2026 school board elections

What's on the ballot

School board seats are up for election across much of the country on November 3, 2026, with results and board-composition changes filtering in through the week after. Many counties and districts also carry ballot measures that affect school budgets, bond authority, and board authority. SchoolBoardNews follows these races the same way it follows the rest of the year: non-partisan, chronological, and linked to the original reporting.

• Minnesota

  MN

  Minneapolis and Rochester among the most-watched races

• Florida

  FL

  Multi-county races, judicial retention, and Amendment 1

• Illinois

  IL

  Chicago school board presidential race and district contests

• Michigan

  MI

  Ann Arbor and Detroit boards; statewide judicial contests

• Virginia

  VA

  Virginia Beach and statewide contests

• North Carolina

  NC

  Wake County and other high-profile boards

• Tennessee

  TN

  Hamilton County and Memphis-area races

• South Carolina

  SC

  Charleston County and other coastal boards

• Arizona

  AZ

  Maricopa County Community College and local districts

• Ohio

  OH

  Columbus, Dayton and dozens of district races

Find your sample ballot

SchoolBoardNews doesn't maintain a ballot-lookup tool; your state or county elections office is the authority on what's on your specific ballot. These nonpartisan sources cover every state:

• Vote.gov (official US federal site)
• Can I Vote (NASS)
• League of Women Voters — VOTE411
• Ballotpedia — sample ballot lookup

What SchoolBoardNews does and doesn't do

We cover school board elections the same way we cover the rest of our beat: by linking to the original local reporting that newsrooms publish. We don't endorse candidates and we don't take money from campaigns, PACs, or vendors doing business with the districts we cover — see our editorial standards for the full conflict-of-interest rules.