This file represents a statewide compilation of the boundaries of all independent, common, and special school districts in the state of Minnesota. Minnesota school districts are asked to report any changes to their district boundaries annually. With the exception of consolidations, dissolutions, or other financial cooperation agreements, the reporting is not mandatory. As independent special purpose government organizations, school districts determine their own district & attendance boundaries, working with neighboring districts and county auditors to ensure proper taxation. The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) plays no role in determining the actual boundaries.

Since 2008, district boundaries have also been reviewed against the school district coding provided in county parcels, where it exists. (Parcel data are supplied by counties to MnGeo, who in turn share that with MDE.) The results are overall increased accuracy, but also increased complexity. Conversations with county GIS coordinators and auditors are ongoing with respect to the complex situations reflected within county parcel data, and whether or not these are accurate representations of school district boundaries. Since school year 2021, many "islands" or other unusual situations have been eliminated or simplified as a result of those conversations.

This file is not intended to represent the "true" boundaries with respect to taxation, but as generalized boundaries focused on ensuring accurate representation in residential areas. As a result, starting in 2021, boundaries have been simplified by removing complex situations in non-residential areas, such as transportation Right-of-Way (ROW), publicly-owned land, tax exempt land, or water. This simplification work is expected to continue each year.

This data is now also available in CSV format. OBJECTID and Shape columns have been removed from that format.

This file represents the boundaries of all public school attendance areas in the state of Minnesota for school year 2024-25. Attendance areas attempt to represent the detailed breakdowns that determine where students attend elementary, middle, and high schools. These areas are unique to each public school system. The "dissolved" school district boundaries, without attendance area breakdowns, are available in a separate resource. For many districts that operate only a few schools, attendance area breakdowns are not used or defined; in those cases, attendance areas are equivalent to district boundaries.

Each year Minnesota public school systems are asked to report any changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries. This file was developed from this annual information. Users should be aware that reporting compliance is not mandatory, so the information included is only as accurate as provided by those independent, common, and special school districts. Actual decisions on where students attend which schools is entirely decided by the districts, and changes are not always reported to MDE.

Please also see accuracy notes in the school district boundary dataset, many of which also apply to this layer.

The school districts display the boundaries for each school district in Lyon County, MN. This layer may be used to help determine parcel tax assessments.

This historical archive is a geodatabase that contains boundaries of all public school districts in the state of Minnesota for school years 1989-90 through 1999-2000. Minnesota school districts report any changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries annually. Each file in this group was developed from this annual information and is now provided as historical information. This school district file was dissolved from the statewide attendance boundary file to show just the statewide school district boundaries.

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. School Districts are single-purpose administrative units within which local officials provide public educational services for the area's residents. The Census Bureau obtains the boundaries, names, local education agency codes, grade ranges, and school district levels for school districts from State officials for the primary purpose of providing the U.S. Department of Education with estimates of the number of children in poverty within each school district. This information serves as the basis for the Department of Education to determine the annual allocation of Title I funding to States and school districts. TIGER/Line Shapefiles include separate shapefiles for elementary, secondary and unified school districts. The school district boundaries are those in effect for the 2021-2022 school year, i.e., in operation as of January 1, 2022.

This file represents the boundaries of all public school districts and school attendance areas in the state of Minnesota for school year 2006-2007. Each year Minnesota school districts identify their current elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries. This district attendance file is maintained at the MN Dept. of Education, but is also supplied to the State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission. The LCC keeps the 'official' school district information for the State of Minnesota.

The exterior boundary of each School District coverage has been examined to remove all overshoots, undershoots, unwanted intersections and checked for missing or duplicate polygon labels. Completeness in the checking process is examined through the examination and comparison of all detail collected by county staff. Sources used include: School District staff, County Auditor's Office, Metropolitan Council, Department of Children, Families and Learning, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.

https://www.co.washington.mn.us/1610/School-District-Boundaries

description: This file represents the boundaries of all public school districts in the state of Minnesota for school year 2014-2015. Minnesota school districts report any changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries annually. This school district file was dissolved from this statewide information file to show just the statewide school district boundary. Since 2008, district boundaries have been modified based on county parcels. If parcels are not available then MN Dept. of Natural Resources' Township-Range-Quarter-Quarter Section boundaries are used.; abstract: This file represents the boundaries of all public school districts in the state of Minnesota for school year 2014-2015. Minnesota school districts report any changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries annually. This school district file was dissolved from this statewide information file to show just the statewide school district boundary. Since 2008, district boundaries have been modified based on county parcels. If parcels are not available then MN Dept. of Natural Resources' Township-Range-Quarter-Quarter Section boundaries are used.

This interactive web map allows Minnesota citizens to search for their current school district based on their address. Also displays their state and national political representatives based on thier address.

