School

https://publicschema.org/School

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A service point where formal or non-formal education is delivered, such as a primary school, secondary school, vocational training center, or early childhood education center. School specializes ServicePoint for the education sector and carries additional properties for the ISCED education level(s) served and the management type of the school (public, private, faith-based, or community), per UNESCO UIS classification. School is distinct from the Organization that manages it (captured via managed_by) and from its administrative location (captured via located_at). A single school campus may serve multiple ISCED levels (e.g., a combined primary-and-lower-secondary school).

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Supertypes

ServicePoint

Properties

Property Type Definition
Identity
Name from ServicePoint string
The full display name of the record. Depending on the concept, this is a person's or group's name, or the title of a program, instrument, scoring rule, or software product.
Identifiers from ServicePoint concept:Identifier
Identifiers carried by this entity, such as national ID numbers, program IDs, or identifiers asserted by an identity document.
Classification
Service point type from ServicePoint string (service-point-type)
The category of service this point provides (health, education, distribution, WASH, etc.).
School type string (school-type)
The management and funding classification of a school (public, private, faith-based, or community), per UNESCO UIS categories.
School level served string (school-level)
The ISCED 2011 education level(s) served by this school. A school covering multiple levels (e.g., combined primary and lower secondary) should list all applicable levels.
Operational status from ServicePoint string (facility-operational-status)
Whether the service point is currently operational, partially operational, or non-functional.
Location
Located at from ServicePoint concept:Location The administrative or geographic location where this service point sits.
Governance
Managed by from ServicePoint concept:Organization
The organization that operates or manages this service point (government agency, NGO, UN agency, private provider).

Evidence

Not yet found in mapped delivery systems.

School is newly introduced in PublicSchema as a signal of cross-sector extensibility for the ServicePoint hierarchy. No direct School concept has been mapped in the six v1 convergence systems. Education management information systems (EMIS) and UNESCO UIS education facility registries are the natural candidates for a future convergence pass.

Standard Equivalent Match
schema.org School close
schema.org School is a subtype of EducationalOrganization, which conflates the organization and the physical facility. PublicSchema School is a subtype of ServicePoint (the physical facility), with the operating organization referenced separately via managed_by. The physical-facility semantics align closely; the organizational side diverges.

Referenced by this concept

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