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File Structure: School Enrollment (1981–1992)

File structure for school-level enrollment by race/ethnicity, gender, and grade for years 1981–1992.

Note: This file contains multiple years of data. The ACADEMIC_YEAR field is provided that may be used to select a single year of data or to aggregate the data by year.

Field Name Field Type Width Description
ACADEMIC_YEAR Character

4

School year of the data. Note that this file contains data for the 1981–82 school year through 1992–93 school year. The last two digits for each year is included in this field. For example the 1981–82 school year is represented as “8182”.
DistrictName Character

40

District name.
SchoolName Character

40

School name. If the school name was modified during this time period, each name separated by a slash (/) will be included in this field.

CDS_CODE

Character

14

This 14-digit code is the official, unique identification of a school within California. The first two digits identify the county, the next five digits identify the school district, and the last seven digits identify the school.

RACE/ETHNICITY

Character

1

The Race/Ethnicity designations are coded as follows:

  • Code 1 = American Indian or Alaska Native
  • Code 2 = Asian
  • Code 3 = Pacific Islander
  • Code 4 = Filipino
  • Code 5 = Hispanic or Latino
  • Code 6 = Black, not Hispanic
  • Code 7 = White, not Hispanic

Note: Enrollment by racial/ethnic designation was not collected during the 1982–83 and 1983–84 data collection. Therefore, this field will contain blanks for these two years (when the YEAR field is equal to “8283” or “8384”).

GENDER

Character

1

This field is a coded field identifying gender. The gender is coded as follows:

  • M = Male
  • F = Female

GR_KN

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in kindergarten.

GR_1

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade one.

GR_2

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade two.

GR_3

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade third.

GR_4

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade four.

GR_5

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade five.

GR_6

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade six.

GR_7

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade seven.

GR_8

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade eight.

UNGR_ELM

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in ungraded elementary classes in grades kindergarten through eight.

GR_9

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade nine.

GR_10

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade ten.

GR_11

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade eleven.

GR_12

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in grade twelve.

UNGR_SEC

Numeric

4

Students enrolled in ungraded secondary classes in grades nine through twelve.

ENR_TOTAL

Numeric

4

Total school enrollment for fields kindergarten (GR_KN) through grade twelve (GR_12) plus ungraded elementary (UNGR_ELM) and ungraded secondary classes (UNGR_SEC). Adults in kindergarten through grade twelve programs are not included.

ADULT

Numeric

4

Adults enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve programs. This data does not include adult education students.

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Last Reviewed: Thursday, May 16, 2024
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