Key:school

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