File Structure: Public Schools and Districts

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.

This field identifies the status of the district. Definitions of the valid status types are listed below:

• Active: The district is in operation and providing instructional services.
• Closed: The district is not in operation and no longer providing instructional services.
• Merged: The district has combined with another district or districts.
• Pending: The district has not opened for operation and instructional services yet, but plans to open within the next 9–12 months.

This field identifies a charter school. The field is coded as follows:

• Y = The school is a charter
• N = The school is not a charter

The charter school number, which is a 4-digit number assigned to a charter school.

Indicates the charter school funding type. Values are as follows:

• Not in CS funding model
• Locally funded
• Directly funded

The District Ownership Code (DOC) is the numeric code used to identify the category of the Administrative Authority.

• 00 – County Office of Education
• 02 – State Board of Education
• 03 – Statewide Benefit Charter
• 31 – State Special Schools
• 34 – Non-school Location*
• 52 – Elementary School District
• 54 – Unified School District
• 56 – High School District
• 98 – Regional Occupational Center/Program (ROC/P)

*Only the California Education Authority has been included in the non-school location category.

The District Ownership Code Type is the text description of the DOC category.

(See text values in DOC field description above)

The School Ownership Code is a numeric code used to identify the type of school.

• 08 – Preschool
• 09 – Special Education Schools (Public)
• 10 – County Community
• 11 – Youth Authority Facilities (CEA)
• 13 – Opportunity Schools
• 14 – Juvenile Court Schools
• 15 – Other County or District Programs
• 31 – State Special Schools
• 60 – Elementary School (Public)
• 61 – Elementary School in 1 School District (Public)
• 62 – Intermediate/Middle Schools (Public)
• 63 – Alternative Schools of Choice
• 64 – Junior High Schools (Public)
• 65 – K-12 Schools (Public)
• 66 – High Schools (Public)
• 67 – High Schools in 1 School District (Public)
• 68 – Continuation High Schools
• 69 – District Community Day Schools
• 70 – Adult Education Centers
• 98 – Regional Occupational Center/Program (ROC/P)

The School Ownership Code Type is the text description of the type of school.

The Education Option Code is a short text description of the type of education offered.

• ALTSOC – Alternative School of Choice
• COMM – County Community School
• COMMDAY – Community Day School
• CON – Continuation School
• JUV – Juvenile Court School
• OPP – Opportunity School
• YTH – Youth Authority School
• SSS – State Special School
• SPEC – Special Education School
• TRAD – Traditional
• ROP – Regional Occupational Program
• HOMHOS – Home and Hospital
• SPECON – District Consortia Special Education School

The Educational Option Name is the long text description of the type of education being offered.

The Educational Instruction Level Code is a short text description of the institution's type relative to the grade range served.

• A – Adult
• ELEM – Elementary
• ELEMHIGH – Elementary-High Combination
• HS – High School
• INTMIDJR – Intermediate/Middle/Junior High
• PS – Preschool
• UG – Ungraded

The Educational Instruction Level Name is the long text description of the institution’s type relative to the grade range served.

The grade span offered is the lowest grade and the highest grade offered or supported by the school, district, or administrative authority. This field might differ from the grade span served as reported in the most recent certified California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement (CALPADS) Fall 1 data collection.

For example XYZ School might display the following data:

GSoffered = P–Adult

This field represents the grade span served. It is the lowest grade and the highest grade of student enrollment as reported in the most recent certified CALPADS Fall 1 data collection. Only K–12 enrollment is reported through CALPADS. This field may differ from the grade span offered.

Note: Special programs at independent study, alternative education, and special education schools will often exceed the typical grade span for schools of that type (i.e., a high school might serve grades three through twelve).

This field identifies the type of virtual instruction offered by the school. Virtual instruction is instruction in which students and teachers are separated by time and/or location, and interaction occurs via computers and/or telecommunications technologies. The field is coded as follows:

• F = Exclusively Virtual – The school has no physical building where students meet with each other or with teachers, all instruction is virtual.
• V = Primarily Virtual – The school focuses on a systematic program of virtual instruction but includes some physical meetings among students or with teachers.
• C = Primarily Classroom – The school offers virtual courses but virtual instruction is not the primary means of instruction.
• N = Not Virtual – The school does not offer any virtual instruction.
• P = Partial Virtual – The school offers some, but not all, instruction through virtual instruction. Note: This value was retired and replaced with the Primarily Virtual and Primarily Classroom values beginning with the 2016–17 school year.

This field identifies whether a school is a magnet school and/or provides a magnet program. Additional information on magnet schools may be obtained from the CDE Magnets web page. The field is coded as follows:

• Y = Magnet - The school is a magnet school and/or offers a magnet program.
• N = Not Magnet - The school is not a magnet school and/or does not offer a magnet program.

Note: Preschools and adult education centers do not contain a magnet school indicator.