The Nonfiscal Surveys of the Common Core of Data (CCD) include the following Public Elementary-Secondary surveys: State Nonfiscal Survey, Local Education Agency Universe Survey, and School Universe Survey. The data collected include general descriptive information on all state education agencies, all local education agencies, and all public elementary and secondary schools in the United States, as well as counts of students and staff.
Data Preparation Files
These files are provided solely for the purpose of assisting you with the current year's submission. The files have been compressed, using PKZIP standards, for faster downloading.
Identifying Information Data ("preinserted prior year")
updated name and address files - includes the NCES ID's of all school and agencies reported last year
State, Agency, and School Sample Access and Excel Templates
Single Database
contains one table for each record type
Single Spreadsheet
contains one worksheet for each record type
Set of Spreadsheets
each file contains a worksheet for a single record type