Is there school on Election Day 2026?
It depends on your district: 208 of the 554 school districts we track (38%) have no school on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and 344 are open.
Of the closed districts, 90 close for Election Day itself, 107 have a teacher workday (no school for students), 5 are on a break that week and 6 list it only as a day off.
Election Day is not a federal holiday for schools; districts decide on their own, and many schedule a teacher workday that day.
2 districts are closed for some grades only.
3 open districts have an early release that day.
2 districts mark it as a possible weather make-up day, so school may be held if snow days are used.
Election Day 2026 is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Every answer below comes from the district’s own calendar; the district page links to it.
By state
| State | No school | School open | Some grades off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Alaska | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Arizona | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| California | 2 | 102 | 0 |
| Colorado | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 5 | 23 | 0 |
| Georgia | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Indiana | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Iowa | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Missouri | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Montana | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nevada | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| New York | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ohio | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Oregon | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Texas | 26 | 58 | 0 |
| Utah | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Virginia | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 1 | 0 |
No school on Election Day (208 districts)
Alaska
- Anchorage School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
Arizona
- Tolleson Union High School District: Election Day (No School)
California
- Brentwood Union School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Orange Unified School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
Connecticut
- Danbury Public Schools: Election Day - No School - Teacher PD
- New Britain School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Stamford Public Schools: Election Day (no school for students; PD for staff)
- Waterbury Public Schools: Election Day - No School
- West Hartford Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Delaware
- Appoquinimink School District: Election Day - Schools/offices closed
- Brandywine School District: Election Day
- Christina School District: Election Day
District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Public Schools: Election Day
Florida
- Broward County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Flagler Schools: Election Day, No School
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- School District of Palm Beach County: Teacher workday, no school for students
- St. Lucie Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Georgia
- Atlanta Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Cobb County School District: Election Day (Student Holiday)
- Paulding County School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
Hawaii
- Hawaiʻi State Department of Education: Election Day
Idaho
- Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25: Teacher workday, no school for students
- West Ada School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools: General Election observed in lieu of Veterans Day
- East Aurora School District 131: No School - Election Day
- Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204: General Election
- Peoria Public Schools: Election Day
- Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54: Student and Staff Non-attendance Day, No School
- School District U-46: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Township High School District 214: Election Day
- Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60: Election Day - District Closed
Indiana
- Lake Central School Corporation: Fall Break
- MSD of Wayne Township: Teacher workday, no school for students
Iowa
- Des Moines Public Schools: Election Day (No Classes)
- Iowa City Community School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
Kansas
- Wichita Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Kentucky
- Fayette County Public Schools: Election Day
- Hardin County Schools: Election
- Jefferson County Public Schools: Election Day
- Kenton County School District: Election Day
- Oldham County Schools: Election Day: No School
- Scott County Public Schools: Fall Break
Louisiana
- Bossier Schools: Election Day
- Calcasieu Parish School Board: Election Day
- East Baton Rouge Parish School System: Election Day
- Jefferson Parish Schools: Election Day (Holiday)
- Lafayette Parish School System: Election Day
- Livingston Parish Public Schools: Election Day
- Rapides Parish School Board: Election Day
- St. Tammany Parish Public Schools: Election Day
- Tangipahoa Parish School System: Election Day Holiday
Maryland
- Anne Arundel County Public Schools: Election Day
- Baltimore City Public Schools: Election Day
- Baltimore County Public Schools: Election Day
- Calvert County Public Schools: Election Day: Schools Closed for Students and 10- and 11-month staff
- Carroll County Public Schools: Election Day
- Frederick County Public Schools: Election Day
- Harford County Public Schools: Scheduled Closing (Schools AND Offices)
- Howard County Public School System: Election Day (schools and offices closed)
- Montgomery County Public Schools: Election Day
- St. Mary's County Public Schools: General Election Day - No School for Students
- Washington County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Massachusetts
- Brockton Public Schools: Election Day, No School for Students/Staff Professional Development
- Fall River Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Lawrence Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Quincy Public Schools: Election Day (Staff Professional Development)
Michigan
- Chippewa Valley Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Detroit Public Schools Community District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- L'Anse Creuse Public Schools: No School for All Students & Teachers - Election Day
- Livonia Public Schools: District - Election Day, PD Day, No School
- Utica Community Schools: Election Day, Teacher Full Day DPPD
- Warren Consolidated Schools: No School (NS) - District Wide
- Wayne-Westland Community Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Minnesota
- Anoka-Hennepin Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Lakeville Public School District: No School
- Minneapolis Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622: No School E-12
