Abstract


American Community Survey Availability by School District Geography
Track: GIS for Administration & Planning
Author(s): Laura Nixon

The Census Bureau will replace the decennial census long form with the American Community Survey (ACS), an effort designed to provide similar social and economic data each year instead of once every 10 years. The ACS will provide summarized data for school districts, and the National Center for Education Statistics plans to produce additional ACS school district custom tabulations. These sources will provide a wealth of geographic and demographic data for school planners and administrators, and they offer great opportunity for educational spatial analysis. This presentation will briefly discuss when ACS school district data will be available, what demographic characteristics will be provided, and how this data will be useful for educational planning and decision making.

Laura Nixon
U.S. Census Bureau
4700 Silver Hill Rd
Washington, DC 20233-0900
US
Phone: 301-763-2368
E-mail: laura.c.nixon@census.gov