Released: November 10, 2026
Overview
This update refreshes the high school and college code (CEEB) list behind school lookups in Element451, using the College Board’s 2026 data. It adds codes for schools that were missing, improves and corrects names and addresses on existing schools, and retires codes the College Board no longer uses. Students should find their school more easily on forms and applications, and the school data on student records should be more accurate.
Student records that point to a retired code keep that school; the code is marked inactive instead of being deleted.
Details
New schools added – Including newly opened schools, education providers and updated home-school codes for each state.
Names and addresses updated – About 28,800 existing schools have updated names, addresses or locations. Abbreviated or truncated names now show in full, for example “Saint” instead of “St” or "High School" rather than HS.
Outdated codes retired – About 7,900 codes no longer in use are marked inactive. Codes for schools that now use a different code are linked to the new one.
Duplicate schools cleaned up – Schools that showed up under two codes are now linked to the current code.
Consistent place names – State, province, county and country names have been normalized.
Updated Geolocations for US schools.
Note: Existing student records are not changed. School details are saved to a student’s record when the student selects or updates their school on a form or application. This update does not change school names or addresses already saved on existing records. The updated details apply only for new records or the next time a student selects or updates their school.
Benefit
Student see the most up to date school details when searching to add their school via forms or applications. Your team gets cleaner, more consistent school data for reports, segments and reviewing applications.
New, more consistent Annual updates going forward. This update sets up an improved process for refreshing Element451's CEEB list. From now on, Element451 will update the list once a year in early August, so school lookups are current before each new admissions cycle.