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Elementary/Secondary Information System (ElSI)
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/
To access ELSI: Select NCES Home Page (nces.ed.gov) Data & Tools Build Custom Tables and Datasets Select ElSI (the second icon)
ElSI consists of three components:1. quickFacts2. expressTables3. tableGenerator
1. quickFacts
View characteristic and financial data View contact information Chart and print data Link to expressTables for additional analysis
With quickFacts, you can quickly view single data elements for a state, district or school
Steps:
Click on in quickFacts box
Select the level you are looking for.
Select the characteristic you want to display.
Select the entity you want to display.
The resulting table will show the information for the entity chosen, the state average, and the U.S. average.
At the bottom of the page, you have the option to see more data. This links you the table within expressTables with School District Enrollment / Teacher Counts
Click on School District Enrollment / Teacher Counts and you will be directed to this table created by expressTables.
2. expressTables
With expressTables, you can quickly view created tables for a group of entities (all schools in a state, all states in the nation, etc.)
Steps:
Select the level you are looking for. Select the table you want to display. Select the group you want to include on the table.
For this example, we chose “School district enrollment by race/ethnicity” for the state of Maryland.
By changing the table selection, you can see more information about the same group. For example, a table can be quickly created that shows the district enrollment and teacher counts for the same districts in Maryland.
Using a similar process, you can also change the table to display the same data for Virginia:
In addition, you can create a table that includes some information for both public and private schools in a state:
3. Table Generator
With Table Generator, you can create your own table with the variables you need.You can create tables that include every school or district in the nation.
Step 1-Select a Row
State CBSA County District Public School Private school
For this example, we chose District.
Step 2 - Select Years of Data
For this example, we chose 2010-11 and 2009-10 data.
Step 3- Select the variablesDepending on what years you have selected, various tabs of variable groups are available. These include:
Information Characteristics Enrollment
Teacher & staff General Finance Dropout/Completers
Note that the variables you select are listed on the right side of the screen. You can easily see what variables will be produced in the table. You can also remove any variables you don’t need by clicking on the X by the variable name in the list.
Step 4 – Choosing your filters
Once you have finished selecting your variables, you can chose which filters (if any) you want to apply to the table. You can choose to filter any variable on your table.
Begin by pressing the Select filters button below the variable list.
Step 5 – Creating your table
Once you have chosen your filters, you are ready to create your table.
Select Create Table
You can now export the data into Excel by clicking the buttons above the table. You can also save the table for future use.