Urban Locale Code (NCES)

Source

NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) · vintage 2026 · refresh cadence: annual

12 = large city, 21 = mid-size suburb, 41 = rural fringe, etc. (NCES locale codes)

Direction of better

No universal direction; user preference determines what is "better".

Unit

Values are reported in text.

Default weight in Education composite

2% of the Education composite by default. Users can override this weight in their intake; the displayed score reflects the user's chosen weighting, never a fixed default.

Where the data lives

Tables: national_schools

Columns: ulocale

Input field: ulocale

JSON-LD example

Every value emitted by ValiFit (in /api/v1, MCP responses, on-page JSON-LD) carries a propertyID set to this metric_id, so AI clients can resolve it back here in one round-trip.

{
  "@type": "PropertyValue",
  "propertyID": "school.urban_locale",
  "name": "Urban Locale Code (NCES)",
  "value": "example",
  "unitText": "text",
  "additionalProperty": [
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "composite",
      "value": "Education"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "level",
      "value": "address"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "direction",
      "value": "optimize"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "source_year",
      "value": "2026"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "fha_safe",
      "value": true
    }
  ],
  "valueReference": {
    "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
    "additionalType": "https://valifit.com/catalog/metric",
    "identifier": "school.urban_locale",
    "sameAs": "NCES Common Core of Data (CCD)"
  },
  "mentions": [
    {
      "@type": "Dataset",
      "@id": "https://valifit.com/sources/nces-f33-school-district-finance",
      "identifier": "NCES_F33",
      "name": "NCES Local Education Agency Finance Survey",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/f33agency.asp",
      "sameAs": "https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/f33agency.asp",
      "creator": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "National Center for Education Statistics"
      },
      "temporalCoverage": "annual",
      "dateModified": "2026-07-21"
    }
  ]
}