. The questionnaire collected data on local food purchasing, edible school gardens, other farm to school activities and policies, and outcomes and challenges of participating in farm to school activities. A total of 12,559 SFAs submitted a response to the 2023 Census.Processing methods and equipment usedThe 2023 Census was administered solely via the web. The study team cleaned the raw data to ensure the data were as correct, complete, and consistent as possible. This process involved examining the data for logical errors and removing implausible values. The study team linked the 2023 Census data to information from the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD). Records from the CCD were used to construct a measure of urbanicity, which classifies the area in which schools are located.Study date(s) and durationData collection occurred from October 2, 2023 to January 7, 2024. Questions asked about activities prior to, during and after SY 2022-23. The 2023 Census asked SFAs whether they currently participated in, had ever participated in or planned to participate in any of 32 farm to school activities. Based on those answers, SFAs received a defined set of further questions.Study spatial scale (size of replicates and spatial scale of study area)Respondents to the survey included SFAs from all 50 States as well as American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC.Level of true replicationUnknownSampling precision (within-replicate sampling or pseudoreplication)No sampling was involved in the collection of this data.Level of subsampling (number and repeat or within-replicate sampling)No sampling was involved in the collection of this data.Study design (before–after, control–impacts, time series, before–after-control–impacts)None – Non-experimentalDescription of any data manipulation, modeling, or statistical analysis undertakenEach entry in the dataset contains SFA-level responses to the Census questionnaire for SFAs that responded. This file includes information from only SFAs that clicked “Submit” on the questionnaire. (The dataset used to create the 2023 Farm to School Census Report includes additional SFAs that answered enough questions for their response to be considered usable.)In addition, the file contains constructed variables used for analytic purposes. The file does not include weights created to produce national estimates for the 2023 Farm to School Census Report.The dataset identified SFAs, but to protect individual privacy the file does not include any information for the individual who completed the questionnaire. All responses to open-ended questions (i.e., containing user-supplied text) were also removed to protect privacy.Description of any gaps in the data or other limiting factorsSee the full 2023 Farm to School Census Report [https://www.fns.usda.gov/research/f2s/2023-census] for a detailed explanation of the study’s limitations.Outcome measurement methods and equipment usedNone

Note: This version supersedes version 1: https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1522654. In Fall of 2019 the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) conducted the third Farm to School Census. The 2019 Census was sent via email to 18,832 school food authorities (SFAs) including all public, private, and charter SFAs, as well as residential care institutions, participating in the National School Lunch Program. The questionnaire collected data on local food purchasing, edible school gardens, other farm to school activities and policies, and evidence of economic and nutritional impacts of participating in farm to school activities. A total of 12,634 SFAs completed usable responses to the 2019 Census. Version 2 adds the weight variable, “nrweight”, which is the Non-response weight. Processing methods and equipment used The 2019 Census was administered solely via the web. The study team cleaned the raw data to ensure the data were as correct, complete, and consistent as possible. This process involved examining the data for logical errors, contacting SFAs and consulting official records to update some implausible values, and setting the remaining implausible values to missing. The study team linked the 2019 Census data to information from the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD). Records from the CCD were used to construct a measure of urbanicity, which classifies the area in which schools are located. Study date(s) and duration Data collection occurred from September 9 to December 31, 2019. Questions asked about activities prior to, during and after SY 2018-19. The 2019 Census asked SFAs whether they currently participated in, had ever participated in or planned to participate in any of 30 farm to school activities. An SFA that participated in any of the defined activities in the 2018-19 school year received further questions. Study spatial scale (size of replicates and spatial scale of study area) Respondents to the survey included SFAs from all 50 States as well as American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC. Level of true replication Unknown Sampling precision (within-replicate sampling or pseudoreplication) No sampling was involved in the collection of this data. Level of subsampling (number and repeat or within-replicate sampling) No sampling was involved in the collection of this data. Study design (before–after, control–impacts, time series, before–after-control–impacts) None – Non-experimental Description of any data manipulation, modeling, or statistical analysis undertaken Each entry in the dataset contains SFA-level responses to the Census questionnaire for SFAs that responded. This file includes information from only SFAs that clicked “Submit” on the questionnaire. (The dataset used to create the 2019 Farm to School Census Report includes additional SFAs that answered enough questions for their response to be considered usable.) In addition, the file contains constructed variables used for analytic purposes. The file does not include weights created to produce national estimates for the 2019 Farm to School Census Report. The dataset identified SFAs, but to protect individual privacy the file does not include any information for the individual who completed the questionnaire. Description of any gaps in the data or other limiting factors See the full 2019 Farm to School Census Report [https://www.fns.usda.gov/cfs/farm-school-census-and-comprehensive-review] for a detailed explanation of the study’s limitations. Outcome measurement methods and equipment used None Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: 2019 Farm to School Codebook with Weights. File Name: Codebook_Update_02SEP21.xlsxResource Description: 2019 Farm to School Codebook with WeightsResource Title: 2019 Farm to School Data with Weights CSV. File Name: census2019_public_use_with_weight.csvResource Description: 2019 Farm to School Data with Weights CSVResource Title: 2019 Farm to School Data with Weights SAS R Stata and SPSS Datasets. File Name: Farm_to_School_Data_AgDataCommons_SAS_SPSS_R_STATA_with_weight.zipResource Description: 2019 Farm to School Data with Weights SAS R Stata and SPSS Datasets

