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School board election data analysis, 2023

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2023 school board
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Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 192 school districts in 29 states in 2023. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 5,362,958 students. This report dives into the 514 seats that were up for election in those districts, and the 986 candidates who ran to fill those seats.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Of the 986 school board candidates who ran for election in 2023, 318 were incumbents and 668 were non-incumbents.
  • The average number of candidates who ran per seat was 1.92, and 28.99% of seats were unopposed.
  • Of the incumbents who ran for re-election, 82.39% won new terms.
  • 2023 saw a lower average number of candidates per seat compared to 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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    Comparison by year

    School board elections in 2023 saw the lowest average number of candidates run per seat out of four election cycles. An average of 1.92 candidates ran per seat in 2023 compared to 2.17 in 2022, 2.09 in 2021, and 1.96 in 2020. When looking at unopposed seats, 2023 came in with the higher percentage, 28.99%, of school seats unopposed compared to 24.81% in 2022, and 23.84% in 2021, but lower than the 35.51% in 2020.

    Elections in 2023 saw the lowest percentage of incumbents run for re-election compared to 2022, 2021, and 2020. A total of 61.87% of incumbents whose terms were up for election ran for new terms in 2023, while 68.18% ran in 2022, 64.92% ran in 2021, and 73.66% ran in 2020. This meant that elections in 2023 also had a higher percentage of open seats (38.13%) compared to 2022 (31.82%), 2021 (35.08%), and 2020 (26.34%).

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