MapEd – What is it?

What is MapEd?

• It’s a website that has the key indicators of the condition of education in the United States. These indicators summarize important developments and trends using the latest statistics and are updated as data become available.

Indicators:

• Spotlights
• Population Characteristics
• Introduction
• Attainment
• Economic Outcomes
• Demographics
• Participation in Education
• Elementary and Secondary Education
• Postsecondary Education

This is a website you can use to gather all sort of information that may be helpful in understanding who the residents are.

How do you use it?

1. Open the page
2. On the right hand side look at the data choices (there is a vertical scroll bar) and choose the information you are interested in
3. Navigate to the portion of the map you want (you can use the left scroll button on your mouse to resize the map). On the upper left you will see other tools that will help you search.
4. Click on the portion of the map you are interested in and a small window will open that will show the data.

Example:

1. Open the map
2. On the right side choose Selected Economic Characteristics
3. Below that choose Occupation
4. Below that choose Civilian Employed Population 16 years and older
5. On the map move to the area of interest. For this example we chose Vancouver (WA) School District
6. Left click on the Vancouver SF and you see: 65,429 (+/- 1,250)
7. You can choose a new data parameter on the right and then click on the map and you get new information

We hope this will help you when you need information as it relates to school districts.