This data file contains school district-level data from the following two sources: (1) the National Institute of Education (NIE) Special Tabulations of 1970 Census data, retabulated to 1973-1974 school district boundaries, and (2) the 1970 Census of Population and Housing Fifth Count data. The data in this collection were extracted from the 1976-1977 Merged Federal File produced by AUI Policy Research. Since some districts on the 1976-1977 Merged Federal File had consolidated by 1978-1979, NIE Special Tabulations data for these districts were combined. The Census data file was created in three steps. First, a skeleton file was created, containing one record for each school district on the 1978-1979 Merged Federal File. Each record on the skeleton file contained those data items in the School District Identification segment on the Merged Federal File. Second, the NIE Special Tabulations data were merged by the Office of Education (OE) state code and Local Education Agency (LEA) code to the skeleton file. Finally, Census Fifth Count records were merged by OE state code and LEA code to the skeleton file.

In accordance with the provisions of section 22.1-281 through 286, Code of Virginia, March 1 through July 15, 1999 was designated as the period during which the 1999 school census was conducted and completed. The report presents the 1999 summary count of all people ages 5-19, residing in their respective counties, cities, and towns to the Department of Education. Also listed is the December 1, 1998 special education child of persons ages 2,3,4,20 and 21. The 1999 census count and the special education count are combined to provide the student count for the sales tax distribution.

The School District Data Book (SDDB) is an education database and information system. It contains an extensive set of data on children, their households, and the nation's school systems. Under the sponsorship of the National Center for Education Statistics, the Bureau of the Census has produced special tabulation files using the basic record files of the 1990 Census of Population and Housing by school district. These tabulation files contain aggregated data describing attributes of children and households in school districts. Data are organized by seven types of tabulation records: (1) characteristics of all households, (2) characteristics of all persons, (3) characteristics of households with children, (4) characteristics of parents living with children, (5) children's household characteristics, (6) children's parents' characteristics, and (7) children's own characteristics.

School Census information - Nursery Schools

The National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program develops annually updated point locations (latitude and longitude) for public elementary and secondary schools included in the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD). The CCD program annually collects administrative and fiscal data about all public schools, school districts, and state education agencies in the United States. The data are supplied by state education agency officials and include basic directory and contact information for schools and school districts, as well as characteristics about student demographics, number of teachers, school grade span, and various other administrative conditions. CCD school and agency point locations are derived from reported information about the physical location of schools and agency administrative offices. The point locations and administrative attributes in this data layer represent the most current CCD collection. For more information about NCES school point data, see: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations. For more information about these CCD attributes, as well as additional attributes not included, see: https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/files.asp.

The geographic cross-reference files have been created to allow the user to prepare additional data summaries relevant to school districts. Another use for the geographic cross-reference files is to provide the ability to equate detailed record files having school district codes with census geographic units. This capability could be used to relate administrative record summaries with census geographic data. This data collection is a school district georeference file collected during 1969-1970 that has been instrumental in aggregating First Count Summary Data by school district and can be used in interpreting the School District First Count file. This file does not contain data for the State of Maryland. Variables include state, county, minor civil division (MCD), MCD-place, census tract, block group, enumeration district (ED), population of block group, school district code, school district type, percentage of population in school district, place description, congressional district, school district name, grade range, standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA), and government ID code.

The Farm to School Census is a dataset created by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to track farm-to-school initiatives nationwide. Launched in 2013 under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, it surveys school food authorities (SFAs)—entities managing school meal programs—to assess their participation in farm-to-school activities. The dataset includes responses from over 11,800 SFAs across all 50 states and U.S. territories, detailing local food purchasing practices, types of activities (e.g., school gardens, farm partnerships, direct purchases), and challenges/opportunities faced. Its primary purpose is to monitor program growth, inform policy, and support efforts to increase local food access in schools. Key features include its comprehensive geographic coverage, quadrennial updates (with datasets available from 2013, 2015, 2019, and 2023), and interactive tools for exploring trends in local food procurement and program participation. Unique aspects include its role as the sole national data source on farm-to-school efforts and the availability of downloadable data for analysis. The census serves researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders aiming to strengthen school food systems and local agriculture economies.

This dataset allows users to drill-down into the data from the USDA Farm to School Census. Once you’ve conducted your query, you can easily download your results in an excel file.

Population by Unified School District from the 2020 Decennial Census

School enrolment data for all schools in the ACT. The number of enrolments in each school is reported in February and August each year. Non-Government school enrolments are only reported in February.

School Census Information - Primary Schools