Introduction

Census School District Areas are geographic boundaries of public school districts, which the US Census Bureau collects and provides to support demographic analysis and spatial needs. The boundaries of school districts are updated annually through the School District Review Program (SDRP). Each of Alabama's 67 counties has a district, and in addition there are 72 city school districts and two military school districts.

Summary

• Geographic boundaries: School district areas are the legal and statistical boundaries of public school districts, which are independent local governments.
• Collection and maintenance: The Census Bureau collects information about school districts in partnership with state education officials to support spatial and demographic analyses.
• Annual updates: School district boundaries are updated annually to ensure accuracy.
• Varying consistency: A school district's boundaries may overlap or not align with other geographic areas like counties or census tracts.

The map and table below give geographic data on Alabama's 141 School District Areas. For the Low Grade field, KG refers to kindergarten and PK to pre-kindergarten. The land and water areas are given in square miles.

Map

In the map below, the census-designated central points can be added as a point layer using the layer control. Click on a feature to view summary information about the feature.

Table

Click on a row to see the corresponding school district highlighted in green in the map. For small city districts, you may have to zoom to see the highlighting. Click on a row again to de-select.