Student Information Systems

Data requirements for the Starter Kit are provided below.

• Elements listed as optional should be provided when available: while their absence will not cause issues with the starter kit visualizations, their presence will enhance the capabilities of the starter kit.
• Descriptors (values suffixed with "Descriptor" below) must be consistent with the standard values provided as part of Ed-Fi Data Standard v3.2.
  • Links to specific sets are provided below in Ed-Fi XML format. See the section "Descriptors" to understand how these look in JSON format for transit.
  • Descriptor values marked as "deprecated" must not be used.
• A note on IDs (for entities like students, staff, parents, schools and the district itself): these must be the local district identifiers, which are the ones that typically appear by default in the SIS. They must not be state, federal, or other identifiers unless those are used by the district's SIS.

Note that the ODS database information (where the data lands in the Ed-Fi ODS platform) is provided in the rightmost columns. This information can be very helpful to you during development if you are using a local Ed-Fi ODS to test against.

API Resource	API Resouce Field	Required/Optional	Constraints	ODS Database Table	ODS Database Column
/schools
schools	SchoolId	Required		edfi.School	SchoolId
schools	nameOfInstitution	Required		edfi.School	SchoolName
/students			Must provide all currently enrolled students in the current school year
students	firstName	Required		edfi.Student	FirstName
students	lastSurname	Required		edfi.Student	LastSurname
students	middleName	Optional		edfi.Student	MiddleName
studentSchoolAssociations	SchoolId	Required		edfi.StudentSchoolAssociation	SchoolId
studentSchoolAssociations	studentUniqueId	Required	Must be the local SIS identifier (i.e., not the state or other ID)	edfi.StudentSchoolAssociation	StudentUniqueId
/calendarDates
calendarDates	date	Required		edfi.CalendarDateCalendarEvent	Date
/studentSectionAssociations
studentSectionAssociations	localCourseCode	Required		edfi.StudentSectionAssociation	LocalCourseCode
/course
courses	academicSubjectDescriptor	Required	Must be an Ed-Fi value as defined in AcademicSubjectDescriptor	edfi.Course	AcademicSubjectDescriptorId
/staffs
staffs	firstName	Required		edfi.Staff	FirstName
staffs	lastSurname	Required		edfi.Staff	MiddleName
staffs	middleName	Optional		edfi.Staff	LastSurname
/sections
sections	sectionName	Required		edfi.Section	SectionName
sections	sessionName	Required		edfi.Section	SessionName
sections	schoolId	Required		edfi.Section	SchoolId
sections	localCourseCode	Required		edfi.Section	LocalCourseCode
sections	schoolYear	Required		edfi.Section	SchoolYear
sections	sectionIdentifier	Required		edfi.Section	SectionIdentifier
/studentSchoolAssociations
studentSchoolAssociations	studentUniqueId	Required		StudentSchoolAssociation	StudentUniqueId
studentSchoolAssociations	schoolId	Required		edfi.StudentSchoolAssociation	SchoolId
/studentEducationOrganizationAssociations
studentEducationOrganizationAssociations	disabilities=>disabilityDescriptor	Required	Must be an Ed-Fi value as defined in DisabilityDescriptor	edfi.StudentEducationOrganizationAssociationDisability	DisabilityDescriptorId
studentEducationOrganizationAssociations	races=>raceDescriptor	Required	Must be an Ed-Fi value as defined in RaceDescriptor	edfi.StudentEducationOrganizationAssociationRace	RaceDescriptorId
studentEducationOrganizationAssociations	studentCharacteristics=>studentCharacteristicDescriptor	Required	Must be an Ed-Fi value as defined in StudentCharacteristic	edfi.StudentEducationOrganizationAssociationStudentCharacteristic	StudentCharacteristicDescriptorId
/programs
programs	programName	Required		edfi.StudentProgramAssociation	ProgramName
/studentProgramAssociations
studentProgramAssociations	studentUniqueId	Required		edfi.StudentProgramAssociation	StudentUniqueId
studentProgramAssociations	SchoolId	Required		edfi.StudentProgramAssociation	SchoolId
/studentSectionAssociations
studentSectionAssociations	schoolId	Required		edfi.StudentSectionAssociation	SchoolId
studentSectionAssociations	localCourseCode	Required		edfi.StudentSectionAssociation	LocalCourseCode
studentSectionAssociations	schoolYear	Required		edfi.StudentSectionAssociation	SchoolYear
studentSectionAssociations	sectionIdentifier	Required		edfi.StudentSectionAssociation	SectionIdentifier
studentSectionAssociations	sessionName	Required		edfi.StudentSectionAssociation	SessionName