Administration (District Expenditure): Expenditures for the administration of schools and school districts. Includes expenditures for: the board of education, administration of Local Education Agencies, the office of the principal, full-time department chairpersons, graduation expenses, and business and central offices (fiscal services, budgeting, payroll, purchasing, storage, material distribution, planning, research, evaluation, staff recruitment and data processing).

Census Population (District): The way race/ethnicity was collected on the Decennial Census is not the same as it is collected on the CCD. The 2000 Decennial Census instated two racial/ethnic questions to respondents separating the Hispanic identification out from the races. A respondent answered a question on their Hispanic status first, then answered a question on their race (Hispanic not included). Therefore, Hispanic was treated as an ethnicity and Hispanic respondents had to choose another race.

Charter (School): A school providing free public elementary and/or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority, and designated by such authority to be a charter school.

Classroom Teachers (FTE): An individual who provides instruction to PreKindergarten, Kindergarten, grades 1 through 12, or ungraded classes; or individuals who teach in an environment other than a classroom setting; and who maintain daily student attendance records. This field displays the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in ungraded and PK-12 classes in the school or district.

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Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA): If an area that qualifies as a metropolitan area (MA) has more than one million people, two or more core-based metropolitan statistical areas (CBSAs) may be defined within it. Each CBSA consists of a large urbanized county or cluster of counties (cities and towns in New England) that demonstrate very strong internal economic and social links, in addition to close ties to other portions of the larger area. When CBSA's are established, the larger MA of which they are component parts is designated a consolidated statistical area (CSA). CSAs and CBSA's are established only where local governments favor such designations for a large MA.

Construction (District Expenditures): Expenditures for new school construction, including renovation and expansion. They also include expenditures on land, existing buildings, and equipment for new and remodeled facilities.

Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA): Each CBSA must contain at least one urban area of 10,000 or more population. Each metropolitan statistical area must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Each micropolitan statistical area must have at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 population. Under the standards, the county (or counties) in which at least 50 percent of the population resides within urban areas of 10,000 or more population, or that contain at least 5,000 people residing within a single urban area of 10,000 or more population, is identified as a "central county" (counties). Additional "outlying counties" are included in the CBSA if they meet specified requirements of commuting to or from the central counties. Counties or equivalent entities form the geographic "building blocks" for metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

County: The county in which the district's administrative office resides. This is not necessarily the same as the county in which all the schools or students are located.

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Current Expenditures (District): For the day-to-day operation of schools. They include all expenditures except those associated with repaying debts, capital outlays (e.g., purchases of land, school construction and repair, and equipment), and programs outside the scope of preschool to grade 12, such as adult education, community colleges, and community services. Expenditures for items lasting more than one year (e.g., school buses and computers) are not included in current expenditures.

Diploma Recipients (District): Number of students who have received a diploma during the previous school year or subsequent summer school. This category includes regular diploma recipients and other diploma recipients.

District Administrator Support Staff (District): All staff members who provide direct support to LEA administrators, business office support, and data processing.

District Administrators (District): Chief executive officer of the education agencies, including superintendents, deputies, and assistant superintendents; other persons with district-wide responsibilities: e.g., business managers, administrative assistants, and professional instructional support staff. Exclude supervisors of instructional or student support staff.

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District Locale Code: A code based upon the school locale codes to indicate the location of the district in relation to populous areas. (See also, "Large City," "Mid-size City," "Urban Fringe of Large City," "Urban Fringe of Mid-Size City," "Large Town," "Small Town," "Rural, outside CBSA," and "Rural, inside CBSA.")

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English Language Learner (ELL): "English Language Learner (ELL)" was formerly referred to as "Limited English Proficient (LEP)." Students being served in appropriate programs of language assistance (e.g., English as a Second Language, High Intensity Language Training, bilingual education). Does not include pupils enrolled in a class to learn a language other than English. Also Limited-English-Proficient students are individuals who were not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English; or individuals who come from environments where a language other than English is dominant; or individuals who are American Indians and Alaskan Natives and who come from environments where a language other than English has had a significant impact on their level of English language proficiency; and who, by reason thereof, have sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language, to deny such individuals the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where the language of instruction is English or to participate fully in our society. Item was first collected in 1998–99.

