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pointOfContact 2022-12-20 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification 2007 4269 EPSG 6.12(3.0.1) 2017-01-01 publication 2017 Doug Gerverdt National Center for Education Statistics Administrative Data Division originator Doug Geverdt National Center for Education Statistics Administrative Data Division 202-245-8230

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originator mapDigital 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 single-purpose 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. The Census Bureau’s School District Boundary Review program (SDBR) (https://www.census.gov/geo/partnerships/sdrp.html) obtains the boundaries, names, and grade ranges from state officials, and integrates these updates into Census TIGER/Line. Although the Census Bureau updates TIGER/Line every year, the SDBR is a biennial update conducted on the odd-numbered years, therefore district boundaries for a given school year persist in TIGER for two years (e.g., boundaries for the 2015-2016 school year are included in TIGER/Line 2016 and 2017). 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. The NCES EDGE program collaborates with the U.S. Census Bureau’s Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics (EDGE) Branch to develop the composite school district files. The inputs for this data layer were developed from Census TIGER/Line 2017 and represent boundaries reported for the 2015-2016 school year. For more information about NCES school district boundary data, see: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/geographicLocale.aspx. 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. This composite file contains elementary, secondary, and unified school district boundaries from the 2015-2016 academic year collected for the National Center for Education Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau and reported in TIGER/Line 2017. NCES EDGE completed U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch 301-763-1128 301-763-4710

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pointOfContact notPlanned United States U.S. place 2017-12-20 publication NGDA National Geospatial Data Asset Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme theme 2017-12-20 publication Boundaries theme 2017-12-20 publication Elementary School District Secondary School District Unified School District School District Polygon theme Downloadable Data https://resources.data.gov/open-licenses/ No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints otherRestrictions Other Constraints vector eng utf8 boundaries Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.0.8321 -114.816591 -109.045172 31.332177 37.003725 publication date 2016-06-01T00:00:00 2017-05-01T00:00:00 true -179.168551 179.748724 -14.548699 71.38961 File Geodatabase Feature Class U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch 301-763-1128 301-763-4710

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distributor The online copy of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles may be accessed without charge. To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line Shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger TGRSHP (compressed) PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2017/ 287.822 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/docs/EDGE_SDBOUNDARIES_COMPOSITE_TECHDOC.pdf EDGE Composite School District Technical Documentation download https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/data/EDGE_SCHOOLDISTRICT_TL17_SY1516.zip Single Composite File download https://nces.ed.gov/opengis/rest/services/School_District_Boundaries/EDGE_SCHOOLDISTRICT_TL17_SY1516/MapServer REST Service information dataset The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons. Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created. TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data. 2017-01-01T00:00:00 Tiger Line 2017 2017-12-20 publication publication date 2016-06-01T00:00:00 2017-05-01T00:00:00 notPlanned