Unified School Districts, Massachusettes, 2000
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile represents the unified school district boundaries in Massachusettes. School districts are geographic entities within which state, county, or local officials provide public educational services for the area's residents. The unified school districts are districts that provide education to children of all school ages. The elementary school districts provide education to the lower grade/age levels and the secondary school districts provide education to the upper grade/age levels. In general, where there is a unified school district, no elementary or secondary school district exists and where there is an elementary school district, the secondary school district may or may not exist. School districts are geographic entities within which state, county, or local officials provide public educational services for the area's residents. The U.S. Census Bureau obtains the boundaries and names for school districts from state officials. The U.S. Census Bureau first provided data for school districts in the 1970 census. For Census 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau tabulated data for three types of school districts: elementary, secondary, and unified. Each school district is assigned a five-digit code that is unique within state. School district codes are assigned by the Department of Education and are not necessarily in alphabetical order by school district name.
- Purpose
- This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
|---|---|
| Form | Shapefile |
| Extent | 0.146 |
| Place | Washington, D.C., US |
| Publisher | U.S. Census Bureau. Geography Division |
| Publication date | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Map data | 1:100000Scale not given. ; EPSG::4269 W 73°30ʹ29ʺ--W 69°55ʹ42ʺ/N 42°53ʹ12ʺ--N 41°14ʹ17ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | U.S. Census Bureau. Geography Division |
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Subjects
| Subject | School districts |
|---|---|
| Subject | High schools |
| Subject | Middle schools |
| Subject | Junior high schools |
| Subject | Elementary schools |
| Subject | Massachusettes |
| Subject | 2000 |
| Subject | Boundaries |
| Subject | Society |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
| WGS84 Cartographics | This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gq327wn7746 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- U.S. Census Bureau. Geography Division. (2001). Unified School Districts, Massachusettes, 2000. U.S. Census Bureau. Geography Division. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/gq327wn7746.
Collection
U.S. Census School Districts, 2000
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