School Immunizations in Kindergarten by Academic Year

This dataset contains immunization status of kindergarten students in California in schools. Explanation of the different immunizations is in the attached data dictionary. The California Health and Safety Code Section 120325-75 requires students to provide proof of immunization for school and child care entry. Additionally, California Health and Safety Code Section 120375 and California Code of Regulation Section 6075 require all schools and child care facilities to assess and report annually the immunization status of their enrollees.

The annual kindergarten assessment is conducted each fall to monitor compliance with the California School Immunization law. Results from this assessment are used to measure immunization coverage among students entering kindergarten. Not all schools reported. This data set presents results from the kindergarten assessment and immunization coverage in kindergarten schools by county. To review individual school coverage and exemption rates in a separate lookup format, go to the School Lookup page at the Immunization Branch's Shots for School website: http://www.shotsforschool.org/lookup/

To see the PDF reports by year go to:https://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/reporting-data/

See the attached file 'Notes on Methods' for data suppression in the '2016-17 ' data and after.

For earlier years of data: https://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/reporting-data/

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Field Value
Contact Email [email protected]
Program Center for Infectious Diseases/Division of Communicable Disease Control/Immunization Branch/School Assessments Unit
Homepage URL https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/immunize.aspx
Temporal Coverage

2013-2014 Academic Year to Present
Spatial/Geographic Coverage

California
Geographic Granularity Regional
Language English (EN)
Frequency Annually
De-Identification Method

Immunization status of kindergarten students in California in schools with 10 or more kindergarten students enrolled. Smaller schools were excluded to help protect privacy.
Source Link https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/School/tk-12-reports.aspx
Data Collection Tool

https://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/reporting-data/
License Terms of Use
Limitations Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files.
Citation

School Assessments Unit, Immunization Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health. 2015. School Immunizations In Kindergarten.
Last Updated August 29, 2023, 16:22 (UTC)