California school board elections, 2024

Elections

The table below contains links to all school board elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024 in this state. This list may not include all school districts that held elections in 2024. Ballotpedia's coverage included all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment.

Editor's note: Some school districts choose to cancel the primary election, or both the primary and general election, if the number of candidates who filed does not meet a certain threshold. The table below does not reflect which primary or general elections were canceled. Please click through to each school district's page for more information.

2024 California School Board Elections
District	Primary	General Election	General Runoff Election	Regular term length	Seats up for election	Total board seats	2022-2023 enrollment
Alum Rock Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	7,529
Alvord Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	17,106
Anaheim Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	14,618
Anaheim Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	27,748
Bakersfield City School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	28,835
Beardsley School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	1,941
Berryessa Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	5,940
Cambrian School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	2,919
Campbell Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	8,639
Campbell Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	6,253
Capistrano Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	41,855
Central Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	15,742
Centralia Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	4,129
Chula Vista Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	22,226
Clovis Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	42,802
Colton Joint Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	19,297
Compton Unified School District	N/A	3/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	17,437
Corona-Norco Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	50,790
Coronado Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	2,799
Cupertino Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	13,467
Del Mar Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	3,748
East Side Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	21,148
Elk Grove Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	62,061
Escondido Union High School District	N/A	3/5/2024 (special)	N/A	4	1	5	6,881
Escondido Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	6,881
Evergreen Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	8,880
Fairfax Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	2,678
Fontana Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	33,910
Fowler Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	2,571
Franklin-McKinley School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	5,952
Fremont Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	33,107
Fremont Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	10,019
Fresno Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	69,668
Fruitvale School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	3,031
Garden Grove Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	38,164
General Shafter School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	3	179
Grossmont Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	16,738
Irvine Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	36,542
Kern High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	43,020
Lamont Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	2,696
Lincoln Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	8,826
Lodi Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	27,323
Long Beach Unified School District	3/5/2024	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	65,554
Los Angeles Unified School District	3/5/2024	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	427,795
Magnolia School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	5,001
Manteca Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	24,667
Moreland School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	3,940
Moreno Valley Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	31,653
Morgan Hill Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	8,013
Mount Pleasant Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	1,648
National Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	4,344
Natomas Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	14,552
Newhall School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	5,927
Newport-Mesa Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	17,816
Norris School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	3,878
Oak Grove School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	8,663
Oakland Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	34,149
Orange Center School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	254
Orange Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	5	7	24,764
Orchard Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	763
Panama-Buena Vista Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	19,107
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	23,138
Poway Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	34,900
Redlands Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	19,773
Rialto Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	24,132
Rio Bravo-Greeley Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	1,012
Riverside Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	39,425
Robla Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	1,904
Rosedale Union Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	6,041
Sacramento City Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	38,821
Saddleback Valley Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	23,711
San Bernardino City Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	45,971
San Diego Unified School District	3/5/2024	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	93,893
San Dieguito Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	12,615
San Francisco Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	48,785
San Jose Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	25,451
San Juan Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	38,119
San Pasqual Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	486
San Ramon Valley Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	29,680
San Ysidro School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	4,260
Sanger Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	13,188
Santa Ana Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	39,935
Santa Clara Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	13,919
Santee School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	6,151
Saugus Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	9,097
Savanna Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	1,806
Solana Beach Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	2,725
Standard Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	3,046
Stockton Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	35,424
Sulphur Springs Union School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	5,210
Sweetwater Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	36,109
Tracy Joint Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	7	13,925
Tustin Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	21,830
Twin Rivers Unified School District	N/A	3/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	24,106
Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	3,801
Vineland Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	676
Washington Unified School District (Fresno)	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	4	7	2,551
West Park Elementary School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	3	5	511
William S. Hart Union High School District	N/A	11/5/2024	N/A	4	2	5	21,011

Academic performance

See also: Public education in California

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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The chart below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to three neighboring states (Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon), California's fourth grade students fared the worst in mathematics, with 33 percent scoring at or above proficient in the 2012-2013 school year.

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
California	33%	28%	27%	29%
Arizona	40%	31%	28%	28%
Nevada	34%	28%	27%	30%
Oregon	40%	34%	33%	37%
United States	41%	34%	34%	34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables"

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for California and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.

California schools reported a graduation rate of 80.4 percent, highest among its neighboring states.

