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Documentation to the NCES Common Core of Data Public Elementary and Secondary SchoolUniverse: 19

Table of Contents

I. IntroductionII. Survey SummaryIII. User’s GuideA. State Codes and Abbreviations

Appendices

Appendix A-1 Record LayoutAppendix A-2 Data Element DescriptionAppendix B GlossaryAppendix C Nonresponse TableAppendix D Survey Form

DATA COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONUnited States Department of Education. National Center forEducation StatisticsCOMMON CORE OF DATA: PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIVERSE DATA, 1986-1987 SUMMARY: This dataset contains records for each public elementaryand secondary school in the 50 states, the District of Columbia,United States territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, theVirgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands), and Department ofDefense schools outside the United States for 1986-1987. Data werereported to the the National Center for Education Statistics by thestate education agencies. Records in this file provide the name andaddress of the school, the name of the school district or othereducation agency that operates the school, a type code for theschool, number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers, andmembership/enrollment by grade.UNIVERSE: All public elementary and secondary education agencies inthe 50 states, the District of Columbia, United States territories(American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and theMarshall Islands), and Department of Defense schools outside theUnited States.NOTE: The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF)file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe SystemsIncorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such asthe Adobe Acrobat Reader.

U.S. Dep~nment of EducationOffb of Educdtlorvl ROUWC~ and ImPr-ntWashington, D.C. 20202

DATA BASE DOCUMENTATION

(Authority: Public Law

93-502, ection 52)

Rcscnv)PART I - BURVEY BUNNARYAnTIE

Common Core of Data Public School Universe; 1986&7B.DESCRIPTWNhis tape contains 85,288records, one for aach public elementary and secondaryschool in the 50 States,the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas as reported tothe Center for Education Statistics by the State education agencies.Records on this filecontain the name and address of the school: name

the school district or other educationagency that operates the school,

type code for the school, the full-time-equivalentnumber of teachers assigned to the school, and membership by grade,See the attache*s~rmary of membership and teachers by State.

c SURVEY M-Y1. UNIVERSE DR SAMPLE2 RESPONDENTSUniverse

State education agencies

2. DATE ff COVERAGE4. FFtEDUENCY OF SURVEY5. REsPoN6E RATE

School

Year

1986-87Annual96%

6. HIGHLKHS

Regular elementary and secondary schools. ..*.....81,049Special education schools. .~......,.‘*.,.**,....,2,067Vocational/technical schools .,. .,,..,............ 1,338Other (not elsewhere classified).,..,*.,*,...~..,.834

1.RVNS

Common Core of Data Education Agency Universe, 1986&7Common Core of Data State Nonfiscal Report! 1986-87Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies,

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1986ED TABS: Regular Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1986Y87; InstitutionalCharacteristics: Students,

and

Teachers, November 1987

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