Education Organization Domain - Entities and Descriptors

AccountabilityRating

An accountability rating for a school or district.

CommunityOrganization

This entity represents an administrative unit at the state level which exists primarily to operate local community providers.

CommunityProvider

This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.

CommunityProviderLicense

The legal document held by the CommunityProvider that authorizes the holder to perform certain functions and or services.

EducationOrganization

This entity represents any public or private institution, organization, or agency that provides instructional or support services to students or staff at any level.

EducationOrganizationNetwork

This entity is a self-organized membership network of peer-level education organizations intended to provide shared services or collective procurement.

EducationOrganizationNetworkAssociation

Properties of the association between the EducationOrganization and its network(s).

EducationOrganizationPeerAssociation

The association from an education organization to its peers.

EducationServiceCenter

This entity represents a regional, multi-services public agency authorized by state law to develop, manage and provide services, programs, or other support options (e.g., construction, food services, and technology services) to LEAs.

FeederSchoolAssociation

The association from feeder school to the receiving school.

LocalEducationAgency

This entity represents an administrative unit at the local level which exists primarily to operate schools or to contract for educational services. It includes school districts, charter schools, charter management organizations, or other local administrative organizations.

PostSecondaryInstitution

This entity represents an educational organization that provides programs for individuals who have completed or otherwise left educational programs in secondary school(s).

School

This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.

StateEducationAgency

This entity represents the agency of the state charged with the primary responsibility for coordinating and supervising public instruction, including the setting of standards for elementary and secondary instructional programs.

CommunityProvider

ProviderCategory

Indicates the category of the provider.

Local

ProviderProfitability

Indicates the profitability status of the provider.

Standard

ProviderStatus

Indicates the status of the provider.

Flexible

CommunityProviderLicense

LicenseStatus

An indication of the status of the license.

Flexible

LicenseType

An indication of the category of the license.

Flexible

EducationOrganization

AddressType

The type of address listed for an individual or organization. For example: Physical Address, Mailing Address, Home Address, etc.)

Orthodox

Yes

Yes

Yes

Country

The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.

Standard

Yes

EducationOrganizationCategory

The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control granted by the state.

Standard

Yes

Yes

EducationOrganizationIdentificationSystem

Orthodox

Yes

Indicator

The name or code for the indicator or metric.

Local

IndicatorGroup

The name for a group of indicators.

Local

IndicatorLevel

The value of the indicator or metric, as a value froma  controlled vocabulary. The semantics of an empty value is "not submitted."

Local

InstitutionTelephoneNumberType

The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.

Orthodox

Yes

Yes

Yes

Locale

A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).

Orthodox

Yes

OperationalStatus

The current operational status of the EducationOrganization (e.g., active, inactive).

Standard

Yes

Yes

Yes

StateAbbreviation

The abbreviation for the state (within the United States) or outlying area in which an address is located.

Standard

Yes

EducationOrganizationNetwork

NetworkPurpose

The purpose(s) of the network (e.g., shared services, collective procurement).

Flexible

LocalEducationAgency

CharterStatus

A school or agency providing free public elementary or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.

Standard

Yes

Yes

Yes

GunFreeSchoolsActReportingStatus

An indication of whether the school or Local Education Agency (LEA) submitted a Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) of 1994 report to the state, as defined by Title 18, Section 921.

Standard

Yes

Yes

LocalEducationAgencyCategory

The category of local education agency/district. For example: Independent or Charter.

Local

Yes

Yes

SchoolChoiceImplementStatus

An indication of whether the LEA was able to implement the provisions for public school choice under Title I, Part A, Section 1116 of ESEA as amended.

Standard

PostSecondaryInstitution

AdministrativeFundingControl

A classification of whether a postsecondary institution is operated by publicly elected or appointed officials (public control) or by privately elected or appointed officials and derives its major source of funds from private sources (private control).

Local

MediumOfInstruction

The categories in which an institution serves the students.

Orthodox

Yes

PostSecondaryInstitutionLevel

A classification of whether a post secondary institution's highest level of offering is a program of 4-years or higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-years (2 year), or less than 2-years.

Orthodox

School

AdministrativeFundingControl

The type of education institution as classified by its funding source, for example public or private.

Local

CharterApprovalAgencyType

The type of agency that approved the establishment or continuation of a charter school.

Standard

Yes

Yes

CharterStatus

A school or agency providing free public elementary or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.

Standard

Yes

Yes

Yes

GradeLevel

The grade levels served at the school.

Orthodox

Yes

Yes

InternetAccess

The type of Internet access available.

Flexible

MagnetSpecialProgramEmphasisSchool

A school that has been designed: 1) to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation; and/or 2) to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme (e.g., science/math, performing arts, gifted/talented, or foreign language).

Standard

Yes

Yes

SchoolCategory

The one or more categories of school. For example: High School, Middle School, and/or Elementary School.

Local

Yes

SchoolType

The one or more categories of school. For example: High School, Middle School, and/or Elementary School.

Standard

Yes

Yes

TitleIPartASchoolDesignation

Denotes the Title I Part A designation for the school.

Standard

Yes

Yes