CGIA developed this set of point locations for public schools in North Carolina as part of a project for the NC Division of Emergency Management. School data serves multiple purposes, but foremost for this project, public schools are vital facilities in terms of emergency management. Many schools serve as shelters and all are critical to hazard vulnerability planning and emergency response. CGIA used two methods to generate point locations for public schools. First, CGIA used a road network from GDT, Inc. with ArcView GIS to geocode the addresses. This process matched 60 percent of the schools with a point on the road network. Point locations are approximate, based on an interpolation of street numbers along street segments. Second, CGIA worked with the NC Department of Public Instruction to use the Transportation Information Management System (TIMS) along with geographic layers from the NC Corporate Geographic Database to determine school locations. Many of these point locations are coincident with the center of school buildings on digital imagery or along driveways and may be more accurate than points located using the first method.
These data were created to assist governmental agencies and others in making resource management decisions through use of a Geographic Information System (GIS).
system filename: publicschools03 file size = 0.7mb Revisions and updates to this layer include: >2) filename publicschools03 The 06/17/03 version includes new school locations >and the following new attributes and values: ACCR_STAT, PGM_TYPE, >SCH_TYPE, ENROLLMENT. In addition, the following schools could not be >located: Arts Based Elementary, CC Griffin Middle, Charter Day, Clear Creek Elementary, >Columbia Middle, Devers Elementary, Elizabethtown Middle, Gaston College Prep, >Gray Stone Day, Haliwa-Saponi Tribal,Heide Trask High, Hiawassee Dam High, >Kings Mountain Intermediate, Millers Creek Elementary, Mountain Discovery, >North Wilkes Middle, Tar Heel Middle, Third Creek Elementary, West Bladen High, >West Wilkes Middle >1) filename: schlpl701 The 07/12/01 version was the first >released version of this data.
Data creation and revision dates
Acknowledgement of products derived from this data set should cite the following: The source of the School Locations data is the North Carolina Corporate Geographic Database. Earlier versions of this dataset may exist. The user must be sure to use the appropriate data set for the time period of interest. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, CGIA cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers.
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>NC Dept. of Public Instruction >Transportation Services Chief, Derek Graham >North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis >301 North Wilmington Street, Suite 700 >Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
The attributes were loaded into the GIS from data supplied by the NC Department of Public Instruction. Minimal QC was performed during the digitization process on attributes. The values in the Dept. of Public Instruction data are reliable.
Using ESRI's ARC/INFO GIS software, the dataset was built for point topology using the "build" command. Topology has not been edited since the last build or clean.
The data represents those public schools which were either address matched using ArcView geocoding or matched manually using the best available techniques. These data do not contain all the public school locations in North Carolina.
The majority of school locations were generated using geocoding in ArcView. The point generated in the processing would be snapped to the road identified in the address field. Therefore, point locations are coincident with the GDT roads data.
Locations of Schools by address
Point locations were generated using geocoding in Arcview. The resulting file was checked to determine which addresses did not match. These schools were located using the NC Department of Public Instruction Transportation Information Management System data. These locations were then added to the school coverage interactively, using GDT roads, Digital Raster Graphics and Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangels as backcovers.
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Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Point internal identification number
Software computed
Point internal identification number
Software computed
Unique 6-digit school identification number
NC Department of Public Instruction
School name
NC Department of Public Instruction
Name of school principal
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Physical address of school
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Physical city in which school is located
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State in which school is located
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NORTH CAROLINA
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Physical zip code in which school is located
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Phone number of school
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Beginning grade of school
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Ending grade of school
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Mailing address of school
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Mailing city of school
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Mailing zip code of school
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Facsimile number of school
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NC DPI abbreviation for accreditation status
NC Department of Public Instruction
Schools are in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
NC Department of Public Instruction
NC DPI abbreviation for program type
NC Department of Public Instruction
Alternative Education (traditional calendar)
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Hospital School
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Magnet School (traditional calendar)
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Magnet School (year-round calendar)
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Regular School (traditional calendar)
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Special School (traditional calendar)
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Vocational School (traditional calendar)
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Regular School (traditional and year-round calendar)
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Regular School (year-round calendar)
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Regular School and Extended Day (traditional calendar)
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NC DPI abbreviation for school type
NC Department of Public Instruction
Charter School
NC Department of Public Instruction
Federal School
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Public School
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Enrollment totals for public schools
NC Department of Public Instruction
This is a point coverage depicting school locations. The point attribute table (PAT) has attribute data including total area in coverage units (square meters), total perimeter (linear meters), two point internal identification numbers, and pertinent school location information. >SCHLPL.PAT Point Attribute Table >COL ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE DEC DESCRIPTION >1 AREA 4 12 F 3 Total area in meters >5 PERIMETER 4 12 F 3 Total perimeter in meters >9 SCHLPL_03# 4 5 B - Internal ID number >13 SCHLPL_03-ID 4 5 B - Internal ID number >17 LEA_SCHOOL 9 9 C - 6-digit School ID number >26 LEA_NO 9 9 C - 3-Digit School ID number >35 SCH_NO 9 9 C - 3-Digit School ID number >44 SCHL_NAME 26 26 C - School name >70 PRINCIPAL 23 23 C - School principal >97 PHYS_ADDR 39 39 C - Physical address of school >132 PHYS_CITY 20 20 C - City in which school is located >155 ST 3 3 C - State in which school is located >158 PHYS_ZIP 10 10 C - Zip code in which school is located >167 PHONE 11 11 C - School phone number >178 BGN_GRADE 12 12 C - School beginning grade >187 END_GRADE 12 12 C - School ending grade >196 MAIL_ADDR 27 27 C - Mailing address of school >222 MAIL_CITY 20 20 C - Mailing city of school >245 MAIL_ZIP 8 8 C - Mailing zip code of school >254 FAX 11 11 C - School fax number >265 ACCR_STAT 11 11 C - Accreditation status >276 PGM_TYPE 10 10 C - Program Type >286 SCH_TYPE 10 10 C - School Type >296 ENROLLMENT 4 5 B - Enrollment Totals
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