TITLE: FLORIDA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS 2003
Geodataset Name: GC_SCHOOLS Geodataset Type: SHAPEFILE Geodataset Feature: POINTGENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2002 Private and Public School Information for the State of Florida. The data contains selected fields denoting the physical address, school number, district, and contact information for schools located in Florida. |
DATA SOURCE(S): Florida Department of Education School Board of Alachua County Florida Department of Environmental Protection National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE: Source 2002, Automated 2004 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: GC_SCHOOLS.DBF
ITEM NAME | WIDTH | TYPE | N. DECIMAL DEGREES | |
FID
|
4 | OID | --- | |
Shape
|
0 | Geometry | --- | |
STATUS
|
1 | String | --- | |
SCORE
|
4 | Number | --- | |
SIDE
|
1 | String | --- | |
SCHOOL_ID
|
9 | Number | --- | |
NAME
|
100 | String | --- | |
ADDRESS
|
65 | String | --- | |
CITY
|
40 | String | --- | |
STATE
|
7 | String | --- | |
ZIPCODE
|
9 | Number | --- | |
A_C
|
5 | Number | --- | |
PHONE
|
9 | String | --- | |
OPERATING
|
75 | String | --- | |
OP_CLASS
|
12 | String | --- | |
ENROLLMENT
|
6 | Number | --- | |
PROGRAMS
|
40 | String | --- | |
COMMON_USE
|
4 | String | --- | |
USE
|
50 | String | --- | |
YR_BUILT
|
5 | Number | --- | |
TYPE
|
35 | String | --- | |
ACTIVITY
|
10 | String | --- | |
NCES_ID_CO
|
12 | String | --- | |
LOW_GRADE
|
10 | String | --- | |
HIGH_GRADE
|
10 | String | --- | |
TITLE1SCHO
|
14 | String | --- | |
TEACHERS
|
11 | Number | --- | |
FREE_LUNCH
|
14 | Number | --- | |
REDUCED_LU
|
15 | Number | --- | |
DESCRIPT
|
58 | String | --- | |
FLAG
|
5 | String | --- | |
UPDATE_DAY
|
8 | Date | --- | |
AUTOID
|
6 | Number | --- |
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
Item | Item Description | |
FID |
Internal feature number. |
|
Shape |
Feature geometry. |
|
STATUS |
ESRI item which denotes the status of the geocoded address whether it was matched or not). |
|
SCORE |
ESRI item which denotes the score with which the address was matched to a feature in the reference data. |
|
SIDE |
ESRI item which denotes the side of the street to which the address was matched (for geocoding service styles that can match an address to a particular side of a street). |
|
SCHOOL_ID |
Unique identifier number of the School as recorded in the School table |
|
NAME |
School designation |
|
ADDRESS |
A description of a facility's physical location providing direction for delivery and provision of emergency services |
|
CITY |
City of facility's physical location |
|
STATE |
State designation of facility's physical location |
|
ZIPCODE |
US postal delivery designation of facility's physical location |
|
A_C |
The long distance extention of the school facility. |
|
PHONE |
The phone number of the school facility. |
|
OPERATING |
The responsible organization for management and operation of a facility (e.g., public, private, quasi-public) |
|
OP_CLASS |
Classification of the operating entity |
|
ENROLLMENT |
Total number of students attending a school |
|
PROGRAMS |
A program that is distinguishable from the typical program offered by a data entity |
|
COMMON_USE |
Location of two or more uses in one facility or on common grounds so as to share common facilities |
|
USE |
Description of co-located use, if applicable |
|
YR_BUILT |
The year a structure was built for determining possible historical significance |
|
TYPE |
Educational grade ranges by category (e.g., elementary, middle, high, etc.) |
|
ACTIVITY |
No description |
|
NCES_ID_CO |
The NCES school ID number |
|
LOW_GRADE |
The lowest grade level at the school |
|
HIGH_GRADE |
The highest grade level at the school |
|
TITLE1SCHO |
Designation of the school as a title 1 school |
|
TEACHERS |
Number of teachers |
|
FREE_LUNCH |
Number of students receiving free lunch |
|
REDUCED_LU |
Number of students receiving reduced lunch |
|
DESCRIPT |
FGDL added item based on NAME |
|
FLAG |
Type of update that occurred
|
|
UPDATE_DAY |
The last day the file was updated |
|
AUTOID |
Internal ID # |
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. |
The following dataset was Geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT
Roads. Address information was obtained via a website or through a
spreadsheet gained from an agency. The data was reformatted using a
text editor in order to create data that could be imported into
excel. From this data, dbfs were created that could then be used