In California, more students took the SAT than the ACT, earning an average SAT score of 1,505.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013
State	Graduation rate, 2013		Average ACT composite, 2013		Average SAT composite, 2013
	Percent	Quintile ranking**	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
California	80.4%	Third	22.2	26%	1,505	57%
Arizona	75.1%	Fifth	19.6	50%	1,551	35%
Nevada	70.7%	Fifth	21.3	32%	1,454	48%
Oregon	68.7%	Fifth	21.5	34%	1,539	49%
United States	81.4%		20.9	54%	1498	50%
**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Sources: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express" ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores" The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013"

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for California was higher than the national average at 4.2 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 4 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.

State profile

State profile

Demographic data for California
	California	U.S.
Total population:	38,993,940	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	155,779	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	61.8%	73.6%
Black/African American:	5.9%	12.6%
Asian:	13.7%	5.1%
Native American:	0.7%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more:	4.5%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	38.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	81.8%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	31.4%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$61,818	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	18.2%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in California. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in California

California voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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Pivot Counties

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in California. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won California with 61.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 31.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, California voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, California voted Democratic all five times. In 2016, California had 55 electoral votes, which was the most of any state. The 55 electoral votes were 10.2 percent of all 538 available electoral votes and were 20.4 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in California. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 58 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 38.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 66 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 40.3 points. Clinton won 11 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 12.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 13 points.

2016 Presidential Results by State Assembly District
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	39.63%	57.31%	R+17.7	36.09%	56.75%	R+20.7	R
2	64.68%	30.51%	D+34.2	62.20%	28.98%	D+33.2	D
3	42.41%	54.46%	R+12.1	39.47%	53.31%	R+13.8	R
4	63.16%	33.86%	D+29.3	63.03%	29.95%	D+33.1	D
5	41.27%	55.92%	R+14.7	38.51%	54.85%	R+16.3	R
6	38.59%	59.09%	R+20.5	41.17%	52.02%	R+10.9	R
7	67.59%	29.61%	D+38	67.63%	25.69%	D+41.9	D
8	51.72%	45.62%	D+6.1	51.77%	41.03%	D+10.7	D
9	60.56%	37.52%	D+23	61.47%	32.89%	D+28.6	D
10	73.76%	23.28%	D+50.5	75.65%	17.96%	D+57.7	D
11	60.96%	36.87%	D+24.1	58.86%	35.17%	D+23.7	D
12	45.19%	52.50%	R+7.3	43.11%	51.05%	R+7.9	R
13	64.23%	33.88%	D+30.4	62.97%	31.79%	D+31.2	D
14	68.80%	28.72%	D+40.1	69.55%	24.47%	D+45.1	D
15	86.82%	9.56%	D+77.3	87.39%	7.04%	D+80.4	D
16	57.74%	40.10%	D+17.6	64.47%	29.23%	D+35.2	R
17	87.07%	9.36%	D+77.7	88.12%	6.95%	D+81.2	D
18	86.89%	10.23%	D+76.7	85.89%	8.44%	D+77.5	D
19	78.94%	18.38%	D+60.6	81.63%	13.34%	D+68.3	D
20	75.74%	22.15%	D+53.6	75.52%	19.12%	D+56.4	D
21	55.61%	42.03%	D+13.6	54.63%	39.46%	D+15.2	D
22	71.43%	26.31%	D+45.1	75.16%	19.75%	D+55.4	D
23	43.46%	54.71%	R+11.2	43.95%	50.78%	R+6.8	R
24	72.16%	24.96%	D+47.2	78.19%	15.93%	D+62.3	D
25	72.40%	25.26%	D+47.1	73.61%	20.90%	D+52.7	D
26	41.15%	56.68%	R+15.5	41.54%	52.93%	R+11.4	R
27	76.36%	21.54%	D+54.8	77.76%	17.29%	D+60.5	D
28	66.64%	30.77%	D+35.9	70.63%	23.08%	D+47.6	D
29	69.95%	26.66%	D+43.3	70.00%	22.96%	D+47	D
30	66.99%	30.86%	D+36.1	66.70%	27.32%	D+39.4	D
31	61.98%	36.21%	D+25.8	62.13%	32.93%	D+29.2	D
32	56.20%	41.81%	D+14.4	56.50%	37.98%	D+18.5	D
33	41.80%	55.51%	R+13.7	40.02%	54.61%	R+14.6	R
34	33.96%	63.85%	R+29.9	34.07%	60.21%	R+26.1	R
35	47.82%	49.42%	R+1.6	49.57%	43.43%	D+6.1	R
36	48.79%	48.48%	D+0.3	49.94%	43.86%	D+6.1	R
37	60.97%	36.28%	D+24.7	64.27%	29.21%	D+35.1	D
38	46.73%	50.84%	R+4.1	49.64%	44.39%	D+5.2	R
39	73.75%	23.67%	D+50.1	74.64%	19.80%	D+54.8	D
40	53.14%	44.72%	D+8.4	54.08%	40.01%	D+14.1	R
41	59.74%	37.72%	D+22	62.82%	31.27%	D+31.5	D
42	44.98%	52.93%	R+7.9	45.61%	49.70%	R+4.1	R
43	67.35%	29.62%	D+37.7	68.94%	25.45%	D+43.5	D
44	52.37%	45.51%	D+6.9	57.12%	36.99%	D+20.1	D
45	63.46%	34.12%	D+29.3	67.36%	27.39%	D+40	D
46	73.73%	23.65%	D+50.1	76.20%	18.48%	D+57.7	D
47	71.49%	26.54%	D+44.9	70.10%	24.80%	D+45.3	D
48	64.08%	33.44%	D+30.6	65.60%	28.50%	D+37.1	D
49	64.69%	33.26%	D+31.4	67.57%	27.17%	D+40.4	D
50	70.79%	26.51%	D+44.3	76.72%	18.33%	D+58.4	D
51	83.48%	13.50%	D+70	84.05%	10.19%	D+73.9	D
52	65.01%	32.92%	D+32.1	65.78%	28.71%	D+37.1	D
53	84.64%	12.59%	D+72	84.83%	9.63%	D+75.2	D
54	83.62%	13.88%	D+69.7	85.15%	10.12%	D+75	D
55	45.77%	52.23%	R+6.5	49.92%	44.61%	D+5.3	R
56	62.14%	36.26%	D+25.9	64.21%	31.24%	D+33	D
57	63.71%	34.01%	D+29.7	65.92%	28.39%	D+37.5	D
58	70.24%	27.80%	D+42.4	72.54%	22.26%	D+50.3	D
59	93.24%	5.19%	D+88	90.70%	5.09%	D+85.6	D
60	51.32%	46.31%	D+5	52.48%	41.97%	D+10.5	D
61	63.43%	34.55%	D+28.9	62.47%	31.62%	D+30.9	D
62	80.81%	17.00%	D+63.8	82.05%	13.06%	D+69	D
63	76.06%	21.73%	D+54.3	77.35%	17.38%	D+60	D
64	88.74%	9.98%	D+78.8	86.21%	9.61%	D+76.6	D
65	51.90%	45.68%	D+6.2	56.73%	37.28%	D+19.4	D
66	54.18%	43.24%	D+10.9	59.97%	33.60%	D+26.4	D
67	39.61%	58.33%	R+18.7	38.89%	55.94%	R+17.1	R
68	42.55%	55.12%	R+12.6	49.42%	44.58%	D+4.8	R
69	67.37%	30.30%	D+37.1	71.94%	22.33%	D+49.6	D
70	67.38%	29.93%	D+37.5	68.13%	25.09%	D+43	D
71	38.47%	59.51%	R+21	38.19%	56.26%	R+18.1	R
72	46.71%	51.06%	R+4.4	51.40%	43.13%	D+8.3	R
73	38.68%	59.36%	R+20.7	43.89%	50.38%	R+6.5	R
74	45.14%	52.42%	R+7.3	50.71%	43.29%	D+7.4	R
75	39.42%	58.50%	R+19.1	43.22%	50.68%	R+7.5	R
76	48.76%	49.04%	R+0.3	53.11%	40.38%	D+12.7	R
77	48.25%	49.83%	R+1.6	55.16%	38.94%	D+16.2	R
78	63.15%	34.08%	D+29.1	67.48%	25.85%	D+41.6	D
79	61.21%	36.91%	D+24.3	64.24%	30.04%	D+34.2	D
80	69.47%	28.67%	D+40.8	73.15%	21.34%	D+51.8	D
Total	60.35%	37.19%	D+23.2	62.25%	31.89%	D+30.4	-
Source: Daily Kos

