California school board elections, 2026
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Ballotpedia covers tens of thousands of school board elections across the United States each year. This page contains links to this state's school districts where Ballotpedia is covering elections in 2026. The following table lists districts that overlap with the nation's 100 largest cities or that are among the nation's 200 largest school districts and for which Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage.
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.
| District | Primary | Primary Runoff | General Election | General Runoff Election | Seats up for election | Total board seats | 2023-2024 enrollment |
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| Compton Unified School District | - | - | 6/2/2026 | - | 4 | 7 | 16,738 |
| Long Beach Unified School District | 6/2/2026 | - | 11/3/2026 | - | 3 | 5 | 63,966 |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | 6/2/2026 | - | 11/3/2026 | - | 3 | 7 | 419,929 |
| San Francisco Unified School District | - | - | 6/2/2026 (special) | - | 1 | 7 | 48,736 |
| San Francisco Unified School District | - | - | 11/3/2026 | - | 3 | 7 | 48,736 |
| Twin Rivers Unified School District | - | - | 6/2/2026 | - | 3 | 7 | 24,386 |
Recalls
- See also: Recall campaigns in California and School board recalls
| State | Specific grounds required? | Signature requirement | Petition circulation time | When recalls can start |
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| California | No | 10% to 30% of registered voters (depending on population of jurisdiction) | 40 to 160 days (depending on population of jurisdiction) | Recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for 90 days, and they cannot start in the last six months of an officer's term |
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