cps_sy1819: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) - School Profile Information,...
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School profile information for all schools in the Chicago Public School district for the school year 2018-2019.

1	data("cps_sy1819")

A data frame of 660 observations - one record per school - on the following 81 variables:

school_id: current 6-digit unique ID assigned to each school
legacy_unit_id: outdated 4-digit unique ID assigned to each school
finance_id: 5-digit unique ID assigned to each school (note that Englewood STEM High School has a value of 0 due to the fact that it is a new school set to open in the fall of 2019)
short_name: nickname of each school
long_name: formal name of each school
primary_category: primary grade levels served (ES for elementary, MS for middle, and HS for high school). Note that a school can possess any of these three values and still serve students the other two values.
is_high_school: T/F if school serves any 9-12th graders
is_middle_school: T/F if school serves any 6-8th graders
is_elementary_school: T/F if school serves any Kindergarten-5th graders
is_pre_school: T/F if school serves Pre-Kindergarteners
summary: text description of the school's mission and values
administrator_title: either Principal or Director
administrator: first and last name of school's administrator
address: school's address
city: city the school resides in (all Chicago)
state: state the school resides in (all Illinois)
zip: 5-digit postal code used by the United States Postal Services
phone: 10-digit phone number
fax: 10-digit fax number used for telephonic transmission of scanned printed material
cps_school_profile: URL to a CPS provided web-page that provides an overview of the school
website: URL to school's home page
facebook: URL to school's Facebook page
twitter: URL to school's Twitter page
youtube: URL to a school's YouTube page
pinterest: URL to school's Pinterest page
attendance_boundaries: T/F if school has attendance boundaries (type in address here to see an example attendance boundary.)
grades_offered_all: grades offered by school, separated by a comma (i.e. 1,2,3)
grades_offered: grades offered by school, shortened by a dash (i.e. 1-3)
student_count_total: total number of students
student_count_low_income: number of low income students
student_count_special_ed: total number of students
student_count_english_learners: number of low income students
student_count_black: total number of African-American students
student_count_hispanic: total number of Hispanic students
student_count_white: total number of White students
student_count_asian: total number of Asian students
student_count_native_american: total number of Native-American students
student_count_other_ethnicity: total number of students whose race/ethnicity is 'Other'
student_count_asian_pacific_islander: total number of Asian/Pacific-Islander students
student_count_multi: total number of multi-racial/ethnic students
student_count_hawaiian_pacific_islander: total number of Hawaiian/Pacific-Islander students
student_count_ethnicity_not_available: total number of students whose ethnicity was not available
statistics_description: text description about the total student count, percent low income, percent diverse learners, and percent limited english learners
demographic_description: text description stating both the largest and second largest racial/ethnic demographic group
dress_code: T/F if school institutes a dress code
prek_school_day: pre-k school day description
kindergarten_school_day: kindergarten school days are all full days
school_hours: start and end time of school day (not a datetime)
freshman_start_end_time: start and end time of for freshman (not a datetime)
after_school_hours: start and end time of after school hours (not a datetime)
earliest_drop_off_time: earliest drop off time (not a datetime)
classroom_languages: non-English languages spoken in classroom, separated by a comma
bilingual_services: T/F if school offers bilingual services
refugee_services: T/F if school offers refugee services
title_1_eligible: T/F if school is eligible for Title 1 federal funds
preschool_inclusive: T/F if pre-school is inclusive
preschool_instructional: T/F if pre-school is instructional
significantly_modified: T/F if school offers services that provide students who need focused and very specific medical issues to supports for different learning styles and difficulties
hard_of_hearing: T/F if school offers curriculum for deaf and hard-of-hearing (HOH) students
visual_impairments: T/F if school offers curriculum for visually impaired students
transportation_bus: CTA bus routes near the school (only route numbers)
transportation_el: CTA 'L' train lines near the school (only the color(s) and not the exact stations)
transportation_metra: Metra train routes near the school
school_latitude: east-wide direction of the school (ranges from 41.65 to 42.02)
school_longitude: north-south direction of the school (ranges from -87.84 to -87.52)
college_enrollment_rate_school: college enrollment rates reflect the percent of CPS graduates who enrolled in college by the fall of their graduating year. CPS receives college enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)
college_enrollment_rate_mean: the mean college enrollment rate is 68.2 percent
graduation_rate_school: high school graduation rate
graduation_rate_mean: the mean high school graduation rate is 78.2 percent
overall_rating: school quality rating policy (SQRP) rating, with Level 1+ being the highest performance and Level 3 being the lowest
rating_status: a school<e2><80><99>s status determines who has decision-making power at the school level
rating_statement: text description of the value in overall_rating
classification_type: 12 different types of school admission processes and curriculum
classification_description: text description of classification_type
school_year: School Year 2018-2019
network: District-run schools in CPS are organized into geographic networks, which provide administrative support, strategic direction, and leadership development to the schools within each network
is_gocps_participant: GoCPS allows families to learn, research, explore, and apply to nearly every CPS school and program through one online platform
is_gocps_prek: T/F if school serves Pre-Kindergarteners and is on GoCPS
is_gocps_elementary: T/F if school serves elementary grade students and is on GoCPS
is_gocps_high_school: T/F if school serves high school students and is on GoCPS
open_for_enrollment_date: open enrollment date

This data frame does not contain all columns from the source file. The following columns were dropped due to irrelevance or all schools containing NA values:

average_act_school, mean_act, x_contact_name, x_contact_title, and closed_for_enrollment_date.

This data frame comes from the City of Chicago Data Portal, Chicago Public Schools - School Profile Information SY1819. The file was last updated on December 29, 2018.