Census Unified School Districts, 1995 - New York (State)

Description:

This datalayer displays the Unified School Districts for the entire state. A unified school district is inclusive of kindergarten through twelfth grade. The Census Bureau defines a school district as the territory administered by the elected or appointed authorities of a state, county, or other local governmental unit to provide educational services to a resident population. A school district typically includes several school buildings, teachers, and related staff. The Census Bureau provided data tabulations for school districts from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 censuses. NOTE: The five boroughs of New York city are treated as a single-school district. The National School District Program has mapped Attendance Zones for each school in the district.

Creator:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division

Provider:

Harvard

Collection:

TIGER/Line Files, 1995

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

boundaries, Census, Schools, School districts, and Education

Temporal Coverage:

1995

Date Issued:

1996

Spatial Coverage:

New York (State)

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile