Common Core of Data: Public School Universe Data, 1984-1985

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics

Summary: This dataset contains records for each public elementary and secondary school in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands) for 1984-1985. Data were reported to the National Center for Education Statistics by the state education agencies. Records in this file provide the name and address of the school, name of the school district or other education agency that operates the school, type code ... (more info)

Series: Common Core of Data (CCD) Series

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U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. COMMON CORE OF DATA: PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIVERSE DATA, 1984-1985. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics [producer], 1985. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02248.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02248.v1

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Summary: This dataset contains records for each public elementary and secondary school in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands) for 1984-1985. Data were reported to the National Center for Education Statistics by the state education agencies. Records in this file provide the name and address of the school, name of the school district or other education agency that operates the school, type code for the school, number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers, and the fall membership/enrollment.

Subject Terms: demographic characteristics, elementary schools, high schools, junior high schools, middle schools, public schools, school districts, school enrollments, students, teachers

Geographic Coverage: American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands of the United States, Global

Date of Collection:

1984--1985

Universe: All public elementary and secondary education agencies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and United States territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands).

Data Types: census/enumeration data

Data Collection Notes:

The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

Data Source:

self-enumerated forms

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: