Key:school
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The type of school ![]() ![]() |
Group: Education |
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This key is generally used to classify an amenity=school by its type.
Values
Some of the most common values correspond to local age-based school classification systems:
- school=kindergarten – redundant to amenity=kindergarten
- school=elementary – overlaps with isced:level=1, 2, and/or 3 in some countries
- school=primary – overlaps with isced:level=1 in some countries
- school=secondary – overlaps with isced:level=2 and/or 3 in some countries
- school=vocational – vocational school or trade school (secondary or post-secondary school that teaches professional or technical job skills); overlaps with isced:level=4 in some countries
Other common values indicate a specialization, which may overlap with one of the age-based classifications above:
- school=music – redundant to amenity=music_school; see also training=music
- school=sport – see also training=sport
- school=blind – schools for the blind and visually impaired people
- school=art – see also training=art
school=yes is another common value that in most cases should be removed in favor of amenity=school. However, in some cases, it may indicate some other relationship to a school that needs individual cleanup attention.
Subkeys
Normally, tag values are spelled according to British English, but many local school classification systems employ words that do not translate one-for-one to British English. Several countries have adopted subkeys that accept values in the local language without the need for translation. Some common country-dependent subkeys as of May 2022:
- 🇧🇫 school:BF=*
- 🇧🇯 school:BJ=*
- 🇨🇩 school:CD=*
- 🇨🇲 school:CM=*
- 🇩🇪 school:DE=*
- 🇫🇷 school:FR=*
- 🇭🇹 school:HT=*
- 🇲🇬 school:MG=*
- 🇸🇳 school:SN=*
Other uses
School entrances
Some mappers have tagged the entrance to a school building or schoolgrounds as school=entrance (see Homonymous keys). However, entrance=* is the approved key for any kind of entrance, including school entrances. (The main entrance would be entrance=main.) As of May 2022, 1,729 entrances are tagged school=entrance and 290 are tagged school=entrance entrance=*. Presumably there are many more entrance=* nodes on amenity=school or building=school ways.
School bus routes
On type=route and type=route_master relations, school=yes indicates that a route is intended for transporting students. For example, in conjunction with route=bus, it distinguishes a school bus route from a general-purpose bus route. As of May 2022, this combination is present on 79 route relations, most of them in Paris.
See also
- Education features
- Key:school: namespace
- grades=*
- school_bus=* for indicating whether a school bus (as opposed to other kinds of buses) can legally travel on a roadway or use a parking lot