School Attendance Zones

This layer displays public school catchment boundaries (attendance zones) for select states and school districts across the United States. Data is from September 2013 and was acquired from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES).

Farm to School Participation by School District

This layer displays Farm to School participation based on responses to the 2013 Farm to School Census. Participation data refer primarily to activities occurring during the 2011-12 school year.

Opportunity Data – School Proficiency Index

The school proficiency index uses school-level data on the performance of 4th grade students on state exams to describe which neighborhoods have high-performing elementary schools nearby and which are near lower performing elementary schools.

Private Schools by Religious Affiliation

This layer displays the location and religious affiliation of private schools across the US. Data are from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2011-12 Private School Universe Survey (PSS).

Percent Students Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch

This layer displays information about free and reduced price lunch eligibility among public school students. This point-level data is acquired from the 2014-2015 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) Public School Universe Survey dataset.