FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: FLORIDA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS 2003

Geodataset Name:       GC_SCHOOLS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
GENERAL 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
A = Attribute edit

S = Spatial edit

B = Both attribute and spatial edit

N = New

D = Delete


UPDATE_DAY The last day the file was updated

AUTOID Internal ID #

USER NOTES:
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.

A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or
modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best
available data.

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the county level.

1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base 
mapping such as property parcel boundaries.

1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the multi-county or regional level.

1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should 
be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with 
your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every 
effort has been made to supply the user with data 
documentation. For additional information, see the 
References sectionand the Data Source Contact section of 
this documentation. For more information regarding scale 
and accuracy, see our web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
REFERENCES:
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/
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

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

Socio-Cultural Effect data fields and definitions were added. FLAG, UPDATE_DAY, AUTOID, ID, NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIPCODE, OPERATING, OP_CLASS, ENROLLMENT, PROGRAMS, COMMON_USE, USE, YR_BUILT. Process Date: 20041021
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

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

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