Proximity helps schools, school districts, education agencies, K-12 education stakeholders and others develop, integrate and use geodemographics and related decision-making information. It provides access to an interactive analysis tool to sort and view characteristics of school districts based on the most recent (2006-07) national scope school district data. An extended version (additional subject matter fields) of the underlying dataset may be ordered via this Web link.

This is a partial list of demographic categories. For additional databases, go to School District Decision Making Information on the Proximity website.

School District GeoDemographic Information System (4/06/09)

... planning & analysis resource for performance improvement and expanding educational opportunities

... SDGIS enables your district to knit together diverse data for wide-ranging analyses

ARRA Title I Allocations & Analysis by LEA (3/16/09)

... $10 billion now being distributed to local education agencies

... look up school districts of interest and view in ranked context

... methods of enhancing results from Title I

School District Demographic Updates from ACS 2005-07 (2/2/09)

... new wide-ranging (600 items) demographics for school districts 20,000 population

... view easy-to-use side-by-side comparative analysis profiles

... linked to Census 2000 demographics; assess how districts are changing

... access data in spreadsheet structure to rank or filter to view districts meeting specific criteria

... compare district-to-district, metro-to-metro, or state-to-state or any combination

2007-08 School District Boundary Files/Mapping (12/12/08)

... see second topic in list

... boundaries coterminous with updated national scope updated roads/streets shape files

... boundaries coterminous with updated census tract and other types of available boundary files

... create thematic maps; geo-visually examine patterns; link in your own data

2007 School District Population and Poverty Estimates (12/12/08)

... see third topic in list

... use interactive ranking table to examine districts of interest

... compare population ages 5-17 in poverty estimates with with free and reduced lunch measures

High Schools & School Districts by Metro (12/2/08)

... see first topic in list

... school districts located in the metro

... high schools in each school district

... link to school district boundary in interactive Google web map

... 11th and 12th grade enrollment by school

School Age Population (Ages 5-17) Change by County: 2000 to 2007 (9/11/08)

... View/analyze how the school age population has changed by county since 2000.

... Use the interactive ranking table http://proximityone.com/cty0007_517.

... These data are new estimates as of September 2008 and update the 2006 version.

Developing School District Demographic Estimates & Projections (11/05/07)

... how will your school district(s) change over the next 10 years?

... develop demographic estimates and projections for your school district(s)

... use the School District Demographic Estimates & Projections integrated software and database

School Demographic Analysis (6/07)

... use the new CommunityViewer School Demographic Analysis tool to analyze/view demographic characteristics of individual schools. Examine demographic characteristics of students enrolled in the school and of the "school district community" census block group where the school is located ... and adjacent block group areas. Select from more than 100,000 U.S. schools.

School District Ranking Table (large file, requiring a few seconds to open)

... View rankings of school districts based on latest national scope data

... Scope and usage of this resource

Creating Sustainable School Improvement

Conducting & Using a School District Census

... updating your school district demographics

School District Demographics & Mapping Tutorial

... how to use GIS and mapping for school/school district demographic analysis

Demographic Profile & Analyst (DPA)

... rank school districts by socioeconomic status; compare districts side-by-side

Children's Demographics Database Query System (CDSQL)

... use SQL to pull up demographic profile of school districts of interest

Analysis of poverty in school districts

No Child Left Behind: schools 'in need of improvement'

Assessing Schools/K-12 Education in context of congressional districts

Census 2000 School District Special Tabulation Data

... most detailed demographics available on school district demographics