operational LEAs, while C118 requires that only operational LEAs that enroll students report data. A "." or blank cell indicates that no data were reported for a particular grade/subgroup combination. LEAs are required to report non-zero data (that is, counts of one student or more) but they are not required to submit a "zero students" value for each possible combination of the data. Some LEAs report zeroes and some do not. Since LEAs and schools are not required to report zeroes, there is no way to infer a meaningful difference between a reported zero or a blank/"." cell. There is no meaningful difference between a "." and a blank. When the files are created, some of the cells are read as numeric data and some are read as character data. This causes each cell to show as either a "." or blank. 8. Is there a unique identifier that can be used to combine/merge these data with other federal data sets? All rows of data include the NCES assigned district ID (variable name: LEAID). This 7-digit identifier is used within the Common Core of Data and other regular data releases from NCES. It can be used to merge these data with other ED data publications, or with state data publications. Anyone wishing to merge these data with data in files published by other agencies that do not utilize the NCES assigned district code may first need to match each NCES assigned district ID with a state assigned ID. The website includes both NCES and state assigned ID numbers. It could be used to associate each of these records with a state assigned ID number. 9. What if I notice something unusual in the data? If you notice something unusual in the data or something that you an don’t understand, send to . To assist us in responding to the concern, please format your e-mail as follows: The subject line of the e-mail should be: EDFacts Homeless Student Enrollment Files The following information needs to be included, preferably in this order and with the captions: School Year indicate which school year(s) have the issue(s) – Category indicate whether the issue is with the data on homeless students enrolled by – grade, enrolled by primary nighttime residence, or enrolled by subgroup States indicate which state(s) have the issue – Description describe the issue (what did you see, what were you expecting to see) –
operational LEAs, while C118 requires that only operational LEAs that enroll students report data. A "." or blank cell indicates that no data were reported for a particular grade/subgroup combination. LEAs are required to report non-zero data (that is, counts of one student or more) but they are not required to submit a "zero students" value for each possible combination of the data. Some LEAs report zeroes and some do not. Since LEAs and schools are not required to report zeroes, there is no way to infer a meaningful difference between a reported zero or a blank/"." cell. There is no meaningful difference between a "." and a blank. When the files are created, some of the cells are read as numeric data and some are read as character data. This causes each cell to show as either a "." or blank. 8. Is there a unique identifier that can be used to combine/merge these data with other federal data sets? All rows of data include the NCES assigned district ID (variable name: LEAID). This 7-digit identifier is used within the Common Core of Data and other regular data releases from NCES. It can be used to merge these data with other ED data publications, or with state data publications. Anyone wishing to merge these data with data in files published by other agencies that do not utilize the NCES assigned district code may first need to match each NCES assigned district ID with a state assigned ID. The website includes both NCES and state assigned ID numbers. It could be used to associate each of these records with a state assigned ID number. 9. What if I notice something unusual in the data? If you notice something unusual in the data or something that you don’t understand, send an to . To assist us in responding to the concern, please format your e-mail as follows: The subject line of the e-mail should be: EDFacts Homeless Student Enrollment Files The following information needs to be included, preferably in this order and with the captions: School Year – indicate which school year(s) have the issue(s) Category – indicate whether the issue is with the data on homeless students enrolled by grade, enrolled by primary nighttime residence, or enrolled by subgroup States – indicate which state(s) have the issue Description – describe the issue (what did you see, what were you expecting to see)