for Geocoding/Address Matching. What is Geocoding? Geocoding is term used to describe the act of address matching. Geocoding is the process of finding a geographic location (x, y point) for an address (such as street number and name, city, state, and ZIP Code) on a map. Geocoding is based off the typical address scheme for the US, in which one side of the street contains even house numbers while the other side of the street contains odd house numbers. The geocoding process uses an algorithm to find the geographic location of addresses. First, a street segment is identified using the zip code and street name. Next, the geographic location of the address is matched using the building number to determine how far down the street and on which side of the street the building is located. Geocoding Accuracy The locational accuracy of geocoded addresses may vary from urban to rural areas due to the algorithm used to generate the geographic locations of addresses. The algorithm assumes that the size of parcels are equivalent along a road route. This assumption tends to be more consistent in urban areas, where the size of parcels vary less than in rural areas. Consequently, the results of geocoded addresses in urban areas are usually more reliable than those in rural areas. For example, the locational accuracy of rural addresses can be slightly off because some parcels along a rural route may be 15 acres while others may be 2.5 acres, but the geocoding algorithm assumes that the addresses are distributed evenly along the route. |
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Florida Department of Education: http://www.fldoe.org/ School Board of Alachua County: http://www.sbac.edu/ Florida Department of Environmental Protection: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/ |
Public school information is listed on the School Board of Alachua County Website and non-public school information is listed on the Florida Department of Education website. Higher Education information is available in shapefile format on the DEP Website. From these websites, GeoPlan copied school information into a text file format and then converted it to a database file. The database file was geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads, and finally converted into a shapefile with the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. NCES Date was then joined based on school address and zip code. -Obtained public school information from Alachua County School Board website: http://www.sbac.edu/~ir/dists.html -Obtained non-public school information from the Non-Public Schools Directory listed on the Florida Department of Education website: http://www.firn.edu/doe/choice/ndirect.htm -Copied all school information into textfile -Converted text file to database file format -Obtained Private College, Public College, Jr. College, and Vo Tech School Address Information from the Department of Environmental Protection GIS Dept. -Geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads -Joined NCES data to Shapefile based on school address and zip code. -Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. -Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME Process Date: 2004 |
Projection ALBERS Datum HPGN Units METERS Spheroid GRS1980 1st Standard Parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd Standard Parallel 31 30 0.000 Central Meridian -84 00 0.000 Latitude of Projection's Origin 24 0 0.000 False Easting (meters) 400000.00000 False Northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):
Name: Florida Department of Education Abbr. Name: FDOE Address: Turlington Building, Suite 1514, 325 West Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399 Phone: (850) 245-0505 Web site: http://www.fldoe.org/ Name: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Abbr. Name: FDEP Address: Florida Department of Environmental Protection 3900 Commonwealth Tallahassee FL 32399 Phone: (850) 488-3701 Web site: http://www.dep.state.fl.us Contact Person: GIS Section Phone: (850) 291-9852 Name: School Board of Alachua County Address: 620 E. University Avenue Gainesville, FL 32601 Phone: (352) 955-7300 Website: http://www.sbac.edu/ Name: National Center for Education Statistics Abbr. Name: NCES Address: 1990 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 502-7300 Website: http://nces.ed.gov/FGDL CONTACT: Name: FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY Abbr. Name: FGDL Address: Florida Geographic Data Library 431 Architecture Building PO Box 115706 Gainesville, FL 32611-5706 Web site: http://www.fgdl.org Contact FGDL: Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html FGDL Mailing Lists: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html For FGDL Software: http://www.fgdl.org/software.html |