Key:school:CH-GE

school:CH-GE
Description
Type of school in the Canton of Geneva (GE), Switzerland (CH).
Group: education
URL pattern
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:school:CH-GE#$1
Used on these elements
Requires
amenity=school education=school
Useful combination
operator:type=public website=* addr:street=* addr:housenumber=* addr:city=Genève addr:postcode=* addr:country=CH ref:CH-GE:dip:etab=*
See also
isced:level=* school=* grades=*
Status: in use
school:CH-GE=* More details at taginfo
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Key for school type in 1702419 1702419, the Canton of Geneva (GE), Switzerland (CH).

The key allows for simplified recording on the ground of the school type, equivalents are listed below.

The tag is generally applied to an area (way) around the entire school grounds.

Values

The headings below use lowercase and are to be linked from the map.

primaire

school:CH-GE=primaire

$1%

More details at taginfo

Possible equivalents:

• school=primary and school=kindergarten
• grades=1p-8p
• isced:level=0;1
• "1p-8p" can correspond to "K-6" elsewhere (or is it "-1" to 6?)

Notes:

• cycle élémentaire (CE), grades 1p-4p, for children from 4 to 8 years
• cycle moyen (CM), grades 5p-8p, for children from 8 to 12 years
• Most the 166 public schools in the canton have both (CE and CM).
• 2 or 3 écoles are grouped as part of a établissement
• https://www.ge.ch/bienvenue-ecole-primaire
• www.ge.ch/contacter-trouver-ecole-primaire and edu.ge.ch/primaire/ (lists);
• Cities/town generally also have a webpage about the school
• OSM: (Partial) map of public écoles primaires

cycle d'orientation

school:CH-GE=cycle d'orientation

$1%

More details at taginfo

Possible equivalents:

• secondaire I
• isced:level=2
• grades=9co-11co
• not:amenity=college
• not:school:CH-GE=collège

Notes:

• Confusingly, schools are now also sometimes also named Collège (for the type, see below).
• https://edu.ge.ch/secondaire1/
• https://www.ge.ch/contacter-trouver-cycle-orientation (list)

école de culture générale

school:CH-GE=école de culture générale

$1%

More details at taginfo

collège

school:CH-GE=collège

$1%

More details at taginfo

Possible equivalents:

• secondaire II
• isced:level=3
• school:FR=lycée
• not:amenity=college

Usual other tags

• name=* "Ecole"
• alt_name=*
• amenity=school
• education=school
• Address
  • addr:city=Genève or addr:city=*
  • addr:postcode=*
  • addr:street=*
  • addr:housenumber=*
  • addr:country=CH
• operator:type=*
• for operator:type=public:
  • ref:CH-GE:dip:etab=*
• for operator:type=private:
  • operator=*
  • operator:ref:CH:UID=*
• website=*
• ref:CH-GE:REG=*

Rarely:

• ref:CH-GE:archi=* (architectural description)
• wiki tags
• ref:CH:pcp=* (heritage buildings)