Federal Revenues (District): Includes direct grants-in-aid to schools or agencies, funds distributed through a state or intermediate agency, and revenues in lieu of taxes to compensate a school district for nontaxable federal institutions within a district's boundary.

Food Service (District Expenditure): A sub-function of the function non-instructional services. Food services are activities that provide food to students and staff in a school or LEA. These services include preparing and serving regular and incidental meals or snacks in connection with school activities as well as delivery of food to schools.

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Free and Reduced-Price Lunch (School): These fields display the total number of students eligible for free lunch, reduced-price lunch, and total free and reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Act.

Grade Span: The lowest and highest grade level offered in the school or district. The following codes are used:

Guidance Counselor (District): Professional staff assigned specific duties and school time for any of the following activities in an elementary or secondary setting: counseling with students and parents; consulting with other staff members on learning problems; evaluating student abilities; assisting students in making educational and career choices; assisting students in personal and social development; providing referral assistance; and/or working with other staff members in planning and conducting guidance programs for students. The state applies its own standards in apportioning the aggregate of guidance counselors/directors into the elementary and secondary level components. Some states only report total counselors and do not make this break-out.

IEPs (Individual Education Programs) (District): A written instructional plan for students with disabilities designated as special education students under IDEA-Part B.

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Interest on Debt (District Expenditure): Expenditures for interest on long-term debt (i.e., obligations of more than one year).

Instructional Aide (District): Staff member assigned to assist a teacher with routine activities associated with teaching, i.e., activities requiring minor decisions regarding students, such as monitoring, conducting rote exercises, operating equipment and clerking. Includes only paid staff, and excludes volunteer aides.

Instructional Coordinators and Supervisors (District): Persons who supervise instructional programs at the school district or sub-district level; category includes educational television staff; coordinators and supervisors of audio-visual services; curriculum coordinators and in-service training staff; Title I coordinators and home economics supervisors; and staff engaged in the development of computer-assisted instruction. School-based department chairpersons are excluded.

Instructional Expenditures (District): Current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (e.g., textbooks), and purchased instructional services.

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Large City : A principal city of a Metropolitan CBSA, with the city having a population greater than or equal to 250,000. (See also "Locale Code.") Prior to 1994–95, "Large City" was defined as a principal city of a metropolitan area with a population of 400,000 or more, or a population density of at least 6,000 people per square mile.

Large Town : An incorporated place or Census designated place with a population greater than or equal to 25,000 and located outside a Metropolitan CBSA or inside a Micropolitan CBSA.

Librarians/Media Specialists (District): A professional staff member or supervisor assigned specific duties and school time for professional library services activities. This includes selecting, acquiring, preparing, cataloguing, and circulating books and other printed materials; planning the use of the library by students, teachers, and instructional staff; and guiding individuals in use of library books and material maintained separately or as a part of an instructional materials center. Directors, coordinators, and supervisors of media centers.

Librarians/Media Support Staff (District): Staff member who renders other professional library and media services; also includes library aides and those involved in library/media support. Duties include selecting, preparing, caring for, and making available to instructional staff, equipment, films, filmstrips, transparencies, tapes, TV programs, and similar materials maintained separately or as part of an instructional materials center. Also included are activities in the audio-visual center, TV studio, related-work-study areas, and services provided by audio-visual personnel.

Limited English-Proficient: See "English Language Learner (ELL) "

Locale Code: Locale code is defined based on how the school is situated in a particular location relative to populous areas, based on the school's address. (See also, "Large City," "Mid-Size City," "Urban Fringe of Large City," "Urban Fringe of Mid-Size City," "Large Town," "Small Town," "Rural, outside CBSA," and "Rural, inside CBSA.")

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Local Revenue (District): Includes revenues from such sources as local property and nonproperty taxes, investments, and revenues from student activities, textbook sales, transportation and tuition fees, and food service revenues.

Magnet (Schools): A special school or program designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing or eliminating racial isolation (50 percent or more minority enrollment); and/or to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme (e.g., science/math, performing arts, gifted/talented, or foreign language).

