While California enrolls the largest population of public school students in the country, Texas has the most school districts and elected board members. There are 1,022 school districts in the Lone Star State and 6,994 elected board members.
This year, Ballotpedia will cover elections for 172 Texas school board seats. One-hundred and fifty of those elections were on the ballot on May 6, allowing some initial analysis related to the state’s school board election trends. The remaining districts will hold elections in November. Here’s what Ballotpedia found related to candidates filing per seat and incumbent success rates.
