Tag:amenity=school
 amenity = school
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A primary or secondary school (pupils typically aged 6 to 18). 
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Use amenity=school to identify a place where pupils, normally between the ages of about 6 and 18 are taught under the supervision of teachers. This includes, according to the ISCED:
- primary schools (ISCED 1, tagged with
isced:level=1) and - secondary schools (ISCED 2 and 3, tagged with
isced:level=2;3), in some countries called high schools .
For other educational establishments, see
amenity=kindergarten(ISCED 0),amenity=collegeandamenity=university(ISCED 5-8)- further facilities.
For school ground see the feature landuse=education.
How to map
There are several standard situations regarding schools. Each school should be mapped only once. Don't double them.
Schools can be further defined by the following tags::
operator=*– Name of operator, often the local education authority.operator:type=*– type of operator, e.g. community / religious / private / government- Address and other contact details
capacity=*, the maximum number of pupils the school can acceptisced:level=*, for the educational level according to the ISCED scalegrades=*– Which grades the school provides, can be used in conjunction withisced:level=*min_age=*andmax_age=*to indicate age range of children that attend the schoolfee=yesif the school requires a direct charge for core services.religion=*, if the school is associated with a particular religion (alsodenomination=*)ref=*, if school has a reference number
Single school on one site
If you have a single school on one ground, mark the boundary of the school using an Area or place a Node in the middle of the site if you are in a hurry (or don't have access to information about the boundary and it is not obvious from aerial imagery). If you use a Area it is also optional to mark the area with landuse=education too, but it is not neccessary.
Multiple school on one site
When one or more schools share their grounds use the following schema. This also applies when schools share a site with other amenity=*.
- Mark the outer boundary of the shared school grounds/campus/area using an area with the tag
landuse=education. If this shared area has its own name, tag this as well. - For each school or other amenity tag a node at an appropriate place within this area, or if the school has its own building for its exclusive use on the grounds, add the amenity-tag to the building outline . Make sure that there is only one OSM-element for each school. Add the school's details to the relevant amenities.
School with multiple sites
If a single school occupies a discontiguous campus, it should be represented by a multipolygon relation that includes all the parts of the campus. If part of the campus can only be represented by a point for some reason, then a multipolygon would not be valid, but a site relation has sometimes been used as an alternative.[1] Either way, make sure to use amenity=school and other tags on the relation.
Multiple school campuses operated by the same organization should be separate amenity=school areas. Do not use a relation to express the relationship between the campuses; instead, tag each campus with a matching operator=*, brand=*, or owner=* tag.
Campus details
Several details can be added when drawing the complete school campus.
building=schoolis used for purpose-built school buildings (reused buildings keep their building type).- appropriate additional tags can be added to the building, for example
amenity=swimming_pool. entrance=*and if appropriatebarrier=gatecan be considered for the points where roads, paths or other access routes into the school grounds cross the boundary of the school. Building entrances can be mapped with a node on the building outline, with one of the following tags:leisure=pitchis used for individual sports pitches. Where an individual sport can be identified,sport=*andsurface=grass/asphalt/...can be added.leisure=sports_hallis used for indoor sports facilities, if purpose-built withbuilding=sports_hall.landuse=grassis used for areas of grass, possibly covering multiple pitches or used for other purposes.leisure=schoolyardis an open space in schools, specifically for recreation but usually without playground infrastructure.leisure=playgroundis often found on primary school grounds with infrastructure such asplayground=climbingframeetc.
Disambiguation
Typical facilities outside the scope of amenity=school are:
amenity=college– Institute of Further Education (similar to Continuing Education). Not the same as a "college" in American English.amenity=university– Institute of Higher Educationamenity=kindergarten– Kindergarten, play group or preschoolamenity=preschoolamenity=kindergartenoramenity=childcare- Specialty schools:
amenity=dancing_school– also seeleisure=dancedance:teaching=yesamenity=driving_school– Motor vehicle driving lessonsamenity=flight_school– Proposed. Training to fly an aircraft. Also seeamenity=collegeamenity=language_school– an educational institution where one studies a foreign languageamenity=music_school– Music schoolamenity=prep_school– Standardized test preparation school, other than a British preparatory school (which nominally prepares for the w:Common Entrance Examination), or an American college-preparatory school (for which, useamenity=school).amenity=ski_school
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Notes and references
- ↑ For example, this school occupies multiple classrooms scattered about a campus shared with other schools. Each classroom is mapped as a point because the exact indoor layout of each building is unknown. Since a valid multipolygon cannot include a point as a member, a site relation is the next best representation of this school. A
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