Template:Infobox school district/doc

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
{{{address}}} {{{location}}} {{{region}}} {{{city}}} , {{{county}}}, {{{state}}}, {{{province}}}, {{{postcode}}}, {{{zipcode}}} {{{country}}} {{{country1}}}
Coordinates	{{{coordinates}}}
District information
Type	{{{type}}}
Motto	{{{motto}}}
Grades	{{{grades}}}
Established	{{{established}}}
Closed	{{{closed}}}
President	{{{president}}}
Vice-president	{{{vice-president}}}
{{{superintendent_type}}}	{{{superintendent}}}
Deputy superintendent(s)	{{{deputy_superintendent}}}
Business administrator	{{{businessadmin}}}
School board	{{{school_board}}}
Chair of the board	{{{chair_of_the_board}}}
Director of education	{{{director_of_education}}}
Governing agency	{{{governing_agency}}}
Accreditation(s)	{{{accreditations}}}
Schools	{{{schools}}}
Budget	{{{budget}}}
NCES District ID	{{{us_nces_district_id}}}
District ID	{{{district_id}}}
Affiliation(s)	{{{affiliations}}}
Students and staff
Students	{{{students}}}
Faculty	{{{faculty}}}
Teachers	{{{teachers}}}
Staff	{{{staff}}}
Student–teacher ratio	{{{ratio}}}
Athletic conference	{{{conference}}}
District mascot	{{{mascot}}}
Colors	{{{colors}}}
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.

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{{subst:PAGENAME}}

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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
File:Example-serious.jpg
Address
2548 East Sixth Street Linden, Tennessee , 15681 United States
Coordinates
District information
Type	Public
Motto	The District Motto
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	January 1900 (1900-01)
Closed	June 30, 1950 (1950-06-30)
Superintendent	John Doe, Sr.
Asst. superintendent(s)	John Doe, Junior
Business administrator	Jane Doe
School board	10 members
Chair of the board	Joseph Doe
Governing agency	Tennessee Department of Education
Accreditation(s)	Southeastern Association
Schools	Elementary 12, Middle 4, High 2
Budget	$1.250 million
NCES District ID	0511880<ref name="nces_dist"> "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Nashville School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2 November 2012. </ref>
Students and staff
Students	5,000
Teachers	500
Staff	200
Student–teacher ratio	10:1
Athletic conference	TSSAA
District mascot	Wampus cat
Colors	Black and Gold
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
File:Example-serious.jpg
Address
2548 East Sixth Street Linden, Tennessee , 15681 United States
Coordinates
District information
Type	Public
Motto	The District Motto
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	January 1900 (1900-01)
Closed	June 30, 1950 (1950-06-30)
Superintendent	John Doe, Sr.
Asst. superintendent(s)	John Doe, Junior
Business administrator	Jane Doe
School board	10 members
Chair of the board	Joseph Doe
Governing agency	Tennessee Department of Education
Accreditation(s)	Southeastern Association
Schools	Elementary 12, Middle 4, High 2
Budget	$1.250 million
NCES District ID	0511880<ref name="nces_dist"> "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Nashville School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2 November 2012. </ref>
Students and staff
Students	5,000
Teachers	500
Staff	200
Student–teacher ratio	10:1
Athletic conference	TSSAA
District mascot	Wampus cat
Colors	Black and Gold
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 that makes an organization's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Subtemplates

• Use {{Start date and age}} for the date on which an organisation was "established", "founded", "opened" or otherwise started, unless that date is before 1583 CE.
• Use {{URL}} for an organisation's URL.

Please do not remove instances of these subtemplates.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• 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 for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox school district in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox school district

Displays a standardized table of important data points at the top-right corner of school district articles

