School board election data analysis, 2022
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Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 372 school districts in 28 states in 2022. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,278,825 students. This report dives into the 1,169 seats that were up for election in those districts, and the 2,535 candidates who ran to fill those seats.
In this report you will find:
- How 2022 school board election data compares to 2020 and 2021 data
- An overview of school board election data from 2022
- An analysis of the partisan and race stage election methods used in 2022
- Details about school board election opposition by state and by enrollment
- School board incumbent running rates and win rates
- How non-incumbent school board candidates faired in 2022
- Definitions and our methodology on how seats, candidates, and incumbents were counted
Comparison by year
School board elections in 2022 saw the highest average number of candidates run per seat out of three election cycles. An average of 2.17 candidates ran per seat in 2022 compared to 2.09 in 2021 and 1.96 in 2020. When looking at unopposed seats, 2022 came in the middle with 24.81% of school seats unopposed compared to 23.84% in 2021 and 35.51% in 2020. Elections in 2022 saw a lower percentage of incumbents run for re-election compared to 2020 but a higher percentage compared to 2021. A total of 68.18% of incumbents whose terms were up for election ran for new terms in 2022, while 64.92% ran in 2021 and 73.66% ran in 2020. This meant that elections in 2022 also had a higher percentage of open seats (31.82%) compared to 2020 (26.34%) and a lower percentage of open seats compared to 2021 (35.08%). |
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Out of the three years, 2022 had the lowest incumbent win rate, 78.29% compared to 78.51% in 2021 and 81.72% in 2020. The table below details school board election data for 2020, 2021, and 2022.
School board election data, 2020-2022 | ||||||||||||||
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Year | States | School districts | Seats up for election | Candidates | Candidates per seat | Incumbents running for re-election | Open seats | Incumbent win rate | Unopposed seats | Student enrollment | ||||
2020 | 28 | 358 | 1,025 | 2,007 | 1.96 | 73.66% | 26.34% | 81.72% | 35.51% | 11,995,632 | ||||
2021 | 24 | 180 | 515 | 1,077 | 2.09 | 64.92% | 35.08% | 78.51% | 23.84% | 4,552,272 | ||||
2022 | 28 | 372 | 1,169 | 2,535 | 2.17 | 68.18% | 31.82% | 78.29% | 24.81% | 12,278,825 |
School board elections in 2022 saw a higher percentage of seats go to incumbents compared to 2021 but a lower percentage compared to 2020. Incumbents won 53.38% of seats up for election in 2022, and non-incumbents won 46.11%. In 2021, incumbents and non-incumbents won nearly equal portions of seats, with incumbents taking 50.97% and non-incumbents taking 49.03%. In 2020, incumbents won 60.20% of seats up for election, and non-incumbents won 38.93%. Both 2022 and 2020 saw some seats go to write-in candidates or stay unfilled after the election. Elections in 2021 saw all seats won by either incumbents or non-incumbents. The table below details the who won school board seats up for election in 2020, 2021, and 2022. |
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School board winners, 2020-2022 | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Seats won by incumbents | Seats won by non-incumbents | Seats won by write-ins or that were not filled in election | |||||||||||
2020 | 60.20% | 38.93% | 0.88% | |||||||||||
2021 | 50.97% | 49.03% | 0% | |||||||||||
2022 | 53.38% | 46.62% | 0.51% |
Overview
Of the 28 states with school board elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2022, California had the most seats up for election with 297. Texas had the second-most with 228 seats up for election. Three states—Alaska, Arkansas, and Mississippi—tied for the fewest seats up for election with two each, and Alabama had the second-fewest with three.
The map below shows how many seats were up for election in school districts covered by Ballotpedia in each state in 2022. Ballotpedia did not cover school board elections in the states shown in gray.
The first table below details the total number of school board seats that were up for election in 2022 as well as how many candidates filed to run, the average number of candidates per seat, the number of incumbents who ran for re-election, how many open seats there were, and the total student enrollment in the districts that held elections. The second table details the same information by state. Click [Show] to the right to see the full list.
2022 school board election numbers | ||||||||||||||
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State | School districts | Seats up for election | Candidates | Candidates per seat | Incumbents | Open seats | Unopposed seats | Student enrollment | ||||||
Total | 372 | 1,169 | 2,535 | 2.17 | 797 | 372 | 290 | 12,278,825 |
2022 school board election numbers by state | ||||||||||||||
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State | School districts | Seats up for election | Candidates | Candidates per seat | Incumbents | Open seats | Unopposed seats | Student enrollment | ||||||
Alabama | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 88,433 | ||||||
Alaska | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43,054 | ||||||
Arizona | 42 | 93 | 150 | 1.61 | 48 | 45 | 27 | 625,409 | ||||||
Arkansas | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22,054 | ||||||
California | 98 | 297 | 570 | 1.92 | 219 | 78 | 98 | 2,289,360 | ||||||
Florida | 24 | 84 | 224 | 2.67 | 55 | 29 | 6 | 2,413,385 | ||||||
Georgia | 10 | 34 | 76 | 2.24 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 726,322 | ||||||
Idaho | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23,270 | ||||||
Indiana | 13 | 38 | 68 | 1.79 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 177,417 | ||||||
Kentucky | 2 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 135,808 | ||||||
Louisiana | 6 | 61 | 135 | 2.21 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 188,897 | ||||||
Maryland | 8 | 32 | 97 | 3.03 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 631,189 | ||||||
Michigan | 3 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 85,744 | ||||||
Minnesota | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 30,115 | ||||||
Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34,469 | ||||||
Missouri | 10 | 21 | 57 | 2.71 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 97,295 | ||||||
Nebraska | 7 | 21 | 44 | 2.10 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 100,687 | ||||||
Nevada | 2 | 7 | 36 | 5.14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 381,325 | ||||||
New Jersey | 2 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 68,010 | ||||||
New York | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 32,773 | ||||||
North Carolina | 8 | 45 | 132 | 2.93 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 584,234 | ||||||
Oklahoma | 26 | 31 | 65 | 2.10 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 256,943 | ||||||
South Carolina | 4 | 31 | 78 | 2.52 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 209,895 | ||||||
Tennessee | 7 | 34 | 97 | 2.85 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 420,466 | ||||||
Texas | 74 | 228 | 444 | 1.95 | 178 | 50 | 77 | 1,955,971 | ||||||
Utah | 7 | 26 | 61 | 2.35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 385,700 | ||||||
Virginia | 4 | 19 | 45 | 2.37 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 214,517 | ||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | 18 | 28 | 1.56 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 56,083 |
The first table below provides details about the winners of the 2022 school board elections, including the percent of seats won by incumbents, won by non-incumbents, and won by write-ins or filled by means other than elections. The second table details the same information by state. Click [Show] to the right to see the full list.
