Field Descriptions for School Statistics File 2003 

Data from this file was used to print the School Year 2003 Data Report

Field Name Definition
LIBKEY Unique identifier for the school library
SCHOOLNAME Name of the school
MUNIC Name of the municipality in which the school is located
REGION Library region in which school library is located
K, G1, G2...G12 Grade fields. True/false values indicate presence or absence of the grade in the school.
COTHERGRAD Text indicating grades other than K-12 in the school. Examples include preschool and post-graduate programs.
SCHOOLTYPE Public or Private
NSTUDENTS Number of students in the school
NHOLDBOOKS Volumes of books held.
NOPENWEEK Number of hours the library is open and staffed per week
NVISITS Number of class visits per week
NCOMPUTERS Number of computers in the library
NPCACCINTN Number of computers in the library providing access to the internet
NCERTLMS Number of staff that are certified library media specialists (not FTE's)
NCERTLMSHR Number of hours worked per week by certified library media specialists
NPDSTAFF Total number of paid staff (not FTE's)
NPDSTAFFHR Number of hours worked per week by all paid staff members
NMATEXP Total material expenditures for the library
 
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