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School board reports highlights reports by Ballotpedia staff about school board elections in the 200 largest American public school districts, as measured by enrollment.
Below, you will find links to analysis, featured articles, elections and more. This page is automatically updated each time a new report is published.
Analysis and news
This tab features unique analysis about K-12 education as well as school board election news articles, including both previews and aftermath reports.
Analysis
Analysis pages
- School board election data analysis, 2024
- School board election data analysis, 2023
- User:Maddy Salucka/2023 school board analysis draft
- School board election data analysis, 2022
- School board election data analysis, 2021
- School board election data analysis, 2020
- Template:School Board Election Data Analysis VNT links
- School board salaries in America's largest school districts
- School board incumbency analysis: 2016 success rates
- School board incumbency analysis: 2016 in brief
- School boards in session: non-incumbent success rates in 2016
- School boards in session: opposition in 2016
- School boards in session: methods of election in 2016
- School boards in session: 2016 in brief
- School board incumbency analysis: 2015 in brief
- School board incumbency analysis: 2015 success rates
- School boards in session: 2015 in brief
- School boards in session: non-incumbent success rates in 2015
- School boards in session: opposition in 2015
- School boards in session: methods of election in 2015
- School boards in session: 2014 elections by the numbers
- Analysis of incumbency advantage in the 2014 school board elections
- United States school shootings and firearm incidents, 1990-present
- Analysis of spending in America's largest school districts
- List of school districts in the United States
Election news coverage
2017
- More than 12 percentage point spike in contested November school board elections compared to 2016
- Control, funding, and policy at stake: outcomes of November 2017's top school board elections
- St. Joseph community debates school district culture change on eve of Proposition 1 vote
- Major St. Joseph businesses provide support for school tax levy increase, opponents criticize tax abatements
- St. Joseph tax levy opponent files ethics complaint against school district
- Understanding the sides in the St. Joseph schools property tax levy battle
- A closer look at the St. Joseph School District property tax levy and district budget
- St. Joseph property tax levy on the November ballot in wake of district scandals, deficit spending
- Wisconsin school districts: 2017 elections review and district updates
- Most incumbents see success in California and Alabama school board races
- Wisconsin school districts: 2016 in review and a 2017 election preview
2016
- Incumbents see mixed success in November school district elections
- Sixty-three candidates for seven seats: an overview of November's top school board elections
- Incumbents weather storm of policy debates to keep Tennessee school board seats
- Dallas dominates field of low-contest Texas school board races
- May 3 Election Review: Local elections in California, Indiana, New York, and Virginia
- Maryland Local Election Review: Baltimore, school boards, and local courts
- Local control returns and incumbents dominate in New Jersey school board elections
- Wisconsin school districts: 2016 elections review and district updates
- Quiet primaries, generals in Alabama, California, and South Dakota
- Voters infuse new blood, new money into Wisconsin school districts
- Botched ballots and district turmoil: school board elections in MO and AK
- Botched ballots and district turmoil: elections in MO and AK
- March 15 Election Review: Local elections in North Carolina, Ohio, and Illinois
- Special election in East Baton Rouge Parish School System fills District 4 school board seat
- Incumbents tumble in Alabama school board primaries
- Wisconsin school board primaries set field for busy April election
- 15 seats, 18 candidates and four civil rights investigations
- Wisconsin school districts: 2015 in review and a 2016 election preview
2015
- Incumbents victorious in Houston runoff
- Runoff elections for two Houston ISD incumbents on Saturday
- The fall of Midland ISD's junior high schools
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections
- The Clean Slate sweeps Jeffco: what happened in November's top school board elections
- Exploring the Midland school system's poor academic performance
- Incumbents victorious in Oct. 6 Alaska school board elections
- Mixed Dem. nominee success in Conn. school primaries; recounts coming
- Challenger upsets in Fort Smith, Ark., and Manchester, N.H., school elections
- In St. Joseph, Colgan's compensation goes under the microscope by PSRS
- Dems advance just one Syracuse school board incumbent, all in Rochester
- Newcomers and incumbents share the victories in Iowa's largest school district elections
- Bellingham primary undecided: Washington August 4 school board results
- Colgan inflated compensation by tens of thousands of dollars while St. Joseph School District struggled
- Ripple effect from St. Joseph scandal felt across the district and state
- McClure edges out Assaad in Grapevine-Colleyville runoff
- St. Joseph School District by the Numbers: Part II
- St. Joseph School District by the Numbers: Part I
- Incumbent & opt-out defeated; Rapid City school district's funding uncertain
- St. Joseph reacts to the school district scandal
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states
- Incumbents falter in Delaware school board elections; Sonja Cameron survives recall
- Decreased success for school board incumbents in Texas; 1/3 defeated in largest districts
- A blank ballot for the Billings school board, and a not-so-secret partisan battle in Lincoln
- Superintendent Czerwonka skips dismissal appeal, quits St. Joseph
- Education experts weigh in on St. Joseph School District scandal
- Baraka-backed "Children First Team" dominates Newark's school election
- April school board elections in California and South Dakota see increase in voter turnout
- Musser lawsuit settlement released
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget; America's April 7 school board elections in review
- Cousin wins St. Tammany District 14 seat; 9% of voters participate
- Common Core testing looms over St. Tammany's District 14 special election
- St. Joseph School District settles Musser lawsuit
- St. Joseph investigation widens; acting superintendent considers new job
- Ballotpedia publishes video report on St. Joseph School District scandal
- Three newcomers win school board seats outright in Pasadena primary
- Dan Colgan resigns seat on St. Joseph Board of Education
- Clean sweep for school board incumbents in Los Angeles and Kansas primaries
- Another firing, more fallout in St. Joseph School District
- First openly gay official elected to Burbank school board, two candidates advance to April election
- Board votes to fire St. Joseph School District superintendent
- Criminal investigation called for in wake of St. Joseph School District audit
- St. Joseph School District rated "poor" in financial audit
- Merely 16 candidates for 14 seats in Oklahoma school board elections
- New faces to join all of New Mexico's largest school district boards
- New Mexico school board elections attract numerous educators as candidates
- St. Joseph School District administrators placed on leave
- Secret tapes revealed, scathing audit expected in St. Joseph School District saga
- Rising competition for incumbents in Wisconsin's 2015 school board elections
- Wisconsin school districts: 2014 in review and a 2015 election preview
2014
- Big spending leads to big win for Pace in Austin ISD runoffs
- St. Joseph school board CFO deals with $2M shortfall, emotional return
- Austin ISD heads to runoff for three seats
- Few surprises in Louisiana school board general elections
- Lingering Louisiana school board races to be decided in Dec. 6 runoff
- St. Joseph school board rescinds CFO suspension
- School board election wrap-up: Did the Republican wave extend down the ballot
- Voter backlash down the ballot: Incumbency advantage drops in November's hottest school board races
- Incumbents dominate in two Alaska school board elections, Alabama runoff decided
- Huntsville runoff, Alaskan general school board elections on Tuesday
- Arkansas school board challengers unseat three incumbents
- Arkansas school board elections largely unopposed
- Former state legislator and both incumbents win by big margins in Boise school board race
- Seven candidates tangle for three seats on Boise school board
- Florida and Alabama elections lead to runoffs, school boards to welcome newcomers
- Back to school in Missouri: With some teachers carrying guns
- Former U.S. Vice President's endorsement not enough in Minnesota school board election
- Fourteen incumbents unseated in Tennessee school board elections
- FBI narrows probe in St. Joseph stipend scandal
- Newcomers win three-quarters of school board seats in Georgia runoff elections
- Stipend scandal erupts in St. Joseph, Missouri
- Voters in Maryland, Utah give thumbs up to incumbents in school board primaries
- Dallas school board runoff turns into David versus Goliath battle, Foreman beats well-funded Whatley for District 6 seat
- School board primaries in Maryland and Utah reveal tensions over ethics, Common Core
- Dallas runoff school board election could be close in Texas
- Challengers surprise school board incumbents in South Carolina, swipe open seats in North Dakota and show strength in Nevada
- Ethics claims, growing pains define school board races in Nevada and North Dakota
- June 3 school board elections: Rivas gets revenge in Twin Rivers, primaries determine winners in Alabama and incumbents run unopposed in South Dakota
- Quiet elections on June 3 mean good odds for school board incumbents in Alabama, California and South Dakota
- Nine incumbents unseated, seven districts to hold runoffs in Georgia and New York elections
- Flurry of school board elections heading to ballots in Georgia, New York
- Incumbents fare well in low-turnout Delaware and West Virginia school board races
- Dallas race undecided, 16 incumbents defeated in Texas school board elections
- 33 school board seats up for grabs in Delaware and West Virginia
- Texas school board elections draw large number of challengers
- Incumbents falter in early May elections, governing majority shifts in Buffalo
- 90 candidates seek 38 seats in first round of May school board elections
- Slates, incumbents prevail in New Jersey school board elections
- Brawling in Newark headlines New Jersey school board elections
- Incumbents fare well in Missouri, South Dakota and California school board elections
- Incumbents dominate school board elections in Alaska, Wisconsin
- More than 100 candidates running in California, Missouri and South Dakota school board elections
- School board elections in Alaska and Wisconsin spark debates over budgets, academic performance
- Peoria protest vote boosts withdrawn school board candidate over incumbent
- Oklahoma school board elections see low turnout, most uncontested
- 2014 school board elections start quietly in Oklahoma
2013
- School board election wrap-up: Incumbents re-elected overwhelmingly in November 5 elections
- School board elections review: Voters opt for experience over new blood in nation's largest school districts
- Colorado school board elections focus on Amendment 66, school reform
- California school board elections draw over 200 candidates
- Pennsylvania school boards to see large turnover
- Texas school board candidates concentrate on funding, maintaining accountability
- Financial policies, education standards at stake in November school board elections
- Wake County School Board voters elect Democratic majority, approve $810 million construction bond
- $810 million bond measure divides Wake County school board candidates
- Alaska school board elections see majority of candidates unopposed
- Alaska school board elections emphasize technology
- Low voter turnout in Arkansas school board elections
- Newcomers win majority of school board elections in Iowa
- Arkansas school board elections to address school safety, choice
- Iowa school board elections focus on overcoming challenges
- Four incumbents ousted in Alabama school board elections
- Decreased enrollment, school closures, and state takeover influencing Birmingham City School Board Elections
- Struggling schools, PAC money influencing Tuscaloosa school board election
- California March 5 elections are less than a day away: school board, local measures and mayoral elections
- Los Angeles Unified School District election attracts fierce competition; heads to the ballot in less than 5 days
Elections
This tab features original coverage of school board elections in the thousand largest American school districts, as measured by enrollment.
Coverage
Below are links to regularly scheduled school board election coverage:
- School board elections, 2029
- School board elections, 2028
- School board elections, 2027
- School board elections, 2026
- Conflicts in school board elections about sex and gender in schools, 2021-2023
- Conflicts in school board elections about race in education/critical race theory, 2021-2023
- Conflicts in school board elections about responses to the coronavirus pandemic, 2021-2023
- Conflicts in school board elections, 2021-2023
- School board elections, 2025
- School board elections, 2024
- School board elections, 2023
- School board elections, 2022
- Hawaii school board elections
- School board elections, 2021
- School board elections, 2020
- School board elections, 2019
- School board elections, 2018
- School board elections, 2017
- School board elections, 2016
- School board elections, 2015
- School board elections, 2014
