SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES IN FLORIDA 2015 - 2016

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Publication_Date: 20180511
Title:
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES IN FLORIDA 2015 - 2016
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: National Center for Education Statistics
Other_Citation_Details:
State of Florida
Online_Linkage: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/sabs
Description:
Abstract:
This polygon files contains 2015-2016 school-year data delineating school attendance boundaries. These data were collected and processed as part of the School Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS) project which was funded by NCES to create geography delineating school attendance boundaries. Original source information that was used to create these boundary files were collected over a web-based self-reporting system, through e-mail, and mailed paper maps. The web application provided instructions and assistance to users via a user guide, a frequently asked questions document, and instructional videos. Boundaries supplied outside of the online reporting system typically fell into one of six categories: a digital geographic file, such as a shapefile or KML file; digital image files, such as jpegs and pdfs; narrative descriptions; an interactive web map; Excel or pdf address lists; and paper maps. 2013 TIGER/line features (that consist of streets, hydrography, railways, etc.) were used to digitize school attendance boundaries and was the primary source of information used to digitize analog information. This practice works well as most school attendance boundaries align with streets, railways, water bodies and similar line features included in the 2015 TIGER/line "edges" files. In those few cases in which a portion of a school attendance boundary serves both sides of a street contractor staff used Esri s Imagery base map to estimate the property lines of parcels. The data digitized from analog maps and verbal descriptions do not conform to cadastral data (and many of the original GIS files created by school districts do not conform with cadastral or parcel data). The following Florida schoold districts did not participate in the 2015-2016 School Attendance Boundary Survey and, therefore, are not represented in this dataset: Bradford, Gadsden, Hardee, Jackson, Levy, Monroe, Nassau, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Suwannee. This dataset serves as an update to the layer nces_sabs_2014.
Purpose:
The School Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS) Geodatabase is designed to improve
the quality and accessibility of educational geography and tabular data to
school personnel, researchers, and policy makers. A primary goal is to integrate
diverse spatial information delineating school attendance boundaries into a
single, uniform, digital GIS database that will result in an original, geographically
rich data set. Every school catchment area has a uniform data structure and a
unique identification number that associates it with the appropriate school.
This standardized identifying information will allow users to analyze thousands
of geographic features collected and distributed by NCES-saving individual
researchers the necessity of collecting and organizing these data in a piece-meal
fashion. By providing the public with a mapping system that contains detailed
boundary information on all public schools across the nation, it will become
possible for school personnel, researchers, and policy makers to examine
relationships between schools in the same district or across the nation. Using
this information can raise awareness of the number of students in areas
hit by natural disasters and could aid relief and planning efforts by the
Department of Homeland Security.
Supplemental_Information:
Suggested Citation:
Geverdt, D., (2018). School Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS) File
Documentation: 2015-16 (NCES 2018-099). U.S. Department of
Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Retrieved [date] from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch.

Review SABS File Documentation for further information:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/docs/EDGE_SABS_2015_2016_TECHDOC.pdf
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20150812
Ending_Date: 20160630
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: society
Access_Constraints: NONE
Use_Constraints:
The SABS dataset is intended for research purposes only and reflects
a single snapshot in time. School boundaries frequently change from
year to year. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries, users must
contact the school district directly.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Center for Education Statistics
Contact_Person: Doug Geverdt
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
550 12th Street SW
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20202
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-245-7675
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Douglas.Geverdt@ed.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the U.S. Census Bureau, Sanametrix, and Blue Raster
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
A union was performed to align boundaries between school levels,
but in some cases the distance between boundaries was too large
to move without confirmation from the district. School feeder 'slivers'
remain in these areas.
Completeness_Report:
The map only includes information provided by the district. Every
effort was made to ensure that all populated areas were covered
by school boundaries, but in some instances 'Unassigned' polygons
cover populated Census blocks.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: Varies
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Source_Contribution:
Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Project into processing geodatabase.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Merge School Level Feature Classes: Merged all applicable school level feature
classes, such as primary, middle, and high, into a new single feature class.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Fuzzy Join by Level: Uses fuzzy string comparison to append a field from the Join Feature
Class to the Target Feature Class. Candidates for the match are limited by a where class.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Verify School Completeness by District: This tool uses the NCESSCH attribute to
check for duplicate IDs, valid IDs, and it checks for missing schools.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Assign, Dissolve, Append, and Join: Brings together the feature class that contains
the school attribute details and updates them with their most current boundaries.