Winners of the 2022 school board elections | ||||||||||||||
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State | Seats won by incumbents | Seats won by non-incumbents | Seats won by write-ins or that were not filled in election | |||||||||||
Total | 53.38% | 46.62% | 0.51% |
Winners of the 2022 school board elections by state | ||||||||||||||
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State | Seats won by incumbents | Seats won by non-incumbents | Seats won by write-ins or that were not filled in election | |||||||||||
Alabama | 33.33% | 66.67% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Alaska | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Arizona | 39.78% | 60.22% | 4.30% | |||||||||||
Arkansas | 50.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
California | 60.61% | 39.39% | 0.67% | |||||||||||
Florida | 51.19% | 48.81% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 61.76% | 38.24% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Idaho | 80.00% | 20.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Indiana | 57.89% | 42.11% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Kentucky | 83.33% | 16.67% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Louisiana | 50.82% | 49.18% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Maryland | 25.00% | 75.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Michigan | 50.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Minnesota | 0.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Mississippi | 50.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Missouri | 33.33% | 66.67% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 76.19% | 23.81% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 57.14% | 42.86% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 50.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
New York | 50.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 44.44% | 55.56% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Oklahoma | 51.61% | 48.39% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
South Carolina | 45.16% | 54.84% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 44.12% | 55.88% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Texas | 58.33% | 41.67% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Utah | 53.85% | 46.15% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Virginia | 31.58% | 68.42% | 0.00% | |||||||||||
Wisconsin | 61.11% | 38.89% | 0.00% |
The school districts covered by Ballotpedia in 2022 had a range of student enrollments. The largest enrollments included the Los Angeles Unified School District in California with 435,958 students and Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida with 328,589 students. The smallest enrollments included the General Shafter School District in California with 190 students and the Orange Center School District in California with 275 students. The chart below shows the distribution of school districts by student enrollment size.
Method of elections
Partisan method of election
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Ballotpedia covered 372 school districts that held school board elections in 2022. The chart to the left shows how many school districts used nonpartisan elections, where no party affiliation was listed next to candidate names on the ballot, versus partisan elections, where party affiliations of the candidates—such as Democratic or Republican—were included on election ballots. A total of 350 school districts (94.09%) used nonpartisan elections, while 22 school districts (5.91%) used partisan elections. The school districts that used partisan elections were located in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Their 2022 student enrollments fell between 1,830 and 106,970 with a majority landing between 30,000 and 60,000 students. |
Race stage method of election
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School districts holding elections in 2022 used up to four different race stages: primary, primary runoff, general, and general runoff. The chart to the left shows how many districts used the different stage types. All possible stages were included in the chart, though some of them may have been canceled due to lack of opposition. A majority of districts, 257 or 69.09%, used only general stages in the 2022 elections. One hundred (26.88%) used both primary and general stages. Eight (2.15%) used general and general runoff stages, five (1.34%) used all four stages, and two (0.54%) used primary, primary runoff, and general stages. Primary runoff stages were only used in school districts in Alabama and Georgia. General runoff stages were used in school districts in Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. |
Table of election methods by school district
The table below shows all of the 372 school districts that held elections in 2022. It includes information on the partisan method of election and race stage method of election for each district. Click [Show] to the right to see the full list.
