Official sources
Data Sources
These sources support School Decision's reporting, research, Topics, and underlying school and district data corpus. We do not accept self-reported surveys or proprietary scoring algorithms.
NCES Common Core of Data (CCD)
The Department of Education's primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. It provides a foundation for the school and district data used in School Decision's analysis, enrollment work, and demographic analysis.
Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE)
Provides the geographic context for schools and districts, mapping educational boundaries to neighborhood attributes and geocoded locations.
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC)
Source for critical information regarding student access to educational programs, chronic absenteeism, and disciplinary actions across schools.
American Community Survey (ACS)
Conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, this provides neighborhood-level context including household income, broadband access, and community demographics.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Produces single-year estimates of income and poverty for school districts, helping contextualize funding and community needs.
EdFacts
The source of our standardized assessment proficiency rates, graduation rates, and state-level accountability data.
Federal Register & eCFR
Used as primary-source material when federal rules or notices are relevant to School Decision reporting.
F-33 Finance Data
Provides local education agency (school district) financial statistics, including revenue by source and expenditure by function.