nhschooldata: New Hampshire School Data

A simple, consistent interface for accessing New Hampshire school data in Python and R.

An R package for downloading and processing school enrollment data for New Hampshire public schools. Data is sourced directly from the New Hampshire Department of Education (NH DOE) iPlatform reporting system.

Main Functions

fetch_enr

Download enrollment data for a single year

fetch_enr_multi

Download enrollment data for multiple years

tidy_enr

Transform wide enrollment data to long format

get_available_years

Get the range of available years

import_local_enrollment

Import manually downloaded enrollment file

Data Source

Data is sourced from the New Hampshire Department of Education:

• NH DOE iPlatform: https://my.doe.nh.gov/iPlatform

• Enrollment Reports: District and school-level fall enrollment

• Historical data: Approximately 10 years available

Available Reports

• District Fall Enrollment: Pre-K through 12 by district

• Public School Enrollments by Grade: School-level enrollment

• Enrollments by Grade: County, town, and other breakdowns

New Hampshire School System

New Hampshire's school system includes:

• Approximately 162 school districts

• 456 public schools

• School Administrative Units (SAUs) that may cover multiple districts

• Public charter schools

• Approximately 160,000 students enrolled (2024)

Identifier System

• District ID: State-assigned district identifier

• School ID: State-assigned school identifier

• SAU Number: School Administrative Unit number

Manual Download Fallback

If automated download fails, you can manually download data from the NH DOE iPlatform and import it using import_local_enrollment.

See also

Useful links:

• https://almartin82.github.io/nhschooldata/

• https://github.com/almartin82/nhschooldata

• Report bugs at https://github.com/almartin82/nhschooldata/issues

Author

Maintainer: Al Martin almartin@example.com