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Organization Directory

This category provides information about Wisconsin districts and schools as published by the Wisconsin DPI.

Districts and Schools

This view captures a list of all Wisconsin districts and their associated schools. Information from the Ed-Fi LocalEducationAgency (LEA) and School resources is combined in a single layout on the Ed-Fi Reporting page. The layout includes the State School Number, School Name, LEA Name, State LEA Number, Legacy LEA Number, and Legacy School Number.

localEducationAgency (LEA)

This resource represents an administrative unit at the local level, which exists primarily to operate schools or to contract for educational services. It includes school districts, charter schools, charter management organizations, or other local administrative organizations.

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

 

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in [Table]Field

Req’d

localEducationAgencyId

Identifier assigned to the LEA by the SEA.

Integer

LEAId - Data element downloaded from State

Stored in: [CST_PubOrganizaton]LocalEducationAgencyId

Also stored in PowerSchool in:

[Prefs]Name=districtnumber

[Prefs]Value

For Choice Schools, SchoolId is [Schools]Alternate_School_Number (if set); otherwise, [Schools]School_Number is used for the LEA identifier.

ChoiceSchools are indicated by [S_WI_SCH_X]Choice_School_Reporting_Option IN (A,C) where A represents Private School – All Students Reported and C represents Private School – Only Choice Students Reported.

R

stateOrganizationId

The identifier assigned to an education agency by the State Education Agency (SEA).

String

LEAId - Data element downloaded from State

Stored in: [CST_PubOrganization]StateOrgId and [CST_PubOrganization]EduOrgId (integer value)

Also stored in PowerSchool in:

[Prefs]Name=districtnumber

[Prefs]Value

For Choice Schools, SchoolId is [Schools]Alternate_School_Number (if set); otherwise, [Schools]School_Number is used for the LEA identifier.

ChoiceSchools are indicated by [S_WI_SCH_X]Choice_School_Reporting_Option IN (A,C) where A represents Private School – All Students Reported and C represents Private School – Only Choice Students Reported.

R

nameOfInstitution

The full, legally accepted name of the institution.

String

Data element downloaded from State

Stored in: [CST_PubOrganizaton]NameofInstitution

R

shortNameOfInstitution

A short name for the institution.

String

Data element downloaded from State.

Stored in: [CST_PubOrganization]ShortName

O

categoryType

The category of local education agency/district e.g. ‘Public School District’

String

Data element downloaded from State.

Stored in:

[CST_PubOrganization]CategoryType

R

educationOrganizationCategoryType

The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control granted by the state, for example, State Education Agency, Local Education Agency, or School.

String

‘Local Education Agency’

Stored as ‘LEA’ in:

[CST_PubOrganization]InstitutionType

R

identificationCodesThe legacy state Organization ID.ArrayStored in: [CST_PubOrganization]AlternateIDO

school

This resource represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in [Table]Field

Req’d

localEducationAgencyReference

localEducationAgencyId – The LEA of which the school is an organizational component.

Integer

LEAId - Data element downloaded from State

Stored in:

[CST_PubOrganization]StateOrgID

R

schoolId

The identifier assigned to a school by the State Education Agency (SEA).

Integer

SchoolId downloaded from State

Stored in: [CST_PubOrganization]EduOrgID

Also stored in:

[Schools]Alternate_School_Number (if set), else, [Schools]School_Number

R

stateOrganizationId

The identifier assigned to the school by the State Education Agency (SEA).

String

SchoolId - Data element downloaded from State.

Stored in:

[CST_PubOrganization]EduOrgId

Also stored in:

[Schools]Alternate_School_Number (if set); else, [Schools]School_Number

R

nameOfInstitution

The full, legally accepted name of the institution.

String

Data element downloaded from State

Stored in:

[CST_PubOrganization]NameofInstitution

R

educationOrganizationCategoryType

The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control granted by the state, for example, State Education Agency, Local Education Agency, or School.

String

‘School’

Stored as ‘SCHOOL’ in:

[CST_PubOrganization]InstitutionType

R

identificationCodesThe legacy state Organization ID.ArrayStored in: [CST_PubOrganization]AlternateIDO
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