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. School Districts are single-purpose administrative units within which local officials provide public educational services for the area's residents. The Census Bureau obtains the boundaries, names, local education agency codes, grade ranges, and school district levels for school districts from State officials for the primary purpose of providing the U.S. Department of Education with estimates of the number of children in poverty within each school district. This information serves as the basis for the Department of Education to determine the annual allocation of Title I funding to States and school districts. TIGER/Line Shapefiles include separate shapefiles for elementary, secondary and unified school districts. The school district boundaries are those in effect for the 2021-2022 school year, i.e., in operation as of January 1, 2022.

This file is a geodatabase that includes boundaries for all public school district and public school attendance areas throughout Minnesota, one file for each school year 2002/03 through 2009/10. Every year Minnesota school districts report changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area and district boundaries. Each file in this group was developed from this annual information and is now provided as historical information. This metadata summarizes the content of these files but individual metadata records are also included for each annual file.

This in-progress historical archive is a geodatabase that contains boundaries of all public school districts in the state of Minnesota for each school year in the 2020 decade. Minnesota school districts are asked to report any changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries annually. Each file in this group was developed from this annual information and is now provided as historical information. This school district file was dissolved from the statewide attendance boundary file to show just the statewide school district boundaries. This metadata summarizes the content of these files, but individual metadata records are also included for each annual file.

This is the feature map service for the City of Minneapolis City Park Commissioner District Boundaries that were redistricted and adopted in March 2nd, 2022. These boundaries also serve as the Minneapolis Public School Board Districts.

School disctrict boundaries within Clay County, Minnesota.

This file is a geodatabase that contains boundaries of all public school districts in the state of Minnesota for each school year in the 2010 decade. Minnesota school districts report any changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries annually. Each file in this group was developed from this annual information and is now provided as historical information. This school district file was dissolved from the statewide attendance boundary file to show just the statewide school district boundaries. Since 2008, district boundaries have been modified based on county parcels. If parcels are not available then Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Township-Range-Quarter-Quarter Section boundaries are used. This metadata summarizes the content of these files but individual metadata records are also included for each annual file. The fall 2020 update is the final update for this data resource.

The geographic extent of a school attendance zone.

This historical archive is a geodatabase that contains annual files for public school district center locations in the state of Minnesota for school years 2006-07 through 2008-09. The point locations of school district service offices were developed at MDE to complement other school locational information. Many school district offices, or service centers, are located in a current elementary, middle or high school building. Some have their own facility. All locations have been developed and compared to existing school locations or address matched using The Lawrence Group street centerline address files. Unmatched locations were matched through school district websites or Google maps. Some locations may be incorrect as a full QA/QC process has not been completed.
This metadata summarizes the content of these files but individual metadata records are also included for each annual file.

This in-progress historical archive is a geodatabase that includes boundaries for all public school attendance areas throughout Minnesota, one file for each school year in the 2020 decade. Every year Minnesota school districts are asked to report changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area and district boundaries. Each file in this group was developed from this annual information and is now provided as historical information. This metadata summarizes the content of these files, but individual metadata records are also included for each annual file.

This historical archive is a geodatabase that includes boundaries for all public school attendance areas throughout Minnesota, one file for each school year in the 2010 decade. Every year Minnesota school districts report changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area and district boundaries. Each file in this group was developed from this annual information and is now provided as historical information. This metadata summarizes the content of these files but individual metadata records are also included for each annual file. The fall 2020 update is the final update to this data resource.

This database was created from surveys of state-owned timber conducted by the Minnesota Board of Timber Commissioners between 1895-1905. The surveys were conducted for a number of public land survey (PLS) sections scattered throughout the forested northern half of Minnesota, mostly comprising school, indemnity school and swamp lands.

The paper records consist of approximately 2,500 pages, with plat maps and assessments indicating the extent, value and condition of timber resources for each section. Each page has a map of one PLS section accompanied by text answers to 13 standard questions about timber species, product volumes, access and susceptibility to fire. The surveyors were instructed to trace swamps, roads and lakes on the section map; occasionally, they also made supplemental text notes directly on the maps. In addition to information about tree species and volume, the surveyors often noted the location of cultural features such as sawmills. Some sections were resurveyed several times as different tree species became commercially important or as surveyors needed to assess damage from natural or human causes. The amount of detail and completeness varies from survey to survey since they were conducted by a number of people over a period of time. In addition, the resurveys often noted only what had changed and thus did not include a map or complete answers to the 13 questions.

The information on the paper records has been captured in several digital formats: 1. non-georeferenced scans; 2. geo-referenced scans; 3. vector files of the polygons, lines and points on the maps; and 4. a database of the text information accompanying the maps. This metadata record applies to the database format.