The U.S. Census Bureau

Federal, State, and Local Governments
Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
Technical Documentation (2004)

 
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The files described below contain financial information (revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets) for public elementary-secondary school systems collected as a part of an annual survey of local governments authorized by law under Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.



Contents


 Data File Formats

Files containing all data items surveyed, data item flags, and summary variables displayed in the report tables are available in various formats. These formats - Excel spreadsheet, comma-delimited, and SAS dataset - provide for the convenience of the widest range of data users. 

The Excel and comma-delimited files are compatible with MS-DOS and all versions of the Windows operating system. The SAS dataset is compatible with SAS versions 6.10 and higher. 

The files may be downloaded from the Census Bureau's website under Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data.

State-level Tables. Users may download the state totals data presented in tables 1 through 14, and table 18 in the Public Education Finances report. Data are available in an Excel spreadsheet that contains a tab for each table. 

File Type

File Name

File Size

Excel

Elsec04_StTables.xls

  307 Kb

 

Individual Unit Tables. These files contain data for all units for the variables presented in tables 15 through 17 of the Public Education Finances report.  Files in Excel, comma-delimited, and SAS dataset formats are available. 


File Type

File Name

File Size

Excel

Elsec04T.xls

  8.1 Mb

Comma-delimited

Elsec04T.txt

  4.9 Mb

SAS dataset

Elsec04T.sd2

  8.8 Mb

 

All Data Items. These files contain data for all items on the F-33 survey form, as well as unit identifiers, descriptive variables, and summary data items.  An Excel spreadsheet, a comma-delimited text file, and a SAS dataset are available for download. Each file contains data for all school systems. 

The comma-delimited file allows users to import data into a database application. When importing the comma-delimited file into a database, data users should specify the format of the following fields as 'text' (rather than 'general' or 'numeric'): STATE, IDCENSUS, CONUM, CSA, CBSA, SCHLEV, NCESID, and YRDATA. The file names and sizes are as follows: 

File Type

File Name

File Size

Excel

Elsec04.xls

  15.1 Mb

Comma-delimited

Elsec04.txt

    7.3 Mb

SAS dataset

Elsec04.sd2

  17.6 Mb

 

Data Item Flags. Beginning with FY 1999, the F-33 school system finance files include data item flags to indicate whether a data item was reported by the state education agency or adjusted by the Census Bureau.  The data item flag files are presented in the same formats - Excel, comma-delimited, and SAS dataset - as the data item files described above. There are no flags for the summary data items, such as TOTALREV and TOTALEXP. 

File Type

File Name

File Size

Excel

Elsec04F.xls

  28.3 Mb

Comma-delimited

Elsec04F.txt

    8.5 Mb

SAS dataset

Elsec04F.sd2

    3.4 Mb

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Record Layouts and Item Descriptions

All data items are presented in the order in which they appear on the files. An asterisk (*) next to an item indicates an alphanumeric character string; all other items are numeric. All amounts, except for fall membership and personal income, are expressed in thousands of dollars.  Fall membership data are presented in whole amounts. Personal income totals are expressed in millions of dollars. 

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Individual Unit Tables 

Data Item

Table, Col.

Description

IDCENSUS*

-

School System Identification Number1

NCESID*

-

NCES Identification Number1

CONUM*

-

FIPS State and County Code1

CSA*

-

Consolidated Statistical Area1

CBSA*

-

Core-Based Statistical Area1

NAME*

-

School System Name

ENROLL 15, 1 & 17, 1 Fall Membership

TOTALREV

15, 2

TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY REVENUE

TFEDREV

15, 3

Total Revenue from Federal Sources

FEDRCOMP

15, 4

   Compensatory (Title I)

