PUBLIC-RECORD DATA. Real organization name, phone & address from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD). The contact-name, title, email & web-domain columns are empty disclosed seams — the source does not publish them and they are never fabricated. Scope is the Education (K-12) layer of SLED.
US SLED Contact Directory — Education layer

Verification Report

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Verification Report — US SLED Contact Directory

Real public-record data from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) — LEA Directory (via Urban Institute Education Data Portal). Verification asserts the directory is complete, correctly grouped by state, integrity-checksummed to its provenance, and that the four fields the source cannot supply (contact name, title, email, domain) are empty for every record — never fabricated.

Strictness: IRS_AUDITOR | Status: PASS 17/17 (100%) | Generated: 2026-06-26T11:57:10.796Z

Disclosed seams & limitations

  • DISCLOSED SEAM — no named contact: the source (NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) — LEA Directory (via Urban Institute Education Data Portal)) does not publish a named individual per organization, so the "contactName" column is empty for all 19453 records. It is never fabricated.
  • DISCLOSED SEAM — no title: there is no per-person job title in the source; the "contactTitle" column is empty for every record.
  • DISCLOSED SEAM — no email: the source publishes no email addresses; the "email" column is empty for every record. Emails are not invented.
  • DISCLOSED SEAM — no web domain: the source publishes no website/domain field; the "domain" column is empty for every record.
  • SCOPE SEAM — education sector only: "SLED" here is realized as the Education layer (public K-12 school districts / LEAs). State agencies, county/municipal/local governments, and higher-ed institutions are NOT included in this build (see design/CAPABILITY_GAP.json capability seams).
  • DATASET VINTAGE: data is the NCES CCD LEA Directory for school year 2023; it reflects that collection cycle, not today.

Directory metrics

MetricValue
totalOrganizations19453
jurisdictions51
statesPlusDc51
phoneCoveragePct100
realColumns16
seamColumns4
fabricatedValues0
unsupportedSourceRecords0
datasetYear2023
contactsJsonBytes14549413
contactsCsvBytes6921778

Checks

CheckDetailResult
Every record loads and totals agree across dataset + summary + manifestcontacts=19453, summary=19453, manifest=19453PASS
All 50 states + DC are present (51 jurisdictions), no extrasstates=51, expected=51PASS
Every jurisdiction has at least one organizationemptyStates=0PASS
Every record has the real required fields (name, type, phone, state, provenance)incomplete=0/19453PASS
Phone-number coverage is at least 99%100.0% (19453/19453)PASS
DISCLOSED SEAMS are empty for every record (no fabricated name/title/email/domain)seamFields=[contactTitle, contactName, email, domain], nonEmpty=0PASS
Every record carries the official source name + a source URL on the NCES/Urban hostbadSource=0PASS
dataset/contacts.json matches the sha256 recorded in the provenance manifestmatch=truePASS
dataset/contacts.csv matches the sha256 recorded in the provenance manifestmatch=truePASS
Fetch log shows one HTTP 200 request per jurisdiction (51/51)requests=51, non200=0PASS
Per-state grouping partitions every record exactly oncesum=19453 == 19453PASS
A per-state JSON file exists for all 51 jurisdictions with matching countsall matchPASS
CSV header equals the canonical schema and row count equals record countheader=true, rows=19453/19453PASS
Grouping is deterministic and the dataset is canonically sorted (state, then name)stable=true, globallySorted=truePASS
Untouched raw API responses are retained as evidence and match the delivered countsAK + DC matchPASS
Standalone site builds to public/index.htmlbuilt=true, 2265 KBPASS
Site embeds the full directory (record count + state grouping + a known org)embeds=truePASS