Method of school board elections by district, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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School District | State | Partisanship | Stages possible | Seats up for election | Candidates | Student enrollment | ||||||||
Anchorage School District | Alaska | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 8 | 43,054 | ||||||||
Jefferson County School District | Alabama | Partisan | Primary, primary runoff, & general | 2 | 7 | 35,819 | ||||||||
Mobile County Public Schools | Alabama | Partisan | Primary, primary runoff, & general | 1 | 2 | 52,614 | ||||||||
Little Rock School District | Arkansas | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 2 | 2 | 22,054 | ||||||||
Agua Fria Union High School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 9,219 | ||||||||
Alhambra Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 10,256 | ||||||||
Balsz Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 2,278 | ||||||||
Cartwright Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 14,826 | ||||||||
Cave Creek Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 4,851 | ||||||||
Chandler Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 43,923 | ||||||||
Creighton Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 5,308 | ||||||||
Deer Valley Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 33,353 | ||||||||
Dysart Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 23,596 | ||||||||
Flowing Wells Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 5,450 | ||||||||
Fowler Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 3,759 | ||||||||
Gilbert Public Schools | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 33,775 | ||||||||
Glendale Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 9,915 | ||||||||
Glendale Union High School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 16,695 | ||||||||
Higley Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 13,163 | ||||||||
Isaac Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 5,272 | ||||||||
Kyrene Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 15,128 | ||||||||
Laveen Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 7,551 | ||||||||
Litchfield Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 10,936 | ||||||||
Madison Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 5,802 | ||||||||
Mesa Public Schools | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 7 | 58,859 | ||||||||
Murphy Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 1,278 | ||||||||
Osborn Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 2,651 | ||||||||
Paradise Valley Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 28,707 | ||||||||
Pendergast Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 8,017 | ||||||||
Peoria Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 36,741 | ||||||||
Phoenix Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 5,415 | ||||||||
Phoenix Union High School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 7 | 27,890 | ||||||||
Queen Creek Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 12,592 | ||||||||
Roosevelt Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 7,333 | ||||||||
Sahuarita Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 6,376 | ||||||||
Scottsdale Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 21,428 | ||||||||
Sunnyside Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 14,569 | ||||||||
Tanque Verde Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 2,218 | ||||||||
Tempe Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 1 | 11,108 | ||||||||
Tempe Union High School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 12,997 | ||||||||
Tolleson Union High School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 13,335 | ||||||||
Tucson Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 6 | 42,002 | ||||||||
Union Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 0 | 1,715 | ||||||||
Vail Unified School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 6 | 14,258 | ||||||||
Washington Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 19,796 | ||||||||
Wilson Elementary School District | Arizona | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 1,068 | ||||||||
Alum Rock Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 8 | 8,000 | ||||||||
Alvord Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 17,511 | ||||||||
Anaheim Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 14,882 | ||||||||
Anaheim Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 28,404 | ||||||||
Bakersfield City School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 6 | 29,256 | ||||||||
Beardsley School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 1,853 | ||||||||
Berryessa Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 6,258 | ||||||||
Cambrian School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 2,985 | ||||||||
Campbell Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 8,583 | ||||||||
Campbell Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 7 | 6,230 | ||||||||
Capistrano Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 9 | 42,754 | ||||||||
Central Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 8 | 15,729 | ||||||||
Centralia Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 4,077 | ||||||||
Chula Vista Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 10 | 22,188 | ||||||||
Clovis Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 42,699 | ||||||||
Colton Joint Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 6 | 19,986 | ||||||||
Compton Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 8 | 18,211 | ||||||||
Corona-Norco Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 50,889 | ||||||||
Coronado Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 11 | 2,747 | ||||||||
Cupertino Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 14,084 | ||||||||
Del Mar Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 3,895 | ||||||||
East Side Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 21,844 | ||||||||
Elk Grove Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 62,229 | ||||||||
Escondido Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 7,166 | ||||||||
Evergreen Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 7 | 9,165 | ||||||||
Fairfax Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 2,676 | ||||||||
Fontana Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 35,101 | ||||||||
Fowler Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 2,557 | ||||||||
Franklin-McKinley School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 6,196 | ||||||||
Fremont Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 33,873 | ||||||||
Fremont Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 10,296 | ||||||||
Fresno Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 17 | 69,873 | ||||||||
Fruitvale School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 3,063 | ||||||||
Garden Grove Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 38,560 | ||||||||
General Shafter School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 1 | 1 | 190 | ||||||||
Grossmont Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 17,108 | ||||||||
Irvine Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 36,083 | ||||||||
Kern High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 42,863 | ||||||||
Lamont Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 2,802 | ||||||||
Lincoln Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 8,967 | ||||||||
Lodi Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 10 | 27,873 | ||||||||
Long Beach Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 6 | 67,292 | ||||||||
Los Angeles Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 10 | 435,958 | ||||||||
Magnolia School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 2 | 5,121 | ||||||||
Manteca Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 5 | 24,154 | ||||||||
Moreland School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 4,043 | ||||||||
Moreno Valley Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 8 | 31,609 | ||||||||
Morgan Hill Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 9 | 8,015 | ||||||||
Mount Pleasant Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 1,710 | ||||||||
National Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 4,436 | ||||||||
Natomas Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 14,197 | ||||||||
Newhall School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 5,834 | ||||||||
Newport-Mesa Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 10 | 17,962 | ||||||||
Norris School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 3,833 | ||||||||
Oak Grove School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 8,860 | ||||||||
Oakland Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 9 | 34,428 | ||||||||