FEDRSPEC

15, 5

   Children with disabilities

FEDRNUTR

15, 6

   Child Nutrition Act

FEDROTHR

15, 7

   All other federal aid

TSTREV

15, 8

Total Revenue from State Sources

STRFORM

15, 9

   General formula assistance

STRSPEC

15, 10

   Special education programs

STRTRANS

15, 11

   Transportation programs

STROTHR

15, 12

   All other state revenue

TLOCREV

15, 13

Total Revenue from Local Sources

LOCRTAX

15, 14

   All taxes

LOCRPROP

15, 15

   Property taxes

LOCRPAR

15, 16

   Parent government contributions

LOCRCICO

15, 17

   Revenue from cities and counties

LOCROSCH

15, 18

   Revenue from other school systems

LOCRCHAR

15, 19

   Charges

LOCROTHR

15, 20

   Other local revenues

TOTALEXP

15, 21

TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY EXPENDITURE

TCURSPND

15, 22

Total Current Spending

TSALWAGE

15, 23

   Total salaries and wages

TEMPBENE

15, 24

   Total employee benefit payments

TCURINST

15, 25

Total Current Spending for Instruction

TCURISAL

15, 26

   Salaries and wages for instruction

TCURIBEN

15, 27

   Employee benefits for instruction

TCURSSVC

15, 28

Total Current Spending for Support Services

TCURSPUP

15, 29

   Pupil support

TCURSSTA

15, 30

   Instructional staff support

TCURSGEN

15, 31

   General administration

TCURSSCH

15, 32

   School administration

TCURSOTH

15, 33

   Other and nonspecified

TCURONON

15, 34

Other Current Spending

TCAPOUT

15, 35

Total Capital Outlay Expenditure

TPAYOTH

15, 36

Payments to Other Governments

TINTRST

15, 37

Interest on School System Indebtedness

DEBTOUT

15, 38

Long-term debt outstanding at end of the fiscal year

LONGISSU

15, 39

Long-term debt issued during the fiscal year

LONGRET

15, 40

Long-term debt retired during the fiscal year

 

PCTTOTAL

16, 1

PERCENT - TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY REVENUE

PCTFTOT

16, 2

   Percent - Total Revenue from Federal Sources

PCTFCOMP

16, 3

   Percent - Compensatory (Title I)

PCTSTOT

16, 4

   Percent - Total Revenue from State Sources

PCTSFORM

16, 5

   Percent - General formula assistance

PCTLTOT

16, 6

   Percent - Total Revenue from Local Sources

PCTLTAXP

16, 7

   Percent - Taxes & parent government contributions

PCTLOTHG

16, 8

   Percent - Revenue from other local governments

PCTLCHAR

16, 9

   Percent - Charges

 

PPCSTOT

17, 2

Per Pupil - Total Current Spending (Elementary-secondary)1

PPSALWG

17, 3

   Per Pupil - Total salaries and wages

PPEMPBEN

17, 4

   Per Pupil - Total employee benefit payments

PPITOTAL

17, 5

Per Pupil - Total Current Spending for Instruction

PPISALWG

17, 6

   Per Pupil - Salaries and wages

PPIEMBEN

17, 7

   Per Pupil - Employee benefits

PPSTOTAL

17, 8

Per Pupil - Total Current Spending for Support Services

PPSPUPIL

17, 9

   Per Pupil - Pupil support

PPSSTAFF

17, 10

   Per Pupil - Instructional staff support

PPSGENAD

17, 11

   Per Pupil - General administration

PPSSCHAD

17, 12

   Per Pupil - School administration

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All Data Items 

 

Data Item

Description

STATE*

State Identification Number

IDCENSUS*

School System Identification Number1

NAME*

School System Name

CONUM*

FIPS State and County Code1

CSA*

Consolidated Statistical Area1

CBSA*

Core-Based Statistical Area1

SCHLEV*

School Level Code1

NCESID*

NCES ID Code1

YRDATA*

Year of Data

V33

Fall Membership

 

 

TOTALREV

TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY REVENUE - sum of TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV

 

 

TFEDREV

Total Revenue from Federal Sources

C14

   Federal revenue through the state - Compensatory (Title I)

C15

   Federal revenue through the state - Children with disabilities IDEA

C16

   Federal revenue through the state - Math, science, and teacher quality

C17

   Federal revenue through the state - Safe and drug free schools

C18

   Federal revenue through the state - Title V, Part A

C19

   Federal revenue through the state - Vocational and technical education

C20

   Federal revenue through the state - All other

C25

   Federal revenue through the state - Child nutrition programs

C36

   Federal revenue - Nonspecified

B10

   Direct federal revenue - Impact aid (P.L. 815 and 874)

B11

   Direct federal revenue - Bilingual education

B12

   Direct federal revenue - Native American (Indian) education

B13

   Direct federal revenue - All other

 

 

