Oklahoma school board elections, 2026

Oklahoma 2026 elections

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Elections

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Statistics

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 Oklahoma School Board Elections
District	Primary	Primary Runoff	General Election	General Runoff Election	Seats up for election	Total board seats	2023-2024 enrollment
Banner Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	3	319
Bixby Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	8,061
Broken Arrow Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	20,054
Catoosa Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	1,828
Crooked Oak Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	3	5	1,254
Crutcho Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	2	3	386
Deer Creek Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	7,921
Edmond Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	25,878
Jenks Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	12,632
Jones Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	1,137
Little Axe Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	1,153
Luther Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	2	5	835
McLoud Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	2	5	1,595
Midwest City-Del City Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	12,380
Millwood Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	1,094
Moore Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	24,174
Mustang Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	13,630
Oakdale Public School	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	3	702
Oklahoma City Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	2	8	32,899
Owasso Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	9,898
Piedmont Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	5,327
Putnam City Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	18,733
Tulsa Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	2	7	33,562
Union Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	14,974
Western Heights Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	2	5	2,888
Yukon Public Schools	2/10/2026	-	4/7/2026	-	1	5	9,521

Expanded school board election coverage

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

2026 Oklahoma Expanded School Board Election Coverage
District	2023 - 2024 Enrollment
Achille Public Schools	300
Allen Public Schools	440
Altus Public Schools	3,589
Anadarko Public Schools	1,362
Ardmore Public Schools	2,617
Asher Public Schools	279
Big Pasture Public Schools	210
Brushy Public School	363
Buffalo Public Schools	249
Burns Flat-Dill City Schools	482
Caddo Public Schools	492
Calumet Public Schools	272
Canton Public Schools	312
Canute Public Schools	408
Carney Public Schools	216
Cave Springs Public Schools	185
Cement Public Schools	179
Central Public Schools	507
Chelsea Public Schools	808
Chisholm Public Schools	1,120
Chouteau-Mazie Public Schools	820
Clayton Public Schools	239
Coleman Public Schools	224
Comanche Public Schools	862
Commerce Public Schools	892
Copan Public Schools	250
Drumright Public Schools	420
Eagletown Public Schools	151
Empire Public Schools	490
Eufaula Public Schools	1,189
Foyil Public Schools	410
Frontier Public Schools	355
Garber Public Schools	403
Grandfield Public Schools	212
Haileyville Public Schools	304
Hanna Public Schools	59
Henryetta Public Schools	1,057
Hobart Public Schools	704
Justus-Tiawah Public School	508
Kenwood Public School	70
Keota Public Schools	382
Keys Public Schools	775
Kiefer Public Schools	982
Lane Public School	251
Liberty Public Schools (Tulsa County)	469
Locust Grove Public Schools	1,185
Mangum Public Schools	640
Mannford Public Schools	1,496
Marietta Public Schools	1,145
Maud Public Schools	276
Minco Public Schools	593
Moffett Public School	350
Mooreland Public Schools	570
Moss Public Schools	243
Newcastle Public Schools	2,643
Newkirk Public Schools	738
New Lima Public Schools	257
Ninnekah Public Schools	419
Nowata Public Schools	745
Okarche Public Schools	461
Okay Public Schools	367
Olive Public Schools	237
Osage Public School	92
Panama Public Schools	755
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Schools	489
Pittsburg Public Schools	156
Pleasant Grove Public School	208
Ponca City Public Schools	4,580
Porum Public Schools	414
Poteau Public Schools	2,187
Rattan Public Schools	412
Reydon Public Schools	119
Roff Public Schools	272
Rush Springs Public Schools	473
Ryan Public Schools	254
Salina Public Schools	773
Seiling Public Schools	429
Seminole Public Schools	1,393
Sentinel Public Schools	289
Shady Grove Public School	131
Silo Public Schools	1,204
South Coffeyville Public Schools	249
Stigler Public Schools	1,223
Stillwater Public Schools	6,019
Strother Public Schools	349
Stroud Public Schools	833
Talihina Public Schools	514
Taloga Public Schools	108
Tecumseh Public Schools	1,951
Timberlake Public Schools	285
Tupelo Public Schools	241
Turpin Public Schools	387
Tuskahoma Public School	65
Union City Public Schools	309
Verdigris Public Schools	1,398
Wapanucka Public Schools	190
Warner Public Schools	828
Washington Public Schools	1,229
Waukomis Public Schools	378
Weatherford Public Schools	2,431
Whitefield Public School	229
White Rock Public School	150
Wickliffe Public School	111
Wilson Public Schools (Carter)	482
Wilson Public Schools (Henryetta)	299
Woodland Public Schools	348
Yarbrough Public Schools	126

Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board nonpartisan primary elections in Oklahoma are held on the second Tuesday in February every year. School board primary elections are only held if more than two candidates run for a school board member seat. If two candidates run, the primary is canceled and both candidates advance to the general election.

