COVID-19 Data Dispatch

K-12 schools data in the U.S.

Here are the major data sources for COVID-19 in United States K-12 schools. We’ve included annotations for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as national sources compiled by independent researchers.

The page is split into two tables: national sources and state sources. Click on a row to see detailed annotations on that source.

This resource will be updated monthly. The most recent update was March 26, 2022.

State data availability

As of March 26, 2022:

  • 28 states and the District of Columbia are reporting COVID-19 cases in K-12 schools, in some form
  • 11 states are reporting incomplete data on school outbreaks or cases in school-aged children
  • 24 states are separating out school case counts by students and staff
  • 2 states are reporting COVID-19 tests conducted for school students and staff (New York and Massachusetts)
  • 8 states are reporting in-person enrollment (Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)

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National data sources

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To access the CDD’s annotations in a Google spreadsheet, make a copy of the document at this link.

Comments? Questions? Corrections? Email betsy@coviddatadispatch.com.

  • COVID-19 school data remain sporadic
    On November 18, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city’s schools would close until further notice. The NYC schools discrepancy is indicative of an American education system that is still not collecting adequate data on how COVID-19 is impacting classrooms—much less using these data in a consistent manner.