TSTREV

Total Revenue from State Sources

C01

   General formula assistance

C04

   Staff improvement programs

C05

   Special education programs

C06

   Compensatory and basic skills programs

C07

   Bilingual education programs

C08

   Gifted and talented programs

C09

   Vocational education programs

C10

   School lunch programs

C11

   Capital outlay and debt service programs

C12

   Transportation programs

C13

   All other revenues from state sources

C24

   Census state, NCES local revenue

C35

   State revenue - Nonspecified

C38

   State payments on behalf - Benefits

C39

   State payments on behalf - Nonbenefits

 

 

TLOCREV

Total Revenue from Local Sources

T02

   Parent government contributions

T06

   Property taxes

T09

   General sales or gross receipts taxes

T15

   Public utility taxes

T40

   Individual and corporate income taxes

T99

   All other taxes

D11

   Revenue from other school systems

D23

   Revenue from cities and counties

A07

   Tuition fees from pupils and parents

A08

   Transportation fees from pupils and parents

A09

   School lunch revenues

A11

   Textbook sales and rentals

A13

   Student activity receipts

A15

   Student fees, nonspecified

A20

   Other sales and service revenues

U22

   Interest earnings

U97

   Miscellaneous other local revenues

 

 

TOTALEXP

TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY EXPENDITURE - sum of TCURELSC, NONELSEC, TCAPOUT, L12, Q11, I86  

TCURELSC

TOTAL CURRENT SPENDING FOR ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY PROGRAMS - sum of TCURINST, TCURSSVC, TCUROTH

 

 

TCURINST

TOTAL CURRENT SPENDING FOR INSTRUCTION

E13

   Current operation expenditure - Instruction

J13

   State payments on behalf - Instruction benefits

J12

   Own retirement system transfer - Instruction

J14

   State payments on behalf - Instruction nonbenefits

V91

   Exhibit - Payments to private schools

V92

   Exhibit - Payments to charter schools

 

 

TCURSSVC

TOTAL CURRENT SPENDING FOR SUPPORT SERVICES

E17

   Current operation expenditure - Pupil support

E07

   Current operation expenditure - Instructional staff support

E08

   Current operation expenditure - General administration

E09

   Current operation expenditure - School administration

V40

   Current operation expenditure - Operation and maintenance of plant

V45

   Current operation expenditure - Student transportation

V90

   Current operation expenditure - Business/central/other support services

V85

   Current operation expenditure - Nonspecified support services

J17

   State payments on behalf - Pupil support benefits

J07

   State payments on behalf - Instructional staff support benefits

J08

   State payments on behalf - General administration benefits

J09

   State payments on behalf - School administration benefits

J40

   State payments on behalf - Operation and maintenance of plant benefits

J45

   State payments on behalf - Student transportation benefits

J90

   State payments on behalf - Business/central/other support services benefits

J11

   Own retirement system transfer - Support services

J96

   State payments on behalf - Support services, nonbenefits

J85

   State payments on behalf - Nonspecified benefits

 

 

TCUROTH

TOTAL CURRENT SPENDING FOR OTHER ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY PROGRAMS

E11

   Current operation expenditure - Food services

V60

   Current operation expenditure - Enterprise operations

V65

   Current operation expenditure - Other elementary-secondary programs

J10

   State payments on behalf - Other benefits

J97

   State payments on behalf - Noninstructional and nonbenefits

 

 

NONELSEC

TOTAL CURRENT SPENDING FOR NONELEMENTARY-SECONDARY PROGRAMS

V70

   Current operation expenditure - Community services

V75

   Current operation expenditure - Adult education

V80

   Current operation expenditure - Other nonelementary-secondary programs

J98

   State payments on behalf - Nonelementary-secondary programs

 

 

TCAPOUT

TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURE

F12

   Construction

G15

   Purchase of land and existing structures

K09

   Instructional equipment

K10

   Other equipment

K11

   Nonspecified equipment

J99

   State payments on behalf - Capital outlay

 

 