School board general elections in Oklahoma are held on the first Tuesday in April every year.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

Filing deadline date: December 3, 2025
Primary election date: February 10, 2026
General election date: April 7, 2026

Election system

School board members in Oklahoma are elected through a system of a nonpartisan primary election and a nonpartisan general election. The primary election is only held if a large enough number of candidates run for office.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Oklahoma are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Winning an election

The top two school board candidates with the most votes in the nonpartisan primary advance to the general election as long as none of them receives more than 50% of the vote. If only two candidates file for the primary election, they automatically advance to the general election. If there are three or more candidates on the ballot for the primary election and one receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate wins the election outright and is elected to office, and the general election is canceled.

The school board candidate with the most votes in the general election is elected to office. In Oklahoma, school board candidates can be elected outright in the nonpartisan primary election.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Term length and staggering

School districts with three board members have three-year board member terms. School districts with five members have five-year board member terms. School districts with seven members have four-year board member terms. Elementary school district board members have three-year terms. Independent school districts (which serve grades K-12) have school boards with five-year terms or four-year terms, depending on how many school board members they have. Districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the board in addition to other school board members. The chair must be elected at large to four-year terms. As of 2022, Oklahoma City Schools was the only district that had opted to have an additional elected chair of the school board.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School districts either elect all regular school board members at large, or they elect all regular school board members from residence areas (sub-districts) with one board member elected by the voters of each sub-district. Elementary school districts must elect school board members at large. Any school district with an average daily student attendance of fewer than 1,800 students may choose to elect school board members at large instead of from sub-districts. Other school districts must elect school board members by sub-districts. Independent school districts that contain a city and for which less than 20% of the population of the school district resides outside of the city's limits may use the city's ward boundaries instead of drawing its own sub-district boundaries. Board members elected from sub-districts must reside within that sub-district when elected and for the duration of their terms. School districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the school board at large, which means that if other board members are elected by sub-district, that district would use a combination of elections at large and elections by sub-district elections.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The deadline for candidates to file for regular school board elections is the Wednesday following the first Monday in December in the year before the February primary election. Candidates must submit their filing by 5:00 pm on the day of the filing deadline.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §26-13A-110

Newly elected school board members officially take office at the first school board meeting taking place after the results of the election have been certified.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Recalls

See also: Recall campaigns in Oklahoma and School board recalls

Oklahoma does not allow for the recall of school board members. Click here for a list of states that do.

State profile

Demographic data for Oklahoma
	Oklahoma	U.S.
Total population:	3,907,414	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	68,595	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	73.1%	73.6%
Black/African American:	7.2%	12.6%
Asian:	1.9%	5.1%
Native American:	7.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	7.8%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	9.6%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	86.9%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	24.1%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$46,879	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	19.7%	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 Oklahoma. **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 Oklahoma

Oklahoma voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

More Oklahoma coverage on Ballotpedia

Candidates

The following charts show the total number of school board races and candidates covered by Ballotpedia each year since 2023. The figures in this section include all school board elections covered by Ballotpedia, including both core local coverage of the largest school districts as well as any expanded coverage of smaller districts. Click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's election coverage scope.

Analysis

See also: School board election data analysis, 2025

The following analysis includes school 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.

Of those districts, 26 Oklahoma school districts held elections for 31 seats in 2025. Below are some statistics about what happened in those elections. To read the full report on school board election analysis across the country in 2025, click here.

48 candidates ran for election, an average of 1.5 candidates per seat.
68% of school board incumbents ran for re-election, leaving 32% of the seats open for newcomers.
90% of incumbents were elected to new seats, winning 61% of the seats up for election.
Non-incumbent candidates won 12 of the seats.
48% of seats up for election were unopposed.

Footnotes

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Contents

School board elections in the largest cities and school districts

Expanded school board election coverage

Election rules

Election dates and frequency

Election system

Party labels on the ballot

Winning an election

Term length and staggering

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

Recalls

State profile

Presidential voting pattern

Candidates

Analysis

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Footnotes

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