Metadata

Common Core of Data: Public School Universe Data, 1987-1988

Version
v0
Resource Type
Dataset : census/enumeration data
Creator
  • United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics
Other Title
  • Archival Version (Subtitle)
Collective Title
  • Common Core of Data (CCD) Series
Publication Date
1998-10-05
Language
English
Free Keywords
demographic characteristics; elementary schools; high schools; junior high schools; middle schools; public schools; school districts; school enrollments; students; teachers
Description

  • Abstract

    This dataset contains records for each public elementary and secondary school in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, United States territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands), and Department of Defense schools outside the United States for 1987-1988. Data were reported to the Bureau of the Census for the National Center for Education Statistics by the state coordinators. Records in this file provide the name, address, and telephone number of the school/associated agency, codes for school type and locale, number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers, and students eligible for free lunch programs.

  • Methods

    ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes..

  • Table of Contents

    Datasets:

    • DS1: Dataset
Temporal Coverage
  • 1987 / 1988
    Time period: 1987--1988
  • 1987 / 1988
    Collection date: 1987--1988
Geographic Coverage
  • American Samoa
  • Guam
  • Marshall Islands
  • Puerto Rico
  • United States
  • Virgin Islands of the United States
  • Global
Sampled Universe
All public elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, United States territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands), and Department of Defense schools outside the United States.
Collection Mode

  • (1) Users are encouraged to check the NCES homepage (http://www.ed.gov/NCES/ccd/) for additional information on this collection. (2) The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

Note
1999-11-02 The SAS data definition statements have been revised to indicate decimal places in the data and to correct the listings for some variables, which were erroneously listed as character rather than numeric data.
Availability
Delivery
This version of the study is no longer available on the web. If you need to acquire this version of the data, you have to contact ICPSR User Support (help@icpsr.umich.edu).
Alternative Identifiers
  • 2551 (Type: ICPSR Study Number)
Relations
  • Is previous version of
    DOI: 10.3886/ICPSR02551.v1
Publications
  • Zhang, Liang, Ness, Eric C.. Does state merit-based aid stem brain drain?. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.32, (2), 143-165.2010.
    • ID: 10.3102.0162373709359683 (DOI)
  • Bedard, Kelly, Do, Chau. Are middle schools more effective? The impact of school structure on student outcomes. Journal of Human Resources.40, (3), 660-682.2005.
  • Sepicher, Nancy. School Locale Codes 1987-2000. National Center for Education Statistics Working Paper Series.2002-02, Washington, DC: United States Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. 2002.
    • ID: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/200202.pdf (URL)
  • Mello, Victor Bandeira de, Young, Beth Aronstamm. State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97, Statistical Analysis Report. NCES 2000-304, Washington, DC: United States Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. 2000.
    • ID: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000304.pdf (URL)
  • Morgan, Frank. State Profiles on Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1987-88. NCES 90-073, Washington, DC: United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 1990.

Update Metadata: 2015-08-05 | Issue Number: 6 | Registration Date: 2015-06-15