What's New with Esri Demographics? School District Data!
School districts are geographical areas designated by local or state officials to organize and manage public education within a specific region. The Census Bureau tabulates data products for these areas, largely for use by the U.S. Department of Education. Esri provides three types of school district boundaries: unified, secondary, and elementary.
School districts can vary significantly in size, with some serving only a single school and others encompassing multiple schools across a large geographic area. In general, where there is a unified school district, no elementary or secondary school district exists; and where there is an elementary school district, a secondary school district may or may not exist.
A school district boundary is uniquely identified using a two-digit state FIPS code and a five-digit school district code and are always within a state.
In November 2024, Esri released updated school district data as part of its Esri Demographics release. You can learn more about this here.