The Dissolve operation is used to extract each level of school boundaries and
transforms them into a multipart polygon. Next, the extracted features are merged
through the Append operation. Since the Dissolve operation will remove the attributes
of the data, a Join operation is performed as the last step to restore these attributes
by joining the merged features with the original multipart school feature class.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Union, Clip, Union, and Multipart to Singlepart: Unions all levels of school boundaries
together, then clips them to their district boundary. The final step unions the clipped
boundaries to the district boundary.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Add Required Fields: Automatically copied attributes from fields provided by the
school district into SABS schema. This tool also added and populated SrcLvel
and LEAID.Unnecessary fields were deleted during this step
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Geometry Tolerance Check: Compares dissolved school boundaries with the
Census School District Boundary and identifies non-identical areas greater
than the default minimum tolerance of 0.001 meters.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Add Boundary IDs: Calculates the BdyID field to ncessch +01, then +02 for the
second boundary of the same school, +03 for the third boundary, etc. Tool will
also populate: contactID- 999999 updateDate- now() stAbbrev- two character
limit boundary_complete- Y/N
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Spatial Check for Missing Grades: This tool uses the CCD and a single district
feature class to find geographic areas that are not covered by a specific
grade range.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCES
Process_Date: 20160201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process:
- Downloaded the dataset from NCES on 8/27/2018 using this link:
  https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/sabs
  (original dataset in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic
  coordinate system).
- Only features in Florida were desired, so a Select By Attribute was
  run and features with the STABBREV field equal to FL were
  selected. These features were exported to a new layer.
- Dataset projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection using
  WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida.
- DESCRIPT field added based on the SCHNAM field.
- FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date the dataset was downloaded
  from source.
- The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths
  were shortened to the appropriate shortest length possible.
- Uppercased fields and appropriate records in the dataset.
- Layer name changed from SABS_1516.shp to nces_sabs_2016.shp.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20180828
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Server=wopr.fla-etat.org; Service=5151; User=etat; Version=SDE.DEFAULT
Process_Date: 20180906
Process_Time: 16481800
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2624
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24.000000
Standard_Parallel: 31.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000
False_Easting: 400000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: NCES_SABS_2016
Entity_Type_Definition:
NCES_SABS_2016.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
National Center for Education Statistics
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SrcName
Attribute_Definition:
School name as it was provided by the school district.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
District
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Each record in the table has a unique value in this column within a single district. There are duplicates across districts.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ncessch
Attribute_Definition:
12 character unique national ID.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Each record in the table has a unique value in this column.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: schnam
Attribute_Definition:
School name from the CCD.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Each record in the table has a unique value in this column within a single district. There are duplicates across districts.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: leaid
Attribute_Definition:
Unique district national ID.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: National LEA ID.
Codeset_Source: CCD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: gslo
Attribute_Definition:
Low grade; PK through 12
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: CCD Grade Range
Codeset_Source: CCD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: gshi
Attribute_Definition:
High grade; KG through 12
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: CCD Grade Range
Codeset_Source: CCD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: defacto
Attribute_Definition:
District de facto status.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
District
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Yes
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
District
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
No
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
District
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: stAbbrev
Attribute_Definition:
State abbreviation
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: State abbreviations
Codeset_Source: CCD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LEVEL_
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: openEnroll
Attribute_Definition:
School open enrollment status.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
District
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
No
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
District
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Yes
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
District
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MultiBdy
Attribute_Definition:
Identifies schools with boundaries that differ by grade.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
District
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
No
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
District
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Yes
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
District
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition:
GeoPlan added field based on SCHNAM
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE
Attribute_Definition:
GeoPlan added field based on date data was acquired from source
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AUTOID
Attribute_Definition:
Unique ID added by GeoPlan
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute_Definition:
Area in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute_Definition:
Perimeter in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
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Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)
Contact_Person:
Contact_Position:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
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State_or_Province: Florida
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Contact_Voice_Telephone:
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone:
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: http://www.fgdl.org
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mailing list for FGDL: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20180906
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Center for Education Statistics
Contact_Person: Doug Geverdt
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
550 12th Street SW
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20202
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-245-7675
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Douglas.Geverdt@ed.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Use_Constraints:
The SABS dataset is intended for research purposes only and reflects a single snapshot in time. School boundaries frequently change from year to year. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries, users must contact the school district directly.
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
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