Community Colleges

The California School Campus Database (CSCD) is now available for all public schools and colleges/universities in California.
CSCD is a GIS data set that contains detailed outlines of the lands used by public schools for educational purposes. It includes campus boundaries of schools with kindergarten through 12th grade instruction, as well as colleges, universities, and public community colleges. Each is accurately mapped at the assessor parcel level. CSCD is the first statewide database of this information and is available for use without restriction.
PURPOSE While data is available from the California Department of Education (CDE) at a point level, the data is simplified and often inaccurate.
CSCD defines the entire school campus of all public schools to allow spatial analysis, including the full extent of lands used for public education in California. CSCD is suitable for a wide range of planning, assessment, analysis, and display purposes.
The lands in CSCD are defined by the parcels owned, rented, leased, or used by a public California school district for the primary purpose of educating youth. CSCD provides vetted polygons representing each public school in the state.
Data is also provided for community colleges and university lands as of the 2018 release.
CSCD is suitable for a wide range of planning, assessment, analysis, and display purposes. It should not be used as the basis for official regulatory, legal, or other such governmental actions unless reviewed by the user and deemed appropriate for their use. See the user manual for more information.

Link to California School Campus Database.

Data and Resources

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  • California School Campus Database
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  • Education
  • Ownership
  • People and Places
  • State Plans
  • Universities
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notes <div><font size='4'>The <a href='https://calema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=494bae27c34743678413e03170917f22' target='_blank'>California School Campus Database</a> (CSCD) is now available for all public schools and colleges/universities in California.</font></div><div><font size='4'><br /></font></div><div><font size='4'>CSCD is a GIS data set that contains detailed outlines of the lands used by public schools for educational purposes. It includes campus boundaries of schools with kindergarten through 12th grade instruction, as well as colleges, universities, and public community colleges. Each is accurately mapped at the assessor parcel level. CSCD is the first statewide database of this information and is available for use without restriction.</font></div><div><font size='4'><br /></font></div><div><div><b><font size='4'>PURPOSE</font></b></div><div><font size='4'>While data is available from the California Department of Education (CDE) at a point level, the data is simplified and often inaccurate.</font></div><div><font size='4'><br /></font></div><div><font size='4'>CSCD defines the entire school campus of all public schools to allow spatial analysis, including the full extent of lands used for public education in California. CSCD is suitable for a wide range of planning, assessment, analysis, and display purposes.</font></div><div><font size='4'><br /></font></div><div><font size='4'>The lands in CSCD are defined by the parcels owned, rented, leased, or used by a public California school district for the primary purpose of educating youth. CSCD provides vetted polygons representing each public school in the state.</font></div><div><font size='4'><br /></font></div><div><font size='4'>Data is also provided for community colleges and university lands as of the 2018 release.</font></div></div><div><font size='4'><br /></font></div><div><font size='4'>CSCD is suitable for a wide range of planning, assessment, analysis, and display purposes. It should not be used as the basis for official regulatory, legal, or other such governmental actions unless reviewed by the user and deemed appropriate for their use. See the <a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/aupedf5w0buiq6q/CSCD_2018_%20UserManual.pdf?dl=0' target='_blank'>user manual</a> for more information.<br /></font></div><div><font size='4'><br /></font></div><div><font size='4'><a href='http://www.californiaschoolcampusdatabase.org/' target='_blank'>Link to California School Campus Database</a>.</font></div>
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