L12

   Payments to state governments

M12

   Payments to local governments

Q11

   Payments to other school systems

I86

   Interest on school system debt

Z32

   Total salaries and wages

Z33

   Total salaries and wages - Instruction

V11

   Total salaries and wages - Pupil support

V13

   Total salaries and wages - Instructional staff support

V15

   Total salaries and wages - General administration

V17

   Total salaries and wages - School administration

V21

   Total salaries and wages - Operation and maintenance of plant

V23

   Total salaries and wages - Student transportation

V37

   Total salaries and wages - Business/central/other support services

V29

   Total salaries and wages - Food services

Z34

   Total employee benefit payments

V10

   Total employee benefit payments - Instruction

V12

   Total employee benefit payments - Pupil support

V14

   Total employee benefit payments - Instructional staff

V16

   Total employee benefit payments - General administration

V18

   Total employee benefit payments - School administration

V22

   Total employee benefit payments - Operation and maintenance of plant

V24

   Total employee benefit payments - Student transportation

V38

   Total employee benefit payments - Business/central/other support services

V30

   Total employee benefit payments - Food services

V32

   Total employee benefit payments - Enterprise operations

_19H

   Long-term debt outstanding at beginning of the fiscal year

_21F

   Long-term debt issued during the fiscal year

_31F

   Long-term debt retired during the fiscal year

_41F

   Long-term debt outstanding at end of fiscal year

_61V

   Short-term debt outstanding at beginning of the fiscal year

_66V

   Short-term debt outstanding at end of the fiscal year

W01

   Cash and deposits, held at end of fiscal year - Debt service funds

W31

   Cash and deposits, held at end of fiscal year - Bond funds

W61

   Cash and deposits, held at end of fiscal year - Other funds

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Data Item Flags

 

Data Item Flag

Description

STATE*

State Identification Number

IDCENSUS*

School System Identification Number1

NAME*

School System Name

CONUM*

FIPS State and County Code1

CSA*

Consolidated Statistical Area1

CBSA*

Core-Based Statistical Area1

SCHLEV*

School Level Code1

NCESID*

NCES ID Code1

YRDATA*

Year of Data

FL_V33*

FLAG - Fall Membership

FL_C14*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - Compensatory (Title I)

FL_C15*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - Children with disabilities IDEA

FL_C16*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - Math, science, and teacher quality

FL_C17*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - Safe and drug free schools

FL_C18*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - Title V, Part A

FL_C19*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - Vocational and technical education

FL_C20*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - All other federal aid through state

FL_C25*

FLAG - Federal revenue through the state - Child nutrition act

FL_C36*

FLAG - Federal revenue - Nonspecified

FL_B10*

FLAG - Direct federal revenue - Impact aid (P.L. 815 and 874)

FL_B11*

FLAG - Direct federal revenue - Bilingual education

FL_B12*

FLAG - Direct federal revenue - Native American (Indian) education

FL_B13*

FLAG - Direct federal revenue - All other

FL_C01*

FLAG - General education programs

FL_C04*

FLAG - Staff improvement programs

FL_C05*

FLAG - Special education programs

FL_C06*

FLAG - Compensatory and basic skills programs

FL_C07*

FLAG - Bilingual education programs

FL_C08*

FLAG - Gifted and talented programs

FL_C09*

FLAG - Vocational education programs

FL_C10*

FLAG - School lunch programs

FL_C11*

FLAG - Capital outlay and debt service programs

FL_C12*

FLAG - Transportation programs

FL_C13*

FLAG - All other revenues from state sources

FL_C24*

FLAG - Census state, NCES local revenue

FL_C35*

FLAG - State revenue - Nonspecified

FL_C38*

FLAG - State payments - Benefits

FL_C39*

FLAG - State payments - Nonbenefits

FL_T02*

FLAG - Parent government contributions

FL_T06*

FLAG - Property taxes

FL_T09*

FLAG - General sales or gross receipts taxes

FL_T15*

FLAG - Public utility taxes

FL_T40*

FLAG - Individual and corporate income taxes

FL_T99*

FLAG - All other taxes

FL_D11*

FLAG - Revenue from other school systems

FL_D23*

FLAG - Revenue from cities and counties

FL_A07*

FLAG - Tuition fees from pupils and parents

FL_A08*

FLAG - Transportation fees from pupils and parents

FL_A09*

FLAG - School lunch revenues

FL_A11*

FLAG - Textbook sales and rentals

FL_A13*

FLAG - Student activity receipts

FL_A15*

FLAG - Student fees, nonspecified

FL_A20*

FLAG - Other sales and service revenues

FL_U22*

FLAG - Interest earnings

FL_U97*

FLAG - Miscellaneous other local revenues

FL_E13*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Instruction

FL_J13*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Instruction

FL_J12*

FLAG - Own retirement system transfer - Instruction

FL_J14*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Instruction, nonbenefits

FL_V91*

FLAG - Payments to private schools

FL_V92*

FLAG - Payments to charter schools

FL_E17*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Pupil support

FL_E07*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Instructional staff support

FL_E08*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - General administration

FL_E09*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - School administration

FL_V40*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Operation and maintenance of plant

FL_V45*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Student transportation

FL_V90*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Business/central/other support services

FL_V85*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Nonspecified

FL_J17*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Pupil support

FL_J07*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Instructional staff support

FL_J08*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - General administration

FL_J09*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - School administration

FL_J40*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Operation and maintenance of plant

FL_J45*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Student transportation

FL_J90*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Business/central/other support services

FL_J11*

FLAG - Own retirement system transfer - Support services

FL_J96*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Support services, nonbenefits

FL_J85*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Nonspecified

FL_E11*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Food services

FL_V60*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Enterprise operations

FL_V65*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Other elementary-secondary programs

FL_J10*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Other

FL_J97*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Noninstructional, nonbenefits

FL_V70*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Community services

FL_V75*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Adult education

FL_V80*

FLAG - Current operation expenditure - Other

FL_J98*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Nonelementary-secondary programs

FL_F12*

FLAG - Construction

FL_G15*

FLAG - Purchase of land and existing structures

FL_K09*

FLAG - Instructional equipment

FL_K10*

FLAG - Other equipment

FL_K11*

FLAG - Nonspecified equipment

FL_J99*

FLAG - State payments on behalf - Capital outlay

FL_L12*

FLAG - Payments to state governments

FL_M12*

FLAG - Payments to local governments

FL_Q11*

FLAG - Payments to other school systems

FL_I86*

FLAG - Interest on school system debt

FL_Z32*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages

FL_Z33*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - Instruction

FL_V11*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - Pupil support

FL_V13*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - Instructional staff support

FL_V15*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - General administration

FL_V17*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - School administration

FL_V21*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - Operation and maintenance of plant

FL_V23*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - Student transportation

FL_V37*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - Business/central/other support services

FL_V29*

FLAG - Total salaries and wages - Food services

FL_Z34*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments

FL_V10*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Instruction

FL_V12*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Pupil support

FL_V14*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Instructional staff

FL_V16*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - General administration

FL_V18*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - School administration

FL_V22*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Operation and maintenance of plant

FL_V24*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Student transportation

FL_V38*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Business/central/other support services

FL_V30*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Food services

FL_V32*

FLAG - Total employee benefit payments - Enterprise operations

FL_19H*

FLAG - Long-term debt at outstanding beginning of the fiscal year

FL_21F*

FLAG - Long-term debt issued during the fiscal year

FL_31F*

FLAG - Long-term debt retired during the fiscal year

FL_41F*

FLAG - Long-term debt outstanding at end of the fiscal year

FL_61V*

FLAG - Short-term debt outstanding at beginning of the fiscal year

FL_66V*

FLAG - Short-term debt outstanding at end of the fiscal year

FL_W01*

FLAG - Cash and deposits, held at end of the fiscal year - Debt service funds

FL_W31*

FLAG - Cash and deposits, held at end of the fiscal year - Bond funds

FL_W61*

FLAG - Cash and deposits, held at end of the fiscal year - Other funds

  1See additional notes on these variables in ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 

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 File Record Count

 

