Series Information for Elementary School Districts State-based TIGER/Line Shapefiles, Current

This is a series-level metadata record. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System (MTS). The MTS represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.

Elementary School Districts are administrative units within which local officials provide public educational services for the area's residents. The Census Bureau obtains the boundaries, names, local education agency codes, grade ranges, and school district levels for school districts from state officials for the primary purpose of providing the U.S. Department of Education with estimates of the number of children aged 5 through 17 in families in poverty within each school district. This information serves as the basis for the Department of Education to determine the annual allocation of Title I funding to states and school districts. The TIGER/Line shapefiles include separate shapefiles for elementary, secondary, and unified school districts, and school district administrative areas. The school district boundaries are those in effect for the 2023-2024 school year, i.e., in operation as of January 1, 2024.

Data and Resources

Field Value
access_constraints ["Access constraints: None", "Use Constraints: The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source.\nThe boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest."]
bbox-east-long 146.154418
bbox-north-lat 71.439786
bbox-south-lat -14.601813
bbox-west-long -178.443593
contact-email geo.geography@census.gov
coupled-resource []
dataset-reference-date [{"type": "publication", "value": "2024"}, {"type": "creation", "value": "2024-10"}, {"type": "lastUpdate", "value": "2024-10"}]
frequency-of-update notPlanned
graphic-preview-description URL for the TIGERWeb Mapping Service
graphic-preview-file https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_ACS2024/MapServer/WmsServer?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&LAYERS=60,61&STYLES=default,default&FORMAT=image/png+xml&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&CRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=+42.7118,-71.0767,+42.9241,-70.5844&WIDTH=256&HEIGHT=256
graphic-preview-type URL
guid series_tl_2024_elsd.shp.iso.xml
licence []
metadata-date 2025-05-27
metadata-language eng; USA
metadata_type geospatial
old-spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-178.443593, -14.601813], [146.154418, -14.601813], [146.154418, 71.439786], [-178.443593, 71.439786], [-178.443593, -14.601813]]]}
progress completed
resource-type series
responsible-party [{"name": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division", "roles": ["pointOfContact"]}]
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-178.443593, -14.601813], [146.154418, -14.601813], [146.154418, 71.439786], [-178.443593, 71.439786], [-178.443593, -14.601813]]]}
spatial-reference-system urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
spatial_harvester true
temporal-extent-begin 2024-06
temporal-extent-end 2025-10
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • elementary school district
  • governmental units and administrative and statistical boundaries theme
  • national geospatial data asset
  • ngda
  • ngdaid78
  • polygon
  • school district
  • state or equivalent entity
  • u.s.
  • united states
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-09-25T16:18:44.111061
metadata_modified 2025-09-25T16:18:44.111071
notes This is a series-level metadata record. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System (MTS). The MTS represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Elementary School Districts are administrative units within which local officials provide public educational services for the area's residents. The Census Bureau obtains the boundaries, names, local education agency codes, grade ranges, and school district levels for school districts from state officials for the primary purpose of providing the U.S. Department of Education with estimates of the number of children aged 5 through 17 in families in poverty within each school district. This information serves as the basis for the Department of Education to determine the annual allocation of Title I funding to states and school districts. The TIGER/Line shapefiles include separate shapefiles for elementary, secondary, and unified school districts, and school district administrative areas. The school district boundaries are those in effect for the 2023-2024 school year, i.e., in operation as of January 1, 2024.
num_resources 4
num_tags 18
title Series Information for Elementary School Districts State-based TIGER/Line Shapefiles, Current