2009 - 2010 School District Review Program (Annotation Phase)

Attachment G: School District Review Program
Guidelines for Defining Pseudo School Districts

Attachment G: Pseudo School Districts

2009-2010

Pseudo School Districts
In order to create accurate tabulations to support Title I funding allocations, the Census
Bureau creates a pseudo school district for each school district that is financially
responsible for providing education for one set of grades in one geographic area and also
financially responsible for a different set of grades in a different geographic area. For
example, a school district that is financially responsible for grades K-12 in one area is
also financially responsible for grades 9-12 in a different area where it shares financial
responsibility with an elementary school district. The pseudo district is always associated
with a regular district, and this is done so that the regular district is given “credit” for the
additional financial responsibility.
In this example, the Science Hill Independent School District has very few children in
grades 9-12, so those children attend school in the Pulaski County School District, in
which it is also financially responsible. Therefore, the Census Bureau creates the pseudo
district “Pulaski County School District for Science Hill” using the same boundaries as
the Science Hill Independent School District and assigned grades 9-12 to “Pulaski
County School District for Science Hill”. The Science Hill Independent School District
is assigned grades K-8 while the Pulaski County School District maintains its grades K12.

Pulaski County, Kentucky

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These pseudo districts are identified in the Inventory and Grade Range file by a flag with
a value of "A." In addition, the Census Bureau assigns them a pseudo Federal LEA ID
number and a school district name that is slightly different than the official name of the
school district.
They appear in the School District Inventory and Grade Range Listing 1 as:
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04950 PK 12
21002 09 12
05220 PK 08

A

PULASKI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
PULASKI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SCIENCE HILL ISD
SCIENCE HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

When submitting a pseudo school district, please provide the following information:
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Official School District Name and Federal LEA ID number
Alternate Grade Range
Service area of Alternate Grade Range

Currently, the Census Bureau has defined pseudo school districts in Arizona, California,
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. If you think
that you have school districts that fit the above description, contact us to discuss
whether it meets the criteria.

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Refer to Attachment F for supplementary text file data dictionary and record layout information.

Attachment G: Pseudo School Districts

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