State Code

State Name

State Abbreviation

2004

01

Alabama

AL

130

02

Alaska

AK

53

03

Arizona

AZ

237

04

Arkansas

AR

323

05

California

CA

1,091

06

Colorado

CO

197

07

Connecticut

CT

174

08

Delaware

DE

19

09

District of Columbia

DC

1

10

Florida

FL

67

11

Georgia

GA

196

12

Hawaii

HI

1

13

Idaho

ID

114

14

Illinois

IL

1,019

15

Indiana

IN

316

16

Iowa

IA

382

17

Kansas

KS

301

18

Kentucky

KY

176

19

Louisiana

LA

68

20

Maine

ME

294

21

Maryland

MD

24

22

Massachusetts

MA

429

23

Michigan

MI

797

24

Minnesota

MN

405

25

Mississippi

MS

152

26

Missouri

MO

524

27

Montana

MT

469

28

Nebraska

NE

519

29

Nevada

NV

17

30

New Hampshire

NH

176

31

New Jersey

NJ

614

32

New Mexico

NM

89

33

New York

NY

688

34

North Carolina

NC

117

35

North Dakota

ND

239

36

Ohio

OH

722

37

Oklahoma

OK

574

38

Oregon

OR

219

39

Pennsylvania

PA

605

40

Rhode Island

RI

36

41

South Carolina

SC

96

42

South Dakota

SD

172

43

Tennessee

TN

136

44

Texas

TX

1,058

45

Utah

UT

40

46

Vermont

VT

331

47

Virginia

VA

134

48

Washington

WA

296

49

West Virginia

WV

55

50

Wisconsin

WI

430

51

Wyoming

WY

48

U.S. Total

 

15,370

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 Additional Information on Data Items

Census Bureau unit identification code (IDCENSUS)

Identification Number (IDCENSUS field) Schema and Type of Government Code:

The first 2 characters of the IDCENSUS field stand for the state code. The 3rd character represents the "type of government" code, described below. Characters 4 through 6 represent the county code. Characters 7 through 14 uniquely identify the government unit. For an independent school system, this government unit is the system itself. For dependent school systems, characters 1 through 9 of the IDCENSUS field match that of the parent government on which the system is dependent. Characters 10 through 14 uniquely identify the dependent school system where more than one system is dependent on the parent government. 

             

              Description (3rd Character)

     Value

              State Dependent School System

0

              County Dependent School System

1

              City Dependent School System

2

              Township Dependent School System

3

              Independent School System

5

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NCESID

In addition to the Census Bureau identifier (IDCENSUS) these files contain the unit identification code used by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).  

School Level Codes (SCHLEV)

- Elementary School System Only: a public school system that typically serves grades PreKindergarten through 8.

- Secondary School System Only: a public school system that typically serves grades 7 through 12.

- Elementary/Secondary School System: a public school system that serves grades PreKindergarten through 12.

- Vocational Education: a locally operated public school system that provides education and training in one or more semiskilled or technical operations.

- Special Education: a locally operated public school system that focuses primarily on special education.

- Nonoperating School System: a system that only exists to collect tax revenue that it then transfers to other school systems that actually provide the education services.

- Educational Service Agency: a dependent agency of the school system or systems that it serves. It typically provides regional special education programs, vocational education programs, or administrative assistance.

             

              Description

     Value

              Elementary School System Only

01

              Secondary School System Only

02

              Elementary-Secondary School System

03

              Vocational or Special Education School System

05

              Nonoperating School System

06

              Educational Service Agency

07

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FIPS and Statistical Area codes

Three codes allow data users to identify units with specific geographic areas. The codes included are: 

 Code

Description

 CONUM

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) state code and county number (5-digit)

 CSA

Consolidated Statistical Area Code (3-digit)

 CBSA

Core-Based Statistical Area Code (5-digit)

Information on the FIPS state and county codes is available at
http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/co-codes/states.htm.

The Core-Based Statistical Area Code (CBSA) indicates that an agency is associated with a recognized population nucleus and adjacent communities that have a high degree of integration with that nucleus, designated by the U.S. Government as a metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area. The Consolidated Statistical Area code (CSA) indicates whether a school district's location is associated with a combined statistical area. A CSA may comprise two or more metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas.

Data Item Flags 

For each data item shown on the F-33 survey form there is a companion flag. These flag variables are identified by the name of the data item preceded by an "FL_"; e.g. FL_T06, FL_E13. The guide to these flags is displayed below: 

 Flag

Description

 R

As reported by the state

 A

Adjustment made by analyst

 S

Adjustments to include data for state payments on behalf of the school systems.

 N

Not applicable - A value was not expected. (For example, a dependent school system would report no taxes. An independent school district would report no parent government contributions.

 

Per Pupil Expenditure Amounts 

The per pupil expenditure amounts included in the state totals and individual unit files from the published report are derived from current spending totals and the fall membership data. Per pupil expenditure does not include spending for nonelementary-secondary programs (community service, adult education), or spending by a school system for students not included in its fall membership counts.

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 Release Dates

 

Fiscal year of data: 2003 2004
Release Date: 6/08/2004 ?
Date of last revision: none none

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: March 10 2006
Last revised: April 03 2006