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Battleground election

San Francisco Unified School District

See also: San Francisco Unified School District, California, elections (2024)

Ballotpedia identified the November 5, 2024, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Incumbent Matt Alexander, Parag Gupta, Jaime Huling, and Supryia Marie Ray won election to four seats on the seven-member San Francisco Unified School District school board (SFUSD) in California on November 5, 2024. Following the election, moderates held a 5-2 majority, while progressives held a 4-3 majority before the election.

Eleven candidates ran in the nonpartisan election. Alexander, Gupta, Huling, John Jersin, and Ray led in media attention and endorsements. Board members serve four-year terms.

Alexander was the only incumbent who ran for re-election. Incumbents Jenny Lam, Mark Sanchez, and Kevine Boggess did not seek re-election.

Before the election, the San Francisco Chronicle's Jill Tucker said the school board election would be as crucial as the presidential and mayoral races because "[t]he next school board will arguably face one of the most difficult periods in the district's recent history with massive budget cuts needed to avert insolvency and an overhaul of the student assignment system pending along with a new payroll system to replace a bug-riddled $40 million platform." Other issues included school closures, a state-imposed hiring freeze, a decline in enrollment, more than 250 special education vacancies, absenteeism, pandemic-related learning loss, and student mental health concerns.

Gupta, Huling, and Jersin announced their candidacies together, forming a slate of moderate candidates, according to SFIST. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Ray, though not a member of the moderate slate, was also a moderate candidate. Alexander was a progressive candidate.

In an interview with Mission Local, retired political consultant David Latterman said, "With few voters directly involved with San Francisco public schools — less than one-fifth of the city’s voters have children, and even fewer send those children to public schools — a candidate’s endorsements play an outsized role in getting elected in a down-ballot race like school board." The United Educators of San Francisco, Grow SF, TogetherSF Action, and the San Francisco Democratic Party endorsed Gupta, Huling, and Jersin. The United Educators of San Francisco also endorsed Alexander. SF Parent Action, Grow SF, TogetherSF Action, and the San Francisco Democratic Party endorsed Ray.

Alexander was the board president, a community organizer at Faith in Action Bay Area, and a former teacher and principal. He said to achieve academic excellence for all children "SFUSD also must stabilize our finances, fully staff our schools, and be more responsive to the needs of families."

Gupta was the chief program officer at Mercy Housing. He said his top priority was "to demonstrate the school district is serious in remedying the projected $421 million deficit so we may avert a total state takeover. I feel strongly that the San Francisco community is best placed to decide its priorities and balance its budget."

Huling was a supervising deputy city attorney of Oakland, California. Huling said she was running "to ensure we balance the budget to prioritize equity and excellence, and ensure all of our kids have the opportunities and supports they deserve."

Jersin was the co-founder of an education nonprofit, the Jersin Foundation. He said as a member of SFUSD Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee, "I have found opportunities to increase revenue via fixes to our enrollment system" and would bring "needed management and financial experience to the Board of Education."

Ray was an attorney and writer. She said the district's budget was her number one campaign issue and that she would "insist on transparency and hold administrators accountable for presenting credible budgets; developing and maintaining critical systems; and scrutinizing every dollar spent for its impact on students."

Education ballot measures

On November 5, 2024, 11 education-related ballot measures were on the ballot in 10 states. To read more about education ballot measures on the ballot in 2024, click here.

In California, there was one education measure on the ballot.

California Proposition 2, Public Education Facilities Bond Measure

What would this measure do?

A "yes" vote supported issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities.

A "no" vote opposed issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities.

See also

California	School Boards	News and Analysis
Public education in California List of school districts in California School board elections in California	School board elections, 2024 School board elections, 2023 California school board elections, 2023	Ballotpedia's school board candidate survey

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