Orange Center School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 275 | ||||||||
Orange Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 9 | 25,178 | ||||||||
Orchard Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 765 | ||||||||
Panama-Buena Vista Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 18,785 | ||||||||
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 23,657 | ||||||||
Poway Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 35,192 | ||||||||
Redlands Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 1 | 3 | 19,918 | ||||||||
Rialto Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 24,104 | ||||||||
Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 987 | ||||||||
Riverside Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 6 | 39,626 | ||||||||
Robla Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 2 | 1,951 | ||||||||
Rosedale Union Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 5,898 | ||||||||
Sacramento City Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 39,711 | ||||||||
Saddleback Valley Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 24,390 | ||||||||
San Bernardino City Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 16 | 46,509 | ||||||||
San Diego Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 6 | 95,233 | ||||||||
San Dieguito Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 12,704 | ||||||||
San Francisco Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 49,204 | ||||||||
San Jose Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 25,677 | ||||||||
San Juan Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 10 | 38,289 | ||||||||
San Pasqual Union Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 5 | 499 | ||||||||
San Ramon Valley Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 30,068 | ||||||||
San Ysidro Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 4,264 | ||||||||
Sanger Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 13,087 | ||||||||
Santa Ana Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 41,835 | ||||||||
Santa Clara Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 6 | 14,028 | ||||||||
Santee School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 6,309 | ||||||||
Saugus Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 9,170 | ||||||||
Savanna Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 1,843 | ||||||||
Solana Beach Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 2,820 | ||||||||
Standard Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 2,968 | ||||||||
Stockton Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 15 | 36,202 | ||||||||
Sulphur Springs Union School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 5,188 | ||||||||
Sweetwater Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 36,557 | ||||||||
Tracy Joint Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 8 | 14,113 | ||||||||
Tustin Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 22,140 | ||||||||
Twin Rivers Unified School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 23,904 | ||||||||
Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District (Historical) | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 3,826 | ||||||||
Vineland Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 690 | ||||||||
Washington Unified School District (Fresno) | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 2,567 | ||||||||
West Park Elementary School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 8 | 586 | ||||||||
William S. Hart Union High School District | California | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 21,485 | ||||||||
Brevard School Board | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 8 | 72,497 | ||||||||
Broward County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 6 | 21 | 256,037 | ||||||||
Collier County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 11 | 47,617 | ||||||||
Duval County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 5 | 128,948 | ||||||||
Escambia County School District | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 6 | 37,804 | ||||||||
Hillsborough County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 8 | 224,149 | ||||||||
Lake County Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 8 | 45,845 | ||||||||
Leon County Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 8 | 32,562 | ||||||||
School District of Manatee County | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 8 | 50,248 | ||||||||
Marion County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 7 | 42,678 | ||||||||
Miami-Dade County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 9 | 328,589 | ||||||||
Orange County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 15 | 203,224 | ||||||||
Osceola County School Board | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 8 | 72,427 | ||||||||
Palm Beach County School Board | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 14 | 187,943 | ||||||||
Pasco County Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 7 | 81,157 | ||||||||
Pinellas County Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 11 | 95,446 | ||||||||
Polk County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 9 | 105,422 | ||||||||
Sarasota County Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 6 | 43,896 | ||||||||
Clay County District Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 7 | 38,593 | ||||||||
School District of Lee County | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 13 | 97,264 | ||||||||
Seminole County Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 10 | 66,729 | ||||||||
St. Johns County School District | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 9 | 48,032 | ||||||||
St. Lucie Public Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 6 | 43,612 | ||||||||
Volusia County Schools | Florida | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 10 | 62,666 | ||||||||
Cherokee County School District | Georgia | Partisan | Primary, primary runoff, general, & general runoff | 4 | 12 | 42,049 | ||||||||
Clayton County Public Schools | Georgia | Partisan | Primary, primary runoff, general, & general runoff | 4 | 5 | 52,335 | ||||||||
Cobb County School District | Georgia | Partisan | Primary, primary runoff, general, & general runoff | 3 | 7 | 106,970 | ||||||||
DeKalb County School District | Georgia | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 3 | 9 | 93,473 | ||||||||
Forsyth County Schools | Georgia | Partisan | Primary, primary runoff, general, & general runoff | 2 | 6 | 52,757 | ||||||||
Fulton County Schools | Georgia | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 4 | 8 | 90,355 | ||||||||
Gwinnett County Public Schools | Georgia | Nonpartisan | Primary, primary runoff, general, & general runoff | 2 | 7 | 179,581 | ||||||||
Henry County Schools | Georgia | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 2 | 3 | 42,792 | ||||||||
Muscogee County School District | Georgia | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 5 | 8 | 30,085 | ||||||||
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System | Georgia | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 5 | 11 | 35,925 | ||||||||
Boise School District | Idaho | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 13 | 23,270 | ||||||||
East Allen County Schools | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 10,126 | ||||||||
Fort Wayne Community Schools | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 5 | 28,778 | ||||||||
Franklin Township Community School Corporation | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 11,139 | ||||||||
Indianapolis Public Schools | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 22,115 | ||||||||
Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 6,681 | ||||||||
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 8 | 16,247 | ||||||||
Metropolitan School District of Perry Township | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 16,603 | ||||||||
Metropolitan School District of Pike Township | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 10,928 | ||||||||
Metropolitan School District of Warren Township | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 11,801 | ||||||||
Metropolitan School District of Washington Township | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 10,901 | ||||||||
Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 4 | 16,343 | ||||||||
Northwest Allen County Schools | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 7,955 | ||||||||
Southwest Allen County Schools | Indiana | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 7,800 | ||||||||
Fayette County Public Schools | Kentucky | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 41,415 | ||||||||