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA): An area consisting of one or more contiguous counties (cities and towns in New England) that contain a core area with a large population nucleus, as well as adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core.

Metropolitan Status Code (MSC):Metropolitan status is defined as the classification of an education agency's service area relative to a CBSA. (See also Metropolitan Statistical Area.)

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Micropolitan Statistical Area: A Core Based Statistical Area associated with at least one urban cluster that has a population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000. The Micropolitan Statistical Area comprises the central county or counties that contain the core plus adjacent outlying counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the central county as measured through commuting.

Mid-Size City: A principal city of a Metropolitan CBSA, with the city having a population less than 250,000. (See also "Locale Code.") Prior to 1994–95, term was defined as a central city of a metropolitan area with a population less than 400,000 and a population density less than 6,000 people per square mile.

Migrant Students (District): The number of migrant students served in summer programs in the prior year. Defined under 34 CFR 200.40: 1) (a) Is younger than 22 (and has not graduated from high school or does not hold a high school equivalency certificate), but (b), if the child is too young to attend school-sponsored educational programs, is old enough to benefit from an organized instructional program; and 2) A migrant agricultural worker or a migrant fisher or has a parent, spouse, or guardian who is a migrant agricultural worker or a migrant fisher; and 3) Performs, or has a parent, spouse, or guardian who performs qualifying agricultural or fishing employment as a principal means of livelihood; and 4) Has moved within the preceding 36 months to obtain or to accompany or join a parent, spouse, or guardian to obtain, temporary or seasonal employment in agricultural or fishing work; and 5) Has moved from one school district to another; or in a state that is comprised of a single school district, has moved from one administrative area to another within such district; or resides in a school district of more than 15,000 square miles, and migrates a distance of 20 miles or more to a temporary residence to engage in a fishing activity. (Provision 5 currently applies only to Alaska.)

Migrant Students (School): The number of migrant students in the prior year.

NCES School District ID: This field displays the 7 digit school identification number. The first 2 digits of the 7 digit school district ID identify the state and the last 5 identify the district ID. Put together, they make a 7 digit unique ID code for each school district.

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NCES School ID: This field displays the 5 digit school identification number. When combined with the NCES School District ID, the two codes comprise a unique 12 digit code for each school. The first 7 digits of the 12 digit school ID are the district ID, and the last five are the school ID.

No Data (N/A): There are some fields in which an "N/A" is reported for a school. N/A represents Missing (a value was expected but none was measured) or Not Applicable (a value neither expected nor measured).

Operational Status, Agency: Classification of changes in an education agency's boundaries or jurisdiction. Classifications include no change; closed with no effect on another agency's boundaries; new agency with no effect on another agency's boundaries; added; significant change in geographical boundaries or instructional responsibility; temporarily closed and may reopen within three years; scheduled to be operational within two years. Prior to 1998–99 the term "Boundary Change" was used.

Operational Status, School: Classification of the operational condition of a school. Classifications include open; closed; new; added; changed agency; inactive (temporarily closed and may reopen within three years); and future school (scheduled to be operational within two years). See also School Status.

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Operations (District Expenditure): Current expenditures for schools and school district operations, such as utilities, maintenance, security and safety. Renovations are included in construction. Also includes student transportation services such as bus drivers, mechanics, and fuel; and the contracting of student transportation services. School bus purchases are included under capital outlay.

Other High School Completers (District): Student who has received a certificate of attendance or other certificate of completion in lieu of a diploma during the previous school year and subsequent summer school.

Other Support Staff (District): Staff who serve in a support capacity and who are not included in the categories of central office administrative support, library support, student support, or school administrative support; e.g., data processing staff, bus drivers, and health, building and equipment maintenance, security, and cafeteria workers.

Principal City: The largest city in each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is designated a "principal city." Additional cities qualify if specified requirements are met concerning population size and employment. The title of each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area consists of the names of up to three of its principal cities and the name of each state into which the metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area extends. Titles of metropolitan divisions also typically are based on principal city names but in certain cases consist of county names. (See also "Locale Code.")

