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At Insideschools, we aim to provide up-to-date data on New York City public schools. This data includes official statistics from New York City and New York State and is available on the Department of Education website as well as the New York State Report Card site. Charter school data not included in city statistics was provided by The Charter School Center. Below is a list of the main sources for data along with what we post on our site from each source:

Progress Report - Attendance, graduation rate, college ready, college enrollment, high school ready

NYC School Survey - percentage of student who feel safe, percentage of teachers who trust principal

School Demographics and Accountability Snapshot - Enrollment, free and reduced lunch, percent of English language learners, percent of students receiving special education services, ethnicity

Achievement Results - ELA and math scores for grades 3-8

Period Attendance Reporting - Attendance, enrollment for new schools

Class Size Report schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/data/classsize/classsize.htm Average class sizes (updated twice a year. If link is broken try schools.nyc.gov and search "class size")

Elementary school directory gifted and talented, dual language, and magnet programs.

Elementary and middle school zone maps:

http://nycopendata.socrata.com/Education/School-Zones-2011-2012/dqkt-8x6u

School overcrowding: School Construction Authority utilization reports

http://www.nycsca.org/Community/CapitalPlanManagementReportsData/Pages/EnrollmentCapacityUtilization.aspx

All other data was provided by the Department of Education by special request.