Jefferson County Public Schools | Kentucky | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 13 | 94,393 | ||||||||
Caddo Parish Public Schools | Louisiana | Partisan | Primary & general | 12 | 24 | 34,746 | ||||||||
Calcasieu Parish Public Schools | Louisiana | Partisan | Primary & general | 15 | 27 | 27,334 | ||||||||
East Baton Rouge Parish School System | Louisiana | Partisan | Primary & general | 9 | 23 | 41,043 | ||||||||
Jefferson Parish Public School System | Louisiana | Partisan | Primary & general | 9 | 18 | 46,896 | ||||||||
Orleans Parish School Board | Louisiana | Partisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 1,830 | ||||||||
St. Tammany Parish Public Schools | Louisiana | Partisan | Primary & general | 15 | 41 | 37,048 | ||||||||
Baltimore City Public School System | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 8 | 77,807 | ||||||||
Baltimore County Public Schools | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 7 | 15 | 111,136 | ||||||||
Cecil County Public Schools | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 7 | 14,780 | ||||||||
Frederick County Public Schools | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 16 | 45,220 | ||||||||
Harford County Public Schools | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 6 | 17 | 37,920 | ||||||||
Howard County Public Schools | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 8 | 57,325 | ||||||||
Montgomery County Public Schools | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 14 | 158,231 | ||||||||
Prince George's County Public Schools | Maryland | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 12 | 128,770 | ||||||||
Ann Arbor Public Schools | Michigan | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 13 | 17,070 | ||||||||
Dearborn Public Schools | Michigan | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 6 | 20,138 | ||||||||
Detroit Public Schools Community District | Michigan | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 18 | 48,536 | ||||||||
Minneapolis Public Schools | Minnesota | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 5 | 12 | 30,115 | ||||||||
Center School District | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 2,524 | ||||||||
Grandview C-4 School District | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 3,734 | ||||||||
Hickman Mills C-1 School District | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 5,177 | ||||||||
Liberty Public Schools | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 6 | 12,427 | ||||||||
North Kansas City Schools | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 8 | 19,875 | ||||||||
Park Hill School District | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 8 | 11,991 | ||||||||
Platte County R-III School District | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 8 | 4,273 | ||||||||
Raytown C-2 School District | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 8,037 | ||||||||
St. Joseph School District | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 10,510 | ||||||||
St. Louis Public Schools | Missouri | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 18,747 | ||||||||
DeSoto County School District | Mississippi | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 2 | 4 | 34,469 | ||||||||
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | North Carolina | Nonpartisan | General only | 6 | 18 | 143,244 | ||||||||
Cumberland County Schools | North Carolina | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 48,860 | ||||||||
Durham Public Schools | North Carolina | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 14 | 31,754 | ||||||||
Guilford County Schools | North Carolina | Partisan | Primary & general | 5 | 11 | 69,173 | ||||||||
Johnston County Schools | North Carolina | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 13 | 37,823 | ||||||||
Union County Public Schools | North Carolina | Partisan | Primary & general | 5 | 11 | 40,600 | ||||||||
Wake County Public School System | North Carolina | Nonpartisan | General only | 9 | 29 | 160,099 | ||||||||
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools | North Carolina | Partisan | Primary & general | 9 | 28 | 52,681 | ||||||||
Elkhorn Public Schools | Nebraska | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 10 | 11,094 | ||||||||
Millard Public Schools | Nebraska | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 6 | 23,762 | ||||||||
Norris School District 160 | Nebraska | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 7 | 2,500 | ||||||||
Omaha Public Schools | Nebraska | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 11 | 51,626 | ||||||||
Ralston Public Schools | Nebraska | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 3 | 3,304 | ||||||||
Waverly School District 145 | Nebraska | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 3 | 2,180 | ||||||||
Westside Community Schools | Nebraska | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 6,221 | ||||||||
Jersey City Public Schools | New Jersey | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 27,134 | ||||||||
Newark Public Schools | New Jersey | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 40,876 | ||||||||
Clark County School District | Nevada | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 22 | 315,787 | ||||||||
Washoe County School District | Nevada | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 14 | 65,538 | ||||||||
Buffalo Public Schools | New York | Nonpartisan | General only | 6 | 8 | 30,823 | ||||||||
Lackawanna City School District | New York | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 1,950 | ||||||||
Banner School District | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 305 | ||||||||
Bixby Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 7,288 | ||||||||
Broken Arrow Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 4 | 19,527 | ||||||||
Catoosa Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 7 | 1,800 | ||||||||
Crooked Oak Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 1,197 | ||||||||
Crutcho Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 383 | ||||||||
Deer Creek Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 7,219 | ||||||||
Edmond Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 8 | 25,481 | ||||||||
Jenks Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 12,519 | ||||||||
Jones Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 1,080 | ||||||||
Little Axe Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 1,140 | ||||||||
Luther Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 801 | ||||||||
McLoud Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 1,603 | ||||||||
Midwest City-Del City Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 12,436 | ||||||||
Millwood Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 1,026 | ||||||||
Moore Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 24,515 | ||||||||
Mustang Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 4 | 13,001 | ||||||||
Oakdale Public School | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 698 | ||||||||
Oklahoma City Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 3 | 32,086 | ||||||||
Owasso Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 9,656 | ||||||||
Piedmont Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 3 | 4,823 | ||||||||
Putnam City Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 18,287 | ||||||||
Tulsa Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 6 | 33,211 | ||||||||
Union Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 3 | 15,008 | ||||||||
Western Heights Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 1 | 2,748 | ||||||||
Yukon Public Schools | Oklahoma | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 1 | 2 | 9,105 | ||||||||
Berkeley County School District | South Carolina | Nonpartisan | General only | 8 | 16 | 37,074 | ||||||||
Charleston County School District | South Carolina | Nonpartisan | General only | 9 | 32 | 49,331 | ||||||||
Greenville County School District | South Carolina | Nonpartisan | General only | 6 | 14 | 76,939 | ||||||||
Horry County Schools | South Carolina | Partisan | Primary & general | 8 | 16 | 46,551 | ||||||||
Clarksville-Montgomery County School System | Tennessee | Partisan | Primary & general | 4 | 8 | 37,680 | ||||||||
Hamilton County School District | Tennessee | Partisan | Primary & general | 7 | 22 | 45,176 | ||||||||
Knox County Schools | Tennessee | Partisan | Primary & general | 5 | 14 | 60,426 | ||||||||
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | Tennessee | Partisan | Primary & general | 4 | 14 | 80,381 | ||||||||
Rutherford County Schools | Tennessee | Partisan | Primary & general | 4 | 8 | 49,253 | ||||||||
Shelby County Schools | Tennessee | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 12 | 105,596 | ||||||||