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Rural: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory not within a Metropolitan CBSA or within a Micropolitan CBSA and defined as rural by the Census Bureau. From 1998–99 onward, the category was separated into "Rural, Inside CBSA" and "Rural, Outside CBSA."

Rural, inside CBSA: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory within a Metropolitan CBSA and defined as rural by the Census Bureau. Category represents a subset of "Rural," and was introduced in 1998–99. (See also "Locale Code.")

Rural, outside CBSA: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory not within a CBSA or CSA and defined as rural by the Census Bureau. Category represents a subset of "Rural," and was introduced in 1998–99. (See also "Locale Code.")

School Administrative Support Staff (District): Staff whose activities are concerned with support of the teaching and administrative duties of the office of the principal or department chairpersons; this includes clerical staff and secretaries.

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School Administrator (District): Staff member whose activities are concerned with directing and managing the operation of a particular school, including principals, assistant principals, other assistants; and those who supervise school operations, assign duties to staff members, supervise and maintain the records of the school, coordinate school instructional activities with those of the education agency, including department chairpersons.

School Status:

School Type:

Small Town: An incorporated place or Census Designated Place (CDP) with population less than 25,000 and greater than or equal to 2,500 and located outside a CBSA or CSA. (See also "Locale Code.")

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State Revenue (District): Include both direct funds from state governments and revenues in lieu of taxation. Revenues in lieu of taxes are paid to compensate a school district for nontaxable state institutions or facilities within the district's boundary.

Student and Staff Support (District Expenditure): Current expenditures for health, psychological, guidance, therapy and attendance services for students, and for services that support instruction such as school libraries, media centers, curriculum development and in-service teacher training.

Student Support Services (District): Staff member whose activities are concerned with the direct support of students; and who nurture, but do not instruct, students. Includes attendance officers; staff providing health, psychology, speech pathology, audiology, or social services; and supervisors of the preceding staff and of health, transportation, and food service workers.

Student/Teacher Ratio: The number of students per one teacher in the school or district.

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Supervisory Union Number (District): For supervisory union administrative centers and component agencies, this is a number assigned by the state to the union. Additionally, if the agency is a county superintendent, this is the FIPS (Federal Information Processing System) county number. If no number was reported, the field will contain "000".

Title I School: A school designated under appropriate state and federal regulations as being eligible for participation in programs authorized by Title I.

Title I School-Wide Program: A school in which all the pupils in a school are designated under appropriate state and federal regulations as being eligible for participation in programs authorized by Title I.

Total Capital Outlay (District Expenditure): Expenditures for fixed assets, construction, and equipment.

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Total Expenditures (District): Include current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, and expenditures for facilities acquisition and construction, replacement equipment, other programs and interest on debt. Transfer payments to other school systems are not included in this total. Transfer payments to state and local governments are included in this total.

Total Non-El-Sec Education & Other (District Expenditure): Current expenditures for community services, adult education, and community colleges (if run by the school district). Also includes payments to other school districts, and payments to state and local government agencies.

Total Students: This field displays the total number of students enrolled at the beginning of the school year (membership). It represents the sum of ungraded and PK thru 12 students.

Ungraded Students: Individual assigned to class or program that does not have standard grade designations.

Urban Fringe: A closely settled area, contiguous to a principal city, outside a principal city; with a minimum population of 2,500 inhabitants; with a population density of at least 1,000 per square mile; and has a Census Urbanized Area Code. (See also "Locale Code.")

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Urban Fringe of a Mid-size City: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory within a CBSA of a Mid-size City and defined as urban by the Census Bureau. Prior to 1994–95, defined as any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory within a CBSA or CSA and defined as urban by the Census Bureau, with a principal city with a population less than 4000,000 or a population density less than 6,000 people per square mile. (See also "Locale Code.")

Urban Fringe of a Large City: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory within a Metropolitan CBSA of a Large City and defined as urban by the Census Bureau. Prior to 1994–95, defined as any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory within a CBSA or CSA and defined as urban by the Census Bureau, with a principal city with a population of 4000,000 or more or a population density of at least 6,000 people per square mile. (See also "Locale Code.")

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