akschooldata: Fetch and Process Alaska School Data

Downloads and processes school data from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED). Provides functions for fetching enrollment data including October 1 counts by school, district, grade level, and demographic groups, and transforming it into tidy format for analysis.

Details

IMPORTANT: This package uses ONLY Alaska DEED data sources. No federal data sources (NCES CCD, Urban Institute API, etc.) are used.

Main functions

fetch_enr: Fetch enrollment data for a school year
fetch_enr_multi: Fetch enrollment data for multiple years
tidy_enr: Transform wide data to tidy (long) format
id_enr_aggs: Add aggregation level flags
enr_grade_aggs: Create grade-level aggregations
get_available_years: View available year range
import_local_deed_enrollment: Import locally downloaded DEED files

Cache functions

cache_status: View cached data files
clear_cache: Remove cached data files

Data Source

All data is sourced directly from Alaska DEED:

DEED Data Center: https://education.alaska.gov/data-center
DEED Statistics: https://education.alaska.gov/stats
Enrollment Files: https://education.alaska.gov/Stats/enrollment/

The package downloads two Excel files for each school year:

Enrollment by School by Grade (grade-level counts)
Enrollment by School by Ethnicity (demographic breakdowns)

Data Availability

Available years: 2019-2025 (Excel files from DEED Statistics Portal)

Demographics

Alaska has unique demographic composition:

22% Alaska Native/American Indian (highest in US)
3% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (among highest in US)
Approximately 131,000 total students
53 school districts (plus Mt. Edgecumbe High School)

Author

Maintainer: Al Martin almartin@example.com