Template:Infobox school district

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Usage

This template is intended for use in school district articles when there is no more specific template available. This should not be used for individual schools. See WikiProject Schools' infobox guidelines for more detailed guidance on selecting the correct infobox.

Full syntax

{{{name}}} {{{native_name}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logo_size}}}|alt={{{logo_alt}}}]]
[[File:{{{image2}}}|frameless|alt={{{image2_alt}}}]] {{{caption2}}}
Address
, {{{county}}}, {{{state}}}, {{{province}}}, , {{{zipcode}}} {{{country}}} {{{country1}}}
Coordinates	{{{coordinates}}}
District information
Type	{{{type}}}
Grades	{{{grades}}}
Established	{{{established}}}
President	{{{president}}}
Vice-president	{{{vice-president}}}
{{{superintendent}}}
Business administrator	{{{businessadmin}}}
Chair of the board	{{{chair_of_the_board}}}
Director of education	{{{director_of_education}}}
Governing agency	{{{governing_agency}}}
Schools	{{{schools}}}
Budget	{{{budget}}}
NCES District ID	{{{us_nces_district_id}}}
District ID	{{{district_id}}}
Affiliation(s)	{{{affiliations}}}
Students and staff
Faculty	{{{faculty}}}
Teachers	{{{teachers}}}
Staff	{{{staff}}}
Student–teacher ratio	{{{ratio}}}
Athletic conference	{{{conference}}}
District mascot	{{{mascot}}}
Other information
Schedule	{{{schedule}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
{{{module}}}

(All parameters, vertical format)

| name= is the only required parameter, all other fields are optional. Copy and paste the following blank instance to the article page; do not delete fields just because you're unable to find or source the information in the moment, only those that fundamentally do not apply to that particular school system. The empty parameters will not be parsed for display until a value is added, and the empty fields will serve to alert future editors to information that still needs to be researched and included in the article.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto;">

Infobox school district/doc

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Additional free text fields

The | free_textn = parameters may be used for additional information not covered by the standard parameters. These parameters should be used sparingly. <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> |free_label = |free_text = |free_label2 = |free_text2 = |free_label3 = |free_text3 = |free_label4 = |free_text4 = </syntaxhighlight>

Parameters

Parameter	Explanation
name	Name of the district. Mandatory.
logo	Logo image
motto	District motto.
** Location information **
address	Street address of the school district office. Causes the section heading to appear as "Address" instead of "Location"
location	Location, could include address; separate lines with <br />
region	Region in which the school district is found.
city	City, town or village in which the school district is found.
state	State in which the school district is found.
province	Province in which the school district is found.
county	County or Local Government Area in which the school is found.
postcode	The school district office's postcode. postalcode provides identical results.
zipcode	The school district office's zip code.
country	Country of the school district (Do not use flag icons and wikilink – see WP:OVERLINK and WP:WPSCH for guidance.)
coordinates	Geographic coordinates. Use {{Coord}} with type:edu and display=inline,title; for example: {{Coord|dd.dddd|-ddd.dddd|type:edu|display=inline,title}}. If possible, please also include the region information using the correct ISO 3166-2 code. For example: {{Coord|dd.dddd|-ddd.dddd|type:edu_region:US-TN|display=inline,title}} for a district in Tennessee in the United States.
** District information **
type	Type of the district. Public (government funded), private, for profit, non profit, etc.
grades	Grade levels served by the district.
established	Date of establishment/founding. Use {{Start date and age}} where possible.
closed	Date the district closed.
superintendent	Superintendent of the District
asst_superintendent	Assistant Superintendent(s) of the District
accreditations	The organization(s), if any, accrediting this district.
schools	Summary information about the schools in the district.
budget	District budget, usually expenditure per year.
us_nces_district_id	For US districts only, the District ID from the NCES CCD website nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/. Also note that {{NCES District ID}} may be useful here.
** Students and staff **
students	Number of the district's students.
faculty	Number of the district's faculty.
teachers	Number of the district's teaching staff.
staff	Number of staff in the district.
ratio	The student:teacher ratio of the district.
conference	Athletic conference.
Mascot	District mascot.
Colors	Official district colors.
** Other information **
free_label	Use for special requirements
free_text	Data for free_label
free_label2	Use for more special requirements.
free_text2
free_label3
free_text3
free_label4
Board Members
schedule	The schedule for the district.
website	URL of the district website. Use {{URL2}}: {{URL2|district.url}}

