Overview
The School Pulse Panel (SPP), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), surveys public K-12 schools on high-priority, education-related topics once a month during the school year.
The SPP website includes:
Interactive Results—Presented by topic area, month of data collection, and school characteristics. Interactive graphics as well as data downloads are available for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Interactive graphics are available for select questions while the data downloads include standard errors and additional survey questions. Outlying Area Public School results are available as a data download by month and topic area.
About—A description of the SPP and an outline of past data collection topic areas.
Frequently Asked Questions—Commonly asked questions for data users and a link to FAQs for survey respondents.
Methodology—Previously fielded SPP questionnaires and technical documentation.
Press Releases—The SPP includes a press release for each data release for news organizations and the public.
SPP Media Contact—For SPP related media inquiries, contact Josh De La Rosa, National Center for Education Statistics at ARIS.NCES@ed.gov
Among all public schools in August 2024…
of public schools needed to fill two or more teaching vacancies before the start of the 2024–25 school year.
of public schools filled two or more teaching vacancies before the start of the 2024–25 school year.
of public schools utilize a "community school" or "wraparound services" model, which is a decrease in comparison to August 2023.
of public schools reported making mental health care available to the community through the school's existing partnerships, which is a decrease in comparison to August 2023.
Were you contacted about the School Pulse Panel?
The Census Bureau collects survey responses on behalf of NCES.
Visit the School Pulse Panel Census website to learn why your school was contacted and how you can respond to the survey.
Topics Surveyed
- Topic
- Data Collections
- ABSENTEEISM
- May 2022, November 2023, and June 2024
- AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
- September 2022 and September 2023
- COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
- January 2024
- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
- August 2022, August 2023, and August 2024
- FOOD SERVICES
- March 2022, October 2022, and November 2023
- LEARNING MODE
- January–June 2022, September–December 2022, and June 2024
- LEARNING STRATEGIES AND RECOVERY
- June 2022, December 2022, October 2023, December 2023, and June 2024
- MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
- April 2022 and March 2024
- MITIGATION STRATEGIES
- February, March, and June 2022
- QUARANTINE
- January–June 2022 and September–December 2022
- SCHOOL-BASED GOALS AND CONCERNS
- March 2022, January 2024, and February 2024
- SCHOOL CRIME, PREPAREDNESS, AND SAFETY PROCEDURES
- November 2022, January 2024, and April 2024
- SCHOOL FACILITIES
- December 2023
- SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS
- November 2023
- SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS
- February 2024
- STAFF HIRING
- August 2022, August 2023, and August 2024
- STAFF VACANCIES
- January 2022, June 2022, October 2022, October 2023, December 2023, and March 2024
- STATE ASSESSMENT PERCEPTIONS
- February 2024
- STUDENT BEHAVIOR
- May 2022 and May 2024
- SUMMER PROGRAMS
- June and September 2022, and September 2023
- SUPPLY CHAINS
- October 2022 and November 2023
- TECHNOLOGY
- August 2022 and August 2023
- TRANSPORTATION
- April 2024
- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES
- March 2024
- TUTORING
- December 2022, October 2023, and May 2024
- WORLD AND DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
- January 2024
Related data collections from 2021 to 2022
2021–22 NAEP Preassessment Data
Learn more about in-person full-time, in-person part-time, or remote full-time student attendance, masking and social distancing policies in fourth- and eighth-grade public schools in the nation and states from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) pre-assessment activities.
September 2021 School Pulse Panel
This initial data collection for the School Pulse Panel collected information related to learning mode, COVID-19 mitigation strategies, extra programs and activities, plans for instruction in 2020–21, technology support provided, and staffing concerns and challenges.
Summer 2021 School Pulse Panel
While recruiting participating schools, this data collection in the summer of 2021 for the School Pulse Panel asked schools to indicate information related to learning mode in 2019–20, school scheduling, summer school programs, and plans for the 2020–21 school year.
Spring 2021 Monthly School Survey
The NAEP Monthly School Survey provides insights into learning opportunities offered by schools during the Spring of 2021. The survey collected data five times, once a month from February through June of 2021, and the dashboard provides national results as well as results for participating states and large urban districts.