TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, Series Information for the Current Unified School Districts Shapefile State-based Shapefile

Description

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. School Districts are single-purpose administrative units within which local officials provide public educational services for the area's residents. The Census Bureau obtains the boundaries, names, local education agency codes, grade ranges, and school district levels for school districts from State officials for the primary purpose of providing the U.S. Department of Education with estimates of the number of children in poverty within each school district. This information serves as the basis for the Department of Education to determine the annual allocation of Title I funding to States and school districts. TIGER/Line Shapefiles include separate shapefiles for elementary, secondary and unified school districts. The school district boundaries are those in effect for the 2013-2014 school year.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
23 This Rest Service contains the state Unified School Districts layer https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/School/MapServer
0 http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/UNSD/
52 This web mapping service contains the layer for Unified School Districts. Since this layer displays at scales of 1:4,622,324 or greater, adjusting the BBox coordinates in the URL is necessary https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_2015/MapServer/WMSServer
21 Should be used for most mapping projects--this is our most comprehensive dataset. Designed for use with GIS (geographic information systems). http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html
55 tl_2015_unsd.shp.ea.iso.xml http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/TIGER2015/unsd/tl_2015_unsd.shp.ea.iso.xml
33 TGRSHP2015_TechDoc.pdf http://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2015/TGRSHP2015_TechDoc.pdf

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  • unified school district
  • united states
  • polygon
  • state or equivalent entity
  • school district
  • u.s.

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