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Elementary School Districts, Wisconsin 2017

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Elementary School Districts, Wisconsin 2017
Originator
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Creation Date
2018-02-07
Publication Date
2018-02-07
Edition
1.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide
Other Citation Details
Archived dataset at UW-Madison
Abstract
[This polygon layer contains the elementary school districts within the state of Wisconsin for 2017. By law, all territory in the state must be included within a public school district. The US Census Bureau identifies three types of school districts. Unified school districts serve children of all grade levels, Elementary serve primarily students in the elementary grades, and Secondary primarily serve children in grades 9-12. Out of 422 school districts in Wisconsin, 44 are considered elementary districts.This layer is an aggregate of county-submitted data for school district boundaries.]
Purpose
[This polygon layer contains the elementary school districts within the state of Wisconsin for 2017.] This layer is intended 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
Supplemental Information
Augmented original metadata with UW-Madison specific elements. Archived dataset at UW-Madison.
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2017-12-31T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-90.045641
East
-87.764274
North
46.29993
South
42.479274
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Theme Keyword
Polygon
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
FGDC
Theme Keyword
Education
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
RML
Theme Keyword
School districts
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.[The layer is intended for your reference use only. It contains the best information the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has to date, but no guarantee of accuracy is made. It should not be used for any land transactions, financial decisions, taxation, surveying, or other similar uses. See summary information about boundary changes in the DPI property transfer log. The DPI is not responsible for data that is misinterpreted or altered in any way. Derived conclusions and analyses generated from this data are not to be considered attributable to the DPI.]
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
asNeeded
Language
eng
Credit
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Point of Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster St.
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703
Country
US
Phone
608-266-3390
Point of Contact
Contact
Shelley Witte
Position Name
GIS Technician
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53701
Country
US
Email
shelley.witte@dpi.wi.gov
Phone
608-266-3939

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
3071
Code Space
EPSG
Version
6.13(9.2.0)

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Statement
This layer is the result of aggregation procedures implemented over school district boundary data provided by Wisconsin's 72 counties. Counties that specifically contributed school district boundary data: Dodge County Kenosha County Oneida County Racine County Vilas County Walworth County Washington County Waukesha County Each county-submitted layer was checked for proper school district code attribute information and general location accuracy of school districts. Layers were reprojected to NAD_1983_HARN_Wisconsin_TM (EPSG: 3071), exported to a geodatabase feature dataset, and checked for topology errors. Topology errors were corrected and newly created Null features were merged into the appropriate adjacent school district polygons. School district name, Census LEA code, Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA) number, and school district type (unified or secondary) attribute information was added via a field join using the school district code (SDID) number as the join attribute. Milwaukee County also has elementary districts, however, they did not contribute a layer. Their elementary lines were digitized by hand based on the US Census elementary school districts layer but snapped to the Milwaukee County parcel layer boundaries. Census school district boundary data was much more spatially accurate for Milwaukee County than any other county in Wisconsin. The county also did not contain any official school district boundary changes (known as "reorganizations") since before the US Census' School District Review Program began around 1990 so there is a high probability that the US Census boundary lines are accurate. The parcel boundaries were used for spatial accuracy. Once all county data was cleaned and the districts were rechecked for locational accuracy, the 9 county shapefiles were merged into a single statewide layer. School districts that crossed county lines and had adjacent polygons were merged together. A final topology check and subsequent fixing of errors occured before a final dissolve that resulted in 44 school district multi-part polygons.

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Online Access
https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_Elementary_School_Dist_2017.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
44

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
2E13A176-CE37-4DA5-B3FD-81B7673A1378
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster St.
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703
Country
US
Phone
608-266-3390
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Shelley Witte
Position Name
GIS Technician
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53701
Country
US
Email
shelley.witte@dpi.wi.gov
Phone
608-266-3939
Metadata Date Stamp
2018-03-20
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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