Site Demographics and Programs Offered

Information about a school will appear or be created on the Demographic screen.

At the top of the page is:

• Year - Applicable school year.
• District - School district in which the school belongs.
• School Name - Official school name registered with the Louisiana Department of Education.
• School Number - The last three digits of the site number assigned to the school by the Louisiana Department of Education.
• Established Date - The date the school was officially opened.
• Closed Date - The date the school was officially closed.
• Principal's Title - Dr., Mr., Mrs., etc.
• Principal's First Name - First name of the principal or head of the school.
• Principal's Last Name - Last name of the principal or head of the school.
• Principal's Email Address - E-mail address of the principal or head of the school.

In the next section, select the grade levels that are offered at the school site. The valid grade levels are defined below per the Louisiana Department of Education SIS User Guide:

• 01 – First
• 02 – Second
• 03 – Third
• 04 – Fourth
• 05 – Fifth
• 06 – Sixth
• 07 – Seventh
• 08 – Eighth
• T9 – Transitional Ninth
• 09 – Ninth
• 10 – Tenth
• 11 – Eleventh
• 12 – Twelfth
• 15 – Infant Program: *Students must be enrolled in the Special Education SER system to use this grade
• 20 – Preschool Services: Preschool students, not in a state-approved kindergarten, who are receiving special education services and/or direct/related *services, e.g., speech, OT, PT, etc. * Students must be enrolled and in the Special Education SER system to use this grade
• 24 – Pre-Kindergarten: Regular Education students who are younger than the age required to enter kindergarten in a particular district. *All pre-*kindergarten students must have a Pre-Kindergarten Funding Source Code. These students should not have active IEPs in SER.
• 25 – Kindergarten

• Note:
  • T9 is generated in the SIS file when a student is flagged with the Special Code of TRA (Transitional) and the school has grade 09 selected in the Sponsor Site Editor. T9 must be manually added to the Louisiana Department of Education's Calender system (SPC) per school on the INSIGHT portal.
  • Grades 35 and 40 are no longer valid grade levels. They are available for selection in the Sponsor Site Editor for historical data purposes

Below the grade levels, enter the physical and mailing address as well as other demographic information:

• Inside City Limits?: - Check this item if the site is inside the city limits.
• Submit Annual School Report?: - Check this item if data for this site is submitted for the Annual School Report. (Obsolete)
• Submit SIS Batch Files?: - Check this item if data for this site is submitted in SIS to the Louisiana Department of Education.
• Charges Tuition?: - Check this item if the site charges tuition.
• Site Business Partner Count: - ?
• Congress District: - Select the Congressional District the site resides in.
• Organizational Pattern Code: - Select the organizational pattern, self-contained, departmentalized, etc., the site follows.
• County/Parish: - Select the county/parish the site resides in.
• Daily Operational Control: - Select the type of agency, local school board, state board, federal board, etc., that controls the site.
• Source of Primary Funding: - Select the primary source of the sites funding, mfp, private, federal, etc.
• Institutional Type: - Select the type of institution of the site, school, adult ed, administrative office, etc.
• Religious Affiliation: - Select the sites religious affiliation, if any.

Facility Type Codes

• Place a check next to the appropriate description of the site.

• After all areas are entered or updated, click Save.