Metadata for Montana School District Boundaries, 2000 Metadata for Montana School District Boundaries, 2000

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Identification Information:

Citation:

Originator: Montana State Library

Publication date: 06/03/2004

Title: Montana School District Boundaries, 2000

Publication place: Helena, Montana
Publisher: Montana State Library

Online linkage: https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/AdministrativeBoundaries/Historic/

Larger Work Citation:

Title: Montana School Districts
Online linkage: http://mslapps.mt.gov/Geographic_Information/Data/DataList/datalist_Details.aspx?did={7C0F0BF8-550B-406D-BD6C-7DA4E2FADD5C}

Abstract:

These data are school districts selected from 2000 U.S. Census Bureau TIGER files. The data contain two feature datasets of elementary district boundaries and a feature dataset for secondary, or high school, district boundaries. The Elementary_2000x layer contains the unedited TIGER boundaries, while the Elementary_2000 layer was edited so that the boundaries in Missoula County match data provided by the Missoula County Surveyor's Office.

The data includes the number of students enrolled in each district at the beginning of the 2000 school year.

Some school districts are actually unified school districts that operate both elementary and secondary schools. Such districts are included in both the secondary and elementary datasets. The unified districts have the text "K-12 SCHOOLS" in their NAME field, while elementary districts have the word "ELEMENTARY" and secondary districts have the word "HIGH SCHOOL" in their NAMES.

As of 2004, the following changes in school districts were known, but not incoorporated into the data: The Kessler district was absorbed by the Helena district. The Bridge, Billup, Belle Creek, Lloyd, Malmborg, and Musselshell districts were not currently operating. The Squirrel Creek district had changed its name to Spring Creek.

The data include annotation layers for placing the district names and enrollment numbers on maps.

Time period of content:

Calendar date: 2000
Currentness reference: Publication Date

Access constraints: None

Use constraints:

The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.

Point of contact:

Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620-1800
Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

Data Quality Information:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:

Approximate horizontal accuracy is 51 meters, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Standards.

Lineage:

Source information:

Originator: U.S. Census Bureau
Publication date: 2000
Title: 2000 Tiger/Line Files
Edition: 2000 Redistricting
Source scale denominator: 100000
Source contribution:: The school district boundary coordinates, school district names were selected and copied from the TIGER files.
Calendar date: 2000

Source information:

Originator: Montana Office of Public Instruction
Publication date: 2000
Title: Fall 2000 Enrollment
Source contribution: The 2000 Enrollment data were copied from this source.
Calendar date: 08/2000

Source information:

Originator: Missoula County Surveyor's Office
Publication date: Unpublished Material
Title: Missoula County Elementary School District Boundaries
Source scale denominator: 24000
Source contribution:: The school district boundary coordinates within Missoula County in the Elementary_2000 dataset were copied from this source.
Calendar date: 2004

Process step:

The TIGER/Line files were imported into a series of ArcView shapefiles using TGR2SHP version 4.1 by GIS Tools of Knoxville, TN. This step produced shapefiles for each county of secondary, elementary, and unified school districts.


Process date: 2001

Process step:

The individual county school district shape files were projected to Montana State Plane Coordinates and combined into a single statewide data sets. The elementary and unified data sets were combined to form the elementary_2000x layer and the secondary and unified data sets were combined to form the secondary_2000 layer.


Process date: 2001

Process step:

The fall enrollment data were joined to the attribute tables.


Process date: 2001

Process step:

Boundary lines from the Missoula County data were incorporated into the elementary_2000x layer to create the elementary_2000 layer.


Process date: 06/03/2004

Process step: Convert the coverage data to ESRI file geodatabase format.


Process date: 11/07/2014

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:

Grid coordinate system name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983

SPCS zone identifier: 2500

Lambert conformal conic:

Standard parallel: 45
Standard parallel: 49
Longitude of central meridian: -109.5
Latitude of projection origin: 44.25
False easting: 600000.00000
False northing: 0.00000

Planar distance units: meters

Geodetic model:

Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major axis: 6378137
Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257

Entity and Attribute Information:

Entity type label: Elementary_2000

Entity type definition: Polygon Feature Class

Attribute label: OBJECTID

Attribute definition: Database record ID

Attribute label: Shape

Attribute definition: Feature coordinates

Attribute label: Elem_Num

Attribute definition:: Database record ID from original ESRI coverage version of the data

Attribute label: Elem_ID

Attribute definition:: Database user ID from original ESRI coverage version of the data

Attribute label: Census_ID

Attribute definition: Census Bureau School District Number

Attribute label: Name

Attribute definition: Census Bureau School District Name

Attribute label: MapName

Attribute definition:: Shortened School District Name for labelling maps. In some records, some space characters have been replaced with the backslash character to indicate where a line break should be inserted.

Attribute label: Enroll2000

Attribute definition:: Enrollment in elementary schools at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year

Attribute label: Shape_Length

Attribute definition: Length of the feature perimeter in meters

Attribute label: Shape_Area

Attribute definition: Area of the feature in square meters

Entity type label: Elementary_2000x

Entity type definition: Polygon Feature Class

Attribute label: OBJECTID

Attribute definition: Database record ID

Attribute label: Shape

Attribute definition: Feature coordinates

Attribute label: ELSCHD2000

Attribute definition:: Database user ID from original ESRI coverage version of the data

Attribute label: CENSUS_ID

Attribute definition: Census Bureau School District Number

Attribute label: NAME

Attribute definition: Census Bureau School District Name

Attribute label: MAPNAME

Attribute definition:: Shortened School District Name for labelling maps. In some records, some space characters have been replaced with the backslash character to indicate where a line break should be inserted.

Attribute label: ENROLL2000

Attribute definition:: Enrollment in elementary schools at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year

Attribute label: Shape_Length

Attribute definition: Length of the feature perimeter in meters

Attribute label: Shape_Area

Attribute definition: Area of the feature in square meters

Entity type label: Secondary_2000

Entity type definition: Polygon Feature Class

Attribute label: OBJECTID

Attribute definition: Database record ID

Attribute label: Shape

Attribute definition: Feature coordinates

Attribute label: Secondary_Num

Attribute definition:: Database record ID from original ESRI coverage version of the data

Attribute label: Secondary_ID

Attribute definition:: Database user ID from original ESRI coverage version of the data

Attribute label: Census_ID

Attribute definition: Census Bureau School District Number

Attribute label: Name

Attribute definition: Census Bureau School District Name

Attribute label: MapName

Attribute definition:: Shortened School District Name for labelling maps. In some records, some space characters have been replaced with the backslash character to indicate where a line break should be inserted.

Attribute label: Enroll2000

Attribute definition:: Enrollment in secondary schools at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year

Attribute label: Shape_Length

Attribute definition: Length of the feature perimeter in meters

Attribute label: Shape_Area

Attribute definition: Area of the feature in square meters

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620-1800
Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

Resource description: Downloadable Data

Distribution liability:

Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 11/07/2014

Metadata review date: 09/29/2004

Metadata review date: 06/03/2004

Metadata review date: 06/30/2001

Metadata contact:

Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620-1800
Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov