School Board Election Landscape
According to our data collection:
24,226 school board seats are up for election in 2023
These seats span across 8,104 school districts in 38 states
These districts represent 129,823,059 people—a little over a third of the country
The story is similar in 2024, with another 21,144 school board seats up for election
In addition, there are hundreds of local school superintendents, auditors, treasurers, clerk and moderator positions up for election. Nearly a quarter of all elections over the next two years will take place at the school board level. As an even-year election looms, it’s the perfect time to use increased election awareness to recruit, mobilize, and increase turnout at the local level.
The timing of school board elections varies from state to state. Sign up below to see a sample of what’s up next:
2023 seats up for election
2024 seats up for election
Priority states
2023: For Texas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, stakes are especially high. Each state has from 1,827 to 3,139 positions up for election. Additional states with high percentages of school board elections are Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, New York, and New Jersey, each with a minimum of 1,000 seats up for election.
2024: For California, Texas, Missouri, Michigan, New York, and New Jersey, each state has from 1,027 to 2,510 positions up for election.
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Knowing when and where these seats are up is merely the first step- now let’s work together to bring this information to constituents and increase participation in local elections and government.
In addition to our voter information and mobilization tools which help boost participation in local elections, click below to learn more about the huge scope of this data project- including the collection of contact information for thousands of school board and superintendent officeholders/candidates across the country as well as the GIS-data needed to match them with their constituents.