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School board election data analysis, 2021

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2021 school board
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Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 180 school districts in 24 states in 2021. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 4,552,272 students. This report dives into the 516 seats that were up for election in those districts, and the 1,077 candidates who ran to fill those seats.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Of the 1,077 school board candidates who ran for election in 2021, 335 were incumbents and 742 were non-incumbents.
  • The average number of candidates who ran per seat was 2.09, and 23.84% of seats were unopposed.
  • Of the incumbents who ran for re-election, 78.51% won new terms.
  • 2021 saw a higher average number of candidates per seat and a lower percentage of unopposed seats compared to 2020.

    • In this report you will find:

    Comparison by year

    School board elections in 2021 saw more candidates run per seat compared to 2020, 2.09 compared to 1.96. There was also a lower percentage of unopposed seats in 2021 (23.84%) compared to 2020 (35.51%).

    Elections in 2021 saw a lower percentage of incumbents run for re-election compared to 2020, 64.92% compared to 73.66%. This meant that there was also a higher percentage of open seats, 35.08% in 2021 compared to 26.34% in 2020. Between the two years, 2020 saw a higher win rate for incumbents, 81.72% compared to 2021's 78.51%.

    The table below details school board election data for both 2020 and 2021.

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