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North Carolina school board elections, 2026

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School board elections in the largest cities and school districts

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.

2026 North Carolina School Board Elections
DistrictPrimaryPrimary RunoffGeneral ElectionGeneral Runoff ElectionSeats up for electionTotal board seats2023-2024 enrollment
Cabarrus County Schools3/3/20265/12/202611/3/2026-3735,021
Cumberland County Schools--11/3/2026-3949,314
Durham Public Schools--3/3/2026-4731,339
Guilford County Schools3/3/20265/12/202611/3/2026-5967,832
Johnston County Schools3/3/20265/12/202611/3/2026-3737,289
Union County Public Schools3/3/2026-11/3/2026-4941,687
Wake County Public School System--11/3/2026-49161,481
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools3/3/20265/12/202611/3/2026-9952,157

Expanded school board election coverage

In addition to any coverage listed above, the table below contains Ballotpedia's expanded school district coverage in North Carolina in 2026.

2026 North Carolina Expanded School Board Election Coverage
District2023 - 2024 Enrollment
Alexander County Schools4,365
Anson County Schools2,912
Ashe County Schools2,698
Avery County Schools1,856
Beaufort County Schools5,802
Bladen County Schools3,843
Caldwell County Schools10,665
Carteret County Public Schools8,035
Caswell County Schools2,149
Catawba County Schools15,880
Cherokee County Schools3,108
Clay County Schools1,301
Cleveland County Schools14,458
Clinton City Schools3,005
Craven County Schools12,584
Dare County Schools5,102
Davie County Schools6,141
Edgecombe County Schools5,299
Franklin County Schools7,994
Gaston County Schools30,253
Gates County Schools1,448
Granville County Schools6,553
Halifax County Schools2,165
Iredell-Statesville Schools20,721
Jones County Schools1,041
Kannapolis City Schools5,385
Lenoir County Public Schools8,372
Lincoln County Schools11,642
McDowell County Schools5,661
Moore County Schools12,990
New Hanover County Schools25,028
Northampton County Schools1,300
Onslow County Schools27,592
Orange County Schools7,067
Pamlico County Schools1,215
Pender County Schools11,075
Perquimans County Schools1,689
Public Schools of Robeson County20,983
Richmond County Schools6,639
Rockingham County Schools11,379
Rowan-Salisbury Schools18,110
Rutherford County Schools7,409
Sampson County Schools8,086
Scotland County Schools5,533
Stokes County Schools5,585
Surry County Schools7,352
Swain County Schools1,897
Transylvania County Schools3,317
Tyrrell County Schools463
Vance County Schools5,368
Warren County Schools1,692
Washington County Schools1,058
Watauga County Schools4,746
Wilkes County Schools8,625
Yadkin County Schools5,226


Recalls

See also: Recall campaigns in North Carolina and School board recalls
State Specific grounds required? Signature requirement Petition circulation time When recalls can start
North Carolina No 10% of registered voters in the jurisdiction as of the last election[1] 30 days Recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for six months, and they cannot start in the last six months of an officer's term[1]

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 North Carolina General Assembly, "1993 SESSION: CHAPTER 660: SENATE BILL 1682," accessed July 29, 2021
  2. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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