Data & Sources
Every upstream data source behind Save DeKalb Schools, grouped by who publishes it.
Built for researchers and journalists who need to verify a number or follow it back to its origin.
Cite any individual source via its section anchor, e.g. savedekalbschools.pickles.dev/data/#dcsd-simbli.
The state's view
Georgia DOE CCRPI #
College and Career Ready Performance Index. Annual school performance scores (2018-2025 published). The outcomes data the SAP proposal skipped.
Used on this site by
How to cite
Georgia Department of Education, College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), system 644 (DeKalb County).
GOSA #
Ten years of operational data: enrollment, staffing, expenditures, class sizes. Source for current-enrollment figures the SAP proposal failed to use.
Used on this site by
How to cite
Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement, Downloadable Data, system 644 (DeKalb County).
The county's view
DeKalb County GIS #
County government's GIS service. Publishes school board district boundaries and address points used for canvassing.
Downloads
Used on this site by
How to cite
DeKalb County GIS, ElectedOfficials MapServer, Layer 2 (School Board Districts).
Caveats
- Board district boundaries last redrawn 2012; re-redistricting pending
DCSD Schools ArcGIS #
The school district's ArcGIS service. Publishes attendance zone boundaries for all 103 schools (ES, MS, HS).
Downloads
Used on this site by
How to cite
DeKalb County Schools ArcGIS, "ES/MS/HS Attendance Areas SY1819."
Caveats
- Service vintage is SY18-19; current assignments may differ
- Service has returned empty payloads at times
The district's own record
DCSD Simbli board portal #
The district's board meeting document system. Agendas, minutes, and supporting documents back to 2002 (indexed here back to July 2022).
Used on this site by
How to cite
DeKalb County School District, Simbli board meeting portal.
Caveats
- Simbli's site is not indexed by search engines; this archive exists to make it searchable
DCSD SAP page #
The district's Student Assignment Project hub. Publishes the official list of schools under review, scenario tables for each round, and the SAP survey. Parsed here into machine-readable JSON.
Downloads
- SAP school scenarios (both rounds, parsed from DCSD HTML) JSON
- School-level changes between Round 1 and Round 2 JSON
Used on this site by
How to cite
DeKalb County School District, Student Assignment Project, Division of Access and Opportunity.
DCSD website #
The district's public website. Board member names, contact emails, and official biographies.
Used on this site by
How to cite
DeKalb County School District, "Meet the Board of Education."
Reference and third-party
OpenStreetMap (Overpass API) #
Crowdsourced street geometry used to render attendance zone maps and generate per-zone street lists for canvassing.
Used on this site by
How to cite
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overpass API.
Ballotpedia #
Nonpartisan encyclopedia of elections. Source for board candidate profiles, campaign URLs, and voting dates.
Used on this site by
How to cite
Ballotpedia, "DeKalb County Board of Education" entry.
How to cite this site
This site is an independent, public-interest archive of DeKalb County School District data, built by Josh Nichols.
To cite a specific source, link the relevant section anchor (e.g., /data/#dcsd-simbli).
To cite the archive itself: "Save DeKalb Schools, CCRPI archive," accessed [date].