Example

Example School District
Address
, 15681 United States
Coordinates	35°36′44″N 87°50′30″W
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	January 1900 (1900-01)
John Doe, Sr.
Business administrator	Jane Doe
Chair of the board	Joseph Doe
Governing agency	Tennessee Department of Education
Schools	Elementary 12, Middle 4, High 2
Budget	$1.250 million
NCES District ID	0511880
Students and staff
Teachers	500
Staff	200
Student–teacher ratio	10:1
Athletic conference	TSSAA
District mascot	Wampus cat
Other information
Beta Club	Both Junior and Senior
FFA	Co-ed
Release time	Selected instruction
State test	TCAP
Schedule	M-F except state holidays
Website	en.wikipedia.org

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Example School District
Address
, 15681 United States
Coordinates	35°36′44″N 87°50′30″W
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	January 1900 (1900-01)
John Doe, Sr.
Business administrator	Jane Doe
Chair of the board	Joseph Doe
Governing agency	Tennessee Department of Education
Schools	Elementary 12, Middle 4, High 2
Budget	$1.250 million
NCES District ID	0511880
Students and staff
Teachers	500
Staff	200
Student–teacher ratio	10:1
Athletic conference	TSSAA
District mascot	Wampus cat
Other information
Beta Club	Both Junior and Senior
FFA	Co-ed
Release time	Selected instruction
State test	TCAP
Schedule	M-F except state holidays
Website	en.wikipedia.org

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This Example School District represents a completely fictional school district. Data for example locations is arbitrarily selected.

The footnote list is not part of the template:

Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the organisation's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

• If the organisation has an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date, use {{Start date}} (unless the date is before 1583 CE).
• If the organisation has a URL, use {{URL}}.
• If the organisation has a "coordinates" field, use {{Coord}} to include a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• country-name
• extended-address
• fn
• geo
• label
• latitude
• locality
• longitude
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox school district with unsupported parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox school district with a misplaced logo caption (0)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Infobox school district