Williamson County Schools | Tennessee | Partisan | Primary & general | 6 | 19 | 41,954 | ||||||||
Alamo Heights Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 4,824 | ||||||||
Allen Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 21,463 | ||||||||
Aransas County Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 5 | 3,005 | ||||||||
Arlington Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 56,311 | ||||||||
Austin Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 9 | 74,602 | ||||||||
Brownsville Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 38,448 | ||||||||
Burleson Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 12,746 | ||||||||
Calallen Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 6 | 3,868 | ||||||||
Canutillo Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 10 | 6,091 | ||||||||
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 6 | 24,939 | ||||||||
Castleberry Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 3,639 | ||||||||
Clear Creek Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 40,832 | ||||||||
Conroe Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 67,761 | ||||||||
Coppell Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 13,131 | ||||||||
Corpus Christi Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 33,175 | ||||||||
Crowley Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 16,278 | ||||||||
Dallas ISD | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 143,558 | ||||||||
Del Valle Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 7 | 11,078 | ||||||||
Duncanville Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 11,946 | ||||||||
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 22,464 | ||||||||
Eanes Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 7,834 | ||||||||
East Central Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 4 | 10,006 | ||||||||
Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 9 | 32,078 | ||||||||
Everman Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 5,463 | ||||||||
Flour Bluff Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 6 | 5,546 | ||||||||
Forney Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 14,349 | ||||||||
Fort Bend Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 77,545 | ||||||||
Fort Worth Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General & general runoff | 2 | 5 | 74,850 | ||||||||
Frenship Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 10,877 | ||||||||
Frisco Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 65,825 | ||||||||
Galena Park Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 21,431 | ||||||||
Garland Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 53,674 | ||||||||
Grand Prairie Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 27,420 | ||||||||
Hays CISD | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 21,405 | ||||||||
Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas) | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 5 | 6,724 | ||||||||
Huffman Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 3,569 | ||||||||
Idalou Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 1,006 | ||||||||
Irving Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 32,378 | ||||||||
Katy Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 8 | 88,368 | ||||||||
Keller Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 34,813 | ||||||||
Kennedale Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 2,840 | ||||||||
Killeen Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 43,882 | ||||||||
Klein Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 53,294 | ||||||||
Lake Worth Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 4 | 3,634 | ||||||||
Lancaster Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 5 | 7,096 | ||||||||
Laredo Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 15 | 19,757 | ||||||||
Leander Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 14 | 41,780 | ||||||||
Lewisville Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 49,205 | ||||||||
London Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 7 | 1,428 | ||||||||
Lubbock Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 25,659 | ||||||||
Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 5 | 7,592 | ||||||||
Manor Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 8 | 9,270 | ||||||||
Mansfield Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 10 | 35,559 | ||||||||
Mesquite Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 38,378 | ||||||||
Midland ISD School Board | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 26,398 | ||||||||
New Deal Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 725 | ||||||||
North East Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 59,830 | ||||||||
Northwest Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 3 | 27,583 | ||||||||
Pflugerville Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 6 | 25,486 | ||||||||
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 29,250 | ||||||||
Port Aransas Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 524 | ||||||||
Richardson Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 7 | 37,633 | ||||||||
Riviera Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 4 | 479 | ||||||||
Rockwall Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 17,926 | ||||||||
Roosevelt Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 2 | 1,114 | ||||||||
Round Rock Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 17 | 47,167 | ||||||||
Somerset Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 7 | 3,958 | ||||||||
South San Antonio Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 4 | 7 | 7,922 | ||||||||
Southwest Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 4 | 13,277 | ||||||||
Spring Branch Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 8 | 33,545 | ||||||||
Spring Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 3 | 33,425 | ||||||||
Tuloso-Midway Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 11 | 3,750 | ||||||||
United Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 9 | 39,316 | ||||||||
West Oso Independent School District | Texas | Nonpartisan | General only | 3 | 4 | 1,969 | ||||||||
Alpine Board of Education District | Utah | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 11 | 86,275 | ||||||||
Canyons Board of Education District 6 | Utah | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 9 | 33,702 | ||||||||
Davis School District | Utah | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 12 | 74,486 | ||||||||
Granite School District | Utah | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 10 | 62,544 | ||||||||
Jordan Board of Education | Utah | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 5 | 59,363 | ||||||||
Nebo Board of Education | Utah | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 7 | 36,229 | ||||||||
Weber Board of Education | Utah | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 4 | 7 | 33,101 | ||||||||
Chesapeake Public Schools | Virginia | Nonpartisan | General only | 6 | 17 | 40,458 | ||||||||
Loudoun County Public Schools | Virginia | Nonpartisan | General only | 2 | 6 | 81,131 | ||||||||
Norfolk Public Schools | Virginia | Nonpartisan | General only | 5 | 9 | 27,478 | ||||||||
Virginia Beach City Public Schools | Virginia | Nonpartisan | General only | 6 | 13 | 65,450 | ||||||||
Deforest Area School District Windsor District | Wisconsin | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 5 | 7 | 4,039 | ||||||||
Madison Metropolitan School District | Wisconsin | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 4 | 25,497 | ||||||||
McFarland School District | Wisconsin | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 3 | 5,182 | ||||||||
Middleton-Cross Plains School District | Wisconsin | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 6 | 7,252 | ||||||||
Sun Prairie Area School District | Wisconsin | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 3 | 5 | 8,381 | ||||||||
Verona Area School District | Wisconsin | Nonpartisan | Primary & general | 2 | 3 | 5,732 |
Opposition
By state
Nevada had the highest average number of candidates run per school board seat in 2022. The state saw 36 candidates run for seven seats for an average of 5.14 candidates per seat. Arkansas saw the lowest average number of candidates run per seat. Two candidates ran for two seats in that state for an average of one candidate per seat.
When looking at unopposed seats, Arkansas took the lead with 100% of school board seats seeing only one candidate run. Nine states—Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, and North Carolina—had no unopposed seats in 2022.
The map and table below detail the candidates per seat and percent of unopposed seats in each state in 2022. Ballotpedia did not cover school board elections in the states shown in gray.