- Robbinsdale Area Schools: NO SCHOOL, Election Day
- South Washington County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Missouri
- Columbia Public Schools: No School
- Francis Howell School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Hazelwood School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Independence School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Mehlville School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Saint Louis Public Schools District: Election Day (No School)
- Wentzville School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
Nebraska
- Grand Island Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Omaha Public Schools: No School For All Students
Nevada
- Clark County School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Washoe County School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
New Hampshire
- Nashua School District: Election Day/In-service
New Jersey
- Bayonne Public Schools: Fall Break/Election Day
- Clifton Public Schools: Election Day - (schools closed for students)
- Jersey City Public Schools: Election Day - District Closed
- Trenton Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Union City Board of Education: Election Day
- Woodbridge Township School District: Fall Break
New Mexico
- Albuquerque Public Schools: Election Day
- Gallup-McKinley County Schools: Election Day, No School
- Hobbs Municipal Schools: Holiday
- Roswell Independent School District: Voting Day
New York
- East Ramapo Central School District: Supt. Conf. Day/Election Day (No School for Students)
- Longwood Central School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
North Carolina
- Burke County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Cabarrus County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Chatham County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Craven County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Cumberland County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Guilford County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Henderson County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Johnston County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Union County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Wake County Public School System: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Wilson County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Ohio
- Akron Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Cincinnati Public Schools: Election Day
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District: Election Day
- Columbus City Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Dublin City Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Parma City School District: Election Day
- Pickerington Local School District: No School - Election Day/No School for Staff and Students
- Toledo Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Westerville City Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Worthington Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Oklahoma
- Tulsa Public Schools: Civic Engagement
Pennsylvania
- Central Dauphin School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Council Rock School District: Election Day/All Schools Closed/Offices Open/Professional Development
- Downingtown Area School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- North Penn School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Pennsbury School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- The School District of Philadelphia: Election Day
- West Chester Area School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
Rhode Island
- Providence Public School District: Election Day (No School)
South Carolina
- Aiken County Public School District: Holiday - General Election - No School
- Anderson School District Five: Fall Break / Elections
- Beaufort County School District: Election Day
- Berkeley County School District: Election Day (Schools and Offices Closed)
- Charleston County School District: Election Day (Schools Closed)
- Florence 1 Schools: District Holiday (Election Day)
- Greenville County Schools: Election Day
- Horry County Schools: Schools Closed
- Lexington County School District One: Election Day/Holiday
- Richland One: Election Day Holiday
- Richland School District Two: Election Day
- Rock Hill Schools: Election Day
- Spartanburg County School District 6: Election Day Holiday
- Sumter School District: Election Day
Tennessee
- Blount County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Hamblen County Schools: Election Day (No School Optional In-Service)
- Knox County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Metro Nashville Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Rutherford County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Sevier County School System: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Sumner County Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Williamson County Schools: Election Day
Texas
- Aldine ISD: Election Day
- Arlington ISD: Student Holiday
- Austin ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Clear Creek ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Conroe ISD: Holiday
- Cypress-Fairbanks ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students · possible make-up day
- Dallas ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Galena Park Independent School District: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Garland ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Goose Creek CISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Grand Prairie ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Humble ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Irving ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Klein ISD: Election Day
- Leander ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Lewisville ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- North East ISD: Election Day
- Northside ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Pasadena ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Plano ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Richardson ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Southwest ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Spring ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Tomball ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Waller ISD: Teacher workday, no school for students
Virginia
- Albemarle County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Alexandria City Public Schools: Election Day / Professional Learning Day
- Augusta County Public Schools: No School for Students
- Chesapeake Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Chesterfield County Public Schools: Holiday
- Fauquier County Public Schools: Election Day
- Hampton City Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Hanover County Public Schools: Election Day; Student