<templatedata>{ "params": { "name": { "label": "Official name", "description": "Official, legal name of the school district as stated in their bylaws. The default value will automatically copy the article title as the value, set manually if that it not the district's legal name.", "example": "Fort Bragg Unified School District", "type": "string", "default": "Infobox school district/doc", "autovalue": "Infobox school district/doc", "required": true }, "native_name": { "description": "The name of the school in the local language", "type": "string" }, "logo": { "description": "The filename of the school's logo", "type": "wiki-file-name" }, "logo_alt": { "type": "string" }, "logo_size": { "aliases": [ "logosize" ], "type": "number" }, "logo_caption": {}, "image": { "type": "wiki-file-name" }, "image_alt": {}, "image_size": { "aliases": [ "imagesize" ], "type": "number" }, "image_caption": { "aliases": [ "caption" ], "type": "string" }, "image2": { "type": "wiki-file-name" }, "image2_alt": {}, "caption2": { "type": "string" }, "region": {}, "country": {}, "location": {}, "coordinates": {}, "address": { "aliases": [ "streetaddress", "street" ], "type": "string", "description": "The school district's main address", "example": "123 Main Street" }, "city": { "aliases": [ "town", "city/town" ], "type": "string", "description": "The city that the school district is located in", "example": "New York City" }, "county": { "type": "string" }, "state": {}, "province": {}, "postalcode": { "aliases": [ "postcode" ], "type": "string" }, "zipcode": {}, "country1": {}, "coordinates_footnotes": {}, "type": {}, "grades": { "description": "The grade levels taught by the school district", "example": "K–12" }, "established": { "description": "The date that the school district was established", "example": "January 1, 1970 (1970-01-01)" }, "closed": { "aliases": [ "dissolved" ], "type": "date", "description": "The date that the school district ceased to exist", "example": "December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)" }, "president": {}, "vice-president": {}, "superintendent": { "description": "The name of the superintendent of the district" }, "accreditations": { "aliases": [ "accreditation" ], "type": "string" }, "schools": { "description": "The number of schools the district manages" }, "budget": { "description": "The amount of money the district has in an annual budget" }, "us_nces_district_id": { "description": "The NCES ID of the district", "example": "1719080" }, "motto": { "type": "string", "label": "Motto", "description": "District's official motto; only provide if it is used prominently on primary sources. For district's with multiple mottoes, use the 'mottoes' parameter." }, "superintendent_type": {}, "deputy_superintendent": { "type": "string", "label": "Deputy Superintendent", "description": "Use for districts with a single deputy, otherwise use deputy_superintendents parameter with template." }, "businessadmin": {}, "school_board": { "aliases": [ "board_of_education" ], "type": "string" }, "chair_of_the_board": {}, "director_of_education": {}, "governing_agency": { "aliases": [ "governing agency" ], "type": "string" }, "district_id": {}, "affiliation": { "aliases": [ "affiliations" ], "type": "string" }, "students": { "aliases": [ "enrollment", "enrolment" ], "description": "The number of students enrolled in a given year" }, "faculty": {}, "teachers": { "description": "The number of teachers employed in a given year" }, "staff": { "description": "The number of staff employed by the district in a given year" }, "ratio": { "description": "The ratio of teachers:students in the district", "example": "24:1" }, "conference": {}, "mascot": {}, "colors": { "aliases": [ "colours" ], "type": "string" }, "free_label": { "aliases": [ "free_label1" ], "type": "string" }, "free_text": { "aliases": [ "free_text1" ], "type": "string" }, "free_label2": {}, "free_text2": {}, "free_label3": {}, "free_text3": {}, "free_label4": {}, "free_text4": {}, "schedule": {}, "website": { "description": "The official website of the district", "example": "www.example.com" }, "module": {}, "deputy_superintendents": { "label": "Deputy Superintendents", "description": "Place each name as an unnamed parameter within the template. Use for districts with multiple deputies, otherwise use deputy_superintendent parameter.",

"example": "

• Karen Hickman
• Arthur Allen

",

"type": "wiki-template-name", "default": "" }, "asst_superintendent": {}, "asst_superintendents": {}, "mottoes": { "label": "Mottoes", "description": "District's official mottoes, placed as unnamed parameters within the template; only provide if they are used prominently on primary sources. For district's a single motto, use the 'motto' parameter.",

"example": "

• Motto the first
• Motto the second

",

"type": "wiki-template-name", "default": "" } }, "paramOrder": [ "name", "native_name", "logo", "logo_alt", "logo_size", "logo_caption", "image", "image_alt", "image_size", "image_caption", "image2", "image2_alt", "caption2", "address", "location", "region", "city", "county", "state", "province", "postalcode", "zipcode", "country", "country1", "coordinates", "coordinates_footnotes", "type", "motto", "mottoes", "grades", "established", "closed", "president", "vice-president", "superintendent_type", "superintendent", "deputy_superintendent", "deputy_superintendents", "asst_superintendent", "asst_superintendents", "businessadmin", "school_board", "chair_of_the_board", "director_of_education", "governing_agency", "accreditations", "schools", "budget", "us_nces_district_id", "district_id", "affiliation", "students", "faculty", "teachers", "staff", "ratio", "conference", "mascot", "colors", "free_label", "free_text", "free_label2", "free_text2", "free_label3", "free_text3", "free_label4", "free_text4", "schedule", "website", "module" ], "format": "Template:\n", "description": "Displays a standardized table of important data points at the top-right corner of school district articles" }</templatedata>

See also

• {{Infobox school}}
• Education infobox templates
• WikiProject Schools templates