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State | School districts holding elections | Seats up for election | Candidates who ran for election | Candidates per seat | Percent of seats that were unopposed | |||||||||
Alabama | 3.00 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.00% | |||||||||
Alaska | 4.00 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0.00% | |||||||||
Arizona | 1.61 | 42 | 93 | 150 | 29.03% | |||||||||
Arkansas | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | |||||||||
California | 1.92 | 98 | 297 | 570 | 33.00% | |||||||||
Florida | 2.67 | 24 | 84 | 224 | 7.14% | |||||||||
Georgia | 2.24 | 10 | 34 | 76 | 11.76% | |||||||||
Idaho | 2.60 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0.00% | |||||||||
Indiana | 1.79 | 13 | 38 | 68 | 31.58% | |||||||||
Kentucky | 2.83 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16.67% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 2.21 | 6 | 61 | 135 | 29.51% | |||||||||
Maryland | 3.03 | 8 | 32 | 97 | 9.38% | |||||||||
Michigan | 3.70 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 0.00% | |||||||||
Minnesota | 2.40 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 40.00% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 2.00 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.00% | |||||||||
Missouri | 2.71 | 10 | 21 | 57 | 0.00% | |||||||||
Nebraska | 2.10 | 7 | 21 | 44 | 38.10% | |||||||||
Nevada | 5.14 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 0.00% | |||||||||
New Jersey | 2.50 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0.00% | |||||||||
New York | 1.38 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 62.50% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 2.93 | 8 | 45 | 132 | 0.00% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 2.10 | 26 | 31 | 65 | 35.48% | |||||||||
South Carolina | 2.52 | 4 | 31 | 78 | 9.68% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 2.85 | 7 | 34 | 97 | 8.82% | |||||||||
Texas | 1.95 | 74 | 228 | 444 | 33.77% | |||||||||
Utah | 2.35 | 7 | 26 | 61 | 19.23% | |||||||||
Virginia | 2.37 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 10.53% | |||||||||
Wisconsin | 1.56 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 16.67% |
By enrollment
When looking at school districts by enrollment, larger districts saw a higher average number of candidates per seat compared to smaller districts. In school districts with a student enrollment between 80,001 and 90,000, the average number of candidates per seat was 3.07, which was the highest out of 13 enrollment sizes. All districts with enrollments above 30,001 students saw an average of more than two candidates per seat, while school districts with enrollments below 30,001 all had fewer than two candidates per seat. The smallest average was 1.26 candidates per seat in school districts with enrollments below 1,000. The chart below details the candidates per seat in the 2022 school board elections by enrollment size.
Incumbents
A total of 797 school board incumbents ran for re-election in 2022, and 624 were elected to new terms, a win rate of 78.29%. Four states—Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi—saw all school board incumbents who ran for re-election win, while Alabama saw half of the incumbents who ran lose their re-election bids. The state of Minnesota had no incumbents run for re-election.
The map below shows the incumbent win rates by state for the 2022 school board elections. Ballotpedia did not cover school board elections in the states shown in gray.
Overall, 68.18% of incumbents whose terms were up for re-election in 2022 ran for new terms. Incumbents won 53.38% of the school board seats up for election. The table below lists incumbent details for each state that held school board elections in 2022.
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State | School districts holding elections | Seats up for election | Incumbents who ran for re-election | Percent of incumbents who ran for re-election | Seats won by incumbents | Incumbent win rate | Percent of seats won by incumbents | |||||||
Alabama | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.67% | 1 | 50.00% | 33.33% | |||||||
Alaska | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 2 | 100.00% | 100.00% | |||||||
Arizona | 42 | 93 | 48 | 51.61% | 37 | 77.08% | 39.78% | |||||||
Arkansas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 1 | 100.00% | 50.00% | |||||||
California | 98 | 297 | 219 | 73.74% | 180 | 82.19% | 60.61% | |||||||
Florida | 24 | 84 | 55 | 65.48% | 43 | 78.18% | 51.19% | |||||||
Georgia | 10 | 34 | 21 | 61.76% | 21 | 100.00% | 61.76% | |||||||
Idaho | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | 4 | 80.00% | 80.00% | |||||||
Indiana | 13 | 38 | 28 | 73.68% | 22 | 78.57% | 57.89% | |||||||
Kentucky | 2 | 6 | 6 | 100.00% | 5 | 83.33% | 83.33% | |||||||
Louisiana | 6 | 61 | 42 | 68.85% | 31 | 73.81% | 50.82% | |||||||
Maryland | 8 | 32 | 13 | 40.63% | 8 | 61.54% | 25.00% | |||||||
Michigan | 3 | 10 | 7 | 70.00% | 5 | 71.43% | 50.00% | |||||||
Minnesota | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||||||
Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 1 | 100.00% | 50.00% | |||||||
Missouri | 10 | 21 | 10 | 47.62% | 7 | 70.00% | 33.33% | |||||||
Nebraska | 7 | 21 | 18 | 85.71% | 16 | 88.89% | 76.19% | |||||||
Nevada | 2 | 7 | 7 | 100.00% | 4 | 57.14% | 57.14% | |||||||
New Jersey | 2 | 6 | 4 | 66.67% | 3 | 75.00% | 50.00% | |||||||
New York | 2 | 8 | 5 | 62.50% | 4 | 80.00% | 50.00% | |||||||
North Carolina | 8 | 45 | 27 | 60.00% | 20 | 74.07% | 44.44% | |||||||
Oklahoma | 26 | 31 | 17 | 54.84% | 16 | 94.12% | 51.61% | |||||||
South Carolina | 4 | 31 | 20 | 64.52% | 14 | 70.00% | 45.16% | |||||||
Tennessee | 7 | 34 | 22 | 64.71% | 15 | 68.18% | 44.12% | |||||||
Texas | 74 | 228 | 178 | 78.07% | 133 | 74.72% | 58.33% | |||||||
Utah | 7 | 26 | 17 | 65.38% | 14 | 82.35% | 53.85% | |||||||
Virginia | 4 | 19 | 10 | 52.63% | 6 | 60.00% | 31.58% | |||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | 18 | 12 | 66.67% | 11 | 91.67% | 61.11% |
Non-incumbents
A total of 1,738 of the 2,535 candidates who ran in the 2022 school board elections were non-incumbents. They won 545 school board seats, 46.62% of the seats up for election. One state—Minnesota—saw all seats up for election go to non-incumbents, while Alaska saw no non-incumbents win election.