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Official name	name	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. Default {{subst:PAGENAME}} Example Fort Bragg Unified School District Auto value {{subst:PAGENAME}}	String	required
native_name	native_name	The name of the school in the local language	String	optional
logo	logo	The filename of the school's logo	File	optional
logo_alt	logo_alt	no description	String	optional
logo_size	logo_size logosize	no description	Number	optional
logo_caption	logo_caption	no description	Unknown	optional
image	image	no description	File	optional
image_alt	image_alt	no description	Unknown	optional
image_size	image_size imagesize	no description	Number	optional
image_caption	image_caption caption	no description	String	optional
image2	image2	no description	File	optional
image2_alt	image2_alt	no description	Unknown	optional
caption2	caption2	no description	String	optional
address	address streetaddress street	The school district's main address Example 123 Main Street	String	optional
location	location	no description	Unknown	optional
region	region	no description	Unknown	optional
city	city town city/town	The city that the school district is located in Example New York City	String	optional
county	county	no description	String	optional
state	state	no description	Unknown	optional
province	province	no description	Unknown	optional
postalcode	postalcode postcode	no description	String	optional
zipcode	zipcode	no description	Unknown	optional
country	country	no description	Unknown	optional
country1	country1	no description	Unknown	optional
coordinates	coordinates	no description	Unknown	optional
coordinates_footnotes	coordinates_footnotes	no description	Unknown	optional
type	type	no description	Unknown	optional
Motto	motto	District's official motto; only provide if it is used prominently on primary sources. For district's with multiple mottoes, use the 'mottoes' parameter.	String	optional
Mottoes	mottoes	District's official mottoes, placed as unnamed parameters within the {{Unbulleted indent list}} template; only provide if they are used prominently on primary sources. For district's a single motto, use the 'motto' parameter. Default {{Unbulleted indent list|}} Example {{Unbulleted indent list|Motto the first|Motto the second}}	Template	optional
grades	grades	The grade levels taught by the school district Example K–12	Unknown	optional
established	established	The date that the school district was established Example {{Start date and age|1970|01|01}}	Unknown	optional
closed	closed dissolved	The date that the school district ceased to exist Example {{End date|2020|12|31}}	Date	optional
president	president	no description	Unknown	optional
vice-president	vice-president	no description	Unknown	optional
superintendent_type	superintendent_type	no description	Unknown	optional
superintendent	superintendent	The name of the superintendent of the district	Unknown	optional
Deputy Superintendent	deputy_superintendent	Use for districts with a single deputy, otherwise use deputy_superintendents parameter with {{Unbulleted list}} template.	String	optional
Deputy Superintendents	deputy_superintendents	Place each name as an unnamed parameter within the {{Unbulleted list}} template. Use for districts with multiple deputies, otherwise use deputy_superintendent parameter. Default {{Unbulleted list|}} Example {{Unbulleted list|Karen Hickman|Arthur Allen}}	Template	optional
asst_superintendent	asst_superintendent	no description	Unknown	optional
asst_superintendents	asst_superintendents	no description	Unknown	optional
businessadmin	businessadmin	no description	Unknown	optional
school_board	school_board board_of_education	no description	String	optional
chair_of_the_board	chair_of_the_board	no description	Unknown	optional
director_of_education	director_of_education	no description	Unknown	optional
governing_agency	governing_agency governing agency	no description	String	optional
accreditations	accreditations accreditation	no description	String	optional
schools	schools	The number of schools the district manages	Unknown	optional
budget	budget	The amount of money the district has in an annual budget	Unknown	optional
us_nces_district_id	us_nces_district_id	The NCES ID of the district Example {{NCES District ID|1719080|district_name=Twp HSD 113|access_date=2022-03-05}}	Unknown	optional
district_id	district_id	no description	Unknown	optional
affiliation	affiliation affiliations	no description	String	optional
students	students enrollment enrolment	The number of students enrolled in a given year	Unknown	optional
faculty	faculty	no description	Unknown	optional
teachers	teachers	The number of teachers employed in a given year	Unknown	optional
staff	staff	The number of staff employed by the district in a given year	Unknown	optional
ratio	ratio	The ratio of teachers:students in the district Example 24:1	Unknown	optional
conference	conference	no description	Unknown	optional
mascot	mascot	no description	Unknown	optional
colors	colors colours	no description	String	optional
free_label	free_label free_label1	no description	String	optional
free_text	free_text free_text1	no description	String	optional
free_label2	free_label2	no description	Unknown	optional
free_text2	free_text2	no description	Unknown	optional
free_label3	free_label3	no description	Unknown	optional
free_text3	free_text3	no description	Unknown	optional
free_label4	free_label4	no description	Unknown	optional
free_text4	free_text4	no description	Unknown	optional
schedule	schedule	no description	Unknown	optional
website	website	The official website of the district Example {{URL2|https://www.example.com}}	Unknown	optional
module	module	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

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