Enrollment data from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). This data is copied from the marylandedu R data package. Refer to that package for more detailed documentation. Variable definitions are based on the definitions from the MSDE website.
Format
A data frame with 219,741 rows and 10 variables:
year
School or academic year for enrollment count, e.g. 2019 data is from the start of the 2019-2020 school year.
school_number
School number as integer (0 indicates all schools)
school_name
School name
enrolled_count
Number of students registered to attend the school at the start of the year in the grade or grade range as integer. Typically enrollment count is as of September 30.
grade
Grades from Prekindergarden (PK) to Grade 12
grade_range
all elementary school Grades, all middle school grades, all high school grades, or all grades (total enrollment). May also be used as a label for grade.
race
Race/ethnicity. Enrollment by race/ethnicity is only available across all grades for years since 2020. "All" is used for data prior to 2020.
date_created
Date record created.
lss_number
Local school system (LSS) number as integer. NA is used in place of a LSS number for statewide data. Older LEA numbers are combined with LSS numbers in this dataset.
lss_name
Local school system (LSS) names (typically same as county name). "State" is used in place of a LSS name for statewide data. Older LEA names are combined with LSS names in this dataset.