Civil Rights Data Collection Background Information

The U.S. Department of Education [ED] conducts the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), formerly the Elementary and Secondary School Survey (E&S Survey), to collect data on key education and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools. The CRDC collects a variety of information including, student enrollment and educational programs and services, disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency and disability. The CRDC is a longstanding and important aspect of the ED Office for Civil Right's overall strategy for administering and enforcing the civil rights statutes for which it is responsible. Information collected by the CRDC is also used by other ED offices as well as policymakers and researchers outside of ED.

About the CRDC MS WORD (34K)

CRDC Data Notes MS WORD (41K)

Access CRDC Data

The CRDC Website contains data from the 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2009-10 CRDC Surveys

Civil Rights Data Collection

2009-10 CRDC

The 2009-10 CRDC collected data from a sample of approximately 7,000 school districts and over 72,000 schools. All data is from the 2009-10 school year. Part 1 collected point in time (snap shot) data. Part 2 collected cumulative or end of year data.

• Data Summary PDF (805K)
• 2009-10 CRDC Table Layouts with Definitions MS WORD (687K)
• 2009-10 CRDC Questions and Answers
• View data from the 2009-10 CRDC at http://ocrdata.ed.gov

2011-12 CRDC

The 2011-12 CRDC will collect data for the 2011-12 school year from a universe of all schools and school districts. The last time the CRDC was conducted as a universal collection was in 2000. The 2011-12 Table Layouts with Definitions are posted below along with the Q&A's. We will also be contacting participating school districts with additional information

• 2011-12 CRDC Table Layouts with Definitions MS WORD (695K)
• 2011-12 CRDC Questions and Answers

For additional information about the CRDC, please e-mail us at ocrdata@ed.gov