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School board election data analysis, 2020
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Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 358 school districts in 28 states in 2020. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 11,995,632 students. This report dives into the 1,025 seats that were up for election in those districts, and the 2,007 candidates who ran to fill those seats.
In this report you will find:
- An overview of school board election data from 2020
- An analysis of the partisan and race stage election methods used in 2020
- 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 2020
- Definitions and our methodology on how seats, candidates, and incumbents were counted
Overview
Of the 28 states with school board elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2020, California saw the most seats up for election with 245. Texas came in second with 212 seats up for election. Mississippi had the fewest seats up for election with one, while Alaska, Idaho, and New York tied for second-fewest with two each.
The map below shows how many seats were up for election in school districts covered by Ballotpedia in each state in 2020. Ballotpedia did not cover school board elections in the states shown in gray.
See also
- School Boards and School Board Elections
- School board elections, 2020
- School board election data analysis, 2022
- School board election data analysis, 2021
- School boards in session: 2016 in brief
- School boards in session: 2015 in brief
- School boards in session: 2014 elections by the numbers