The map below details the percent of seats won by non-incumbents by state in the 2022 school board elections. Ballotpedia did not cover school board elections in the states shown in gray.
Non-incumbents in 2022 were guaranteed to win 372 open seats, 31.82% of all seats up for election, as no incumbents filed to run for re-election for those seats. Minnesota was the only state to have all open school board seats in 2022. Four states—Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, and Nevada—had no open seats. The table below details the number and percent of open seats in each state in 2022 as well as the non-incumbent win rates.
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State | School districts holding elections | Seats up for election | Open seats | Percent of seats that were open | Non-incumbents running for election | Seats won by non-incumbents | Non-incumbent win rate | Percent of seats won by non-incumbents | ||||||
Alabama | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | 7 | 2 | 28.57% | 66.67% | ||||||
Alaska | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||||||
Arizona | 42 | 93 | 45 | 48.39% | 102 | 56 | 54.90% | 60.22% | ||||||
Arkansas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 50.00% | ||||||
California | 98 | 297 | 78 | 26.26% | 351 | 117 | 33.33% | 39.39% | ||||||
Florida | 24 | 84 | 29 | 34.52% | 169 | 41 | 24.26% | 48.81% | ||||||
Georgia | 10 | 34 | 13 | 38.24% | 55 | 13 | 23.64% | 38.24% | ||||||
Idaho | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 1 | 12.50% | 20.00% | ||||||
Indiana | 13 | 38 | 10 | 26.32% | 40 | 16 | 40.00% | 42.11% | ||||||
Kentucky | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 1 | 9.09% | 16.67% | ||||||
Louisiana | 6 | 61 | 19 | 31.15% | 93 | 30 | 32.26% | 49.18% | ||||||
Maryland | 8 | 32 | 19 | 59.38% | 84 | 24 | 28.57% | 75.00% | ||||||
Michigan | 3 | 10 | 3 | 30.00% | 30 | 5 | 16.67% | 50.00% | ||||||
Minnesota | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | 12 | 5 | 41.67% | 100.00% | ||||||
Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | 50.00% | ||||||
Missouri | 10 | 21 | 11 | 52.38% | 47 | 14 | 29.79% | 66.67% | ||||||
Nebraska | 7 | 21 | 3 | 14.29% | 26 | 5 | 19.23% | 23.81% | ||||||
Nevada | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | 29 | 3 | 10.34% | 42.86% | ||||||
New Jersey | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | 11 | 3 | 27.27% | 50.00% | ||||||
New York | 2 | 8 | 3 | 37.50% | 6 | 4 | 66.67% | 50.00% | ||||||
North Carolina | 8 | 45 | 18 | 40.00% | 105 | 25 | 23.81% | 55.56% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 26 | 31 | 14 | 45.16% | 48 | 15 | 31.25% | 48.39% | ||||||
South Carolina | 4 | 31 | 11 | 35.48% | 58 | 17 | 29.31% | 54.84% | ||||||
Tennessee | 7 | 34 | 12 | 35.29% | 75 | 19 | 25.33% | 55.88% | ||||||
Texas | 74 | 228 | 50 | 21.93% | 266 | 95 | 35.71% | 41.67% | ||||||
Utah | 7 | 26 | 9 | 34.62% | 44 | 12 | 27.27% | 46.15% | ||||||
Virginia | 4 | 19 | 9 | 47.37% | 35 | 13 | 37.14% | 68.42% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | 18 | 6 | 33.33% | 16 | 7 | 43.75% | 38.89% |
Methodology
This report includes school board elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2022. A total of 476 school districts were in Ballotpedia's coverage scope in 2022. This includes all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment. Although Ballotpedia covers all school board recalls in the United States, recall elections are not included in this report.
In 2022, Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 28 states. Ballotpedia did not cover school board elections in the following 22 states:
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This report looks at overall numbers from the 2022 school board elections related to method of elections, opposition, incumbents, and non-incumbents. Below is a list of definitions of terms used in this report:
- District/School district: School districts within Ballotpedia's coverage scope that held elections in 2022.
- Seats: The seats that were up for election in the school districts within Ballotpedia's coverage scope in 2022. If an election was canceled, the seats were still counted.
- Candidates: Individuals who completed the regular filing process required for school board elections in their state and did not withdraw or get disqualified before the election was held. Individuals were counted as candidates if they ran for part of a race, such as a primary, before withdrawing in a later stage, such as a general election. Write-in candidates who were not incumbents were not counted as candidates due to the extreme variation in election filing laws across states.
- Incumbents: School board members who ran for re-election to a seat within the same board. Ballotpedia counts incumbents by chamber, so if a school board member ran for a different seat on the board than the one they held as of the election date, they were still counted as an incumbent. If an incumbent ran as a write-in candidate, they were counted toward the candidate total and the incumbent total. Three incumbent write-in candidates were counted in this report. Two lost their bids for re-election, and one won another term.
- Non-incumbents: Candidates who were not members of the school board they were running to represent at the time of the election.
- Open seats: Seats in which an incumbent did not run for re-election, which guaranteed the seat would be won by a non-incumbent.
- Unopposed seats: Seats that had only one candidate in all stages of an election. If a candidate faced opposition in a primary and went on to a general election where they did not face opposition, the seat was not counted as unopposed. If a candidate faced opposition only from non-incumbent write-in candidates, the seat was counted as unopposed.
- Election/Race stages: Stages required to complete an election, including: primary, primary runoff, general, and general runoff.
See also
- School Boards and School Board Elections
- School board elections, 2022
- School board election data analysis, 2021
- School board election data analysis, 2020
- School boards in session: 2016 in brief
- School boards in session: 2015 in brief
- School boards in session: 2014 elections by the numbers