Using Kidsdata.org to Advocate for Your School District
Are you a PTA member? Work for an education foundation? Advocate for education improvements?
If so, kidsdata.org can help you. The site offers wide-ranging data about students statewide – at the county and school district levels. You can use these data to monitor trends, assess needs, educate your constituents, and advocate for improvements.
Examples of Data Available for School Districts Across California:
(Click “see related data” on the pages below to see all available indicators for that topic)
- Student Reports of Bullying & Harassment | Gang Involvement and Perceptions of School Safety — among the indicators that are available from the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS).
- Special Education Enrollment
- Math Proficiency | Reading Proficiency
- Enrollment in the Free/Reduced Price Meal Program
- Weight Scores | Fitness Scores
Data can be viewed as maps and tables or bar, trend, and pie graphs, and many measures can be customized by locale, year, ethnicity, grade, and more. You even can obtain summaries of data for every school district in California — and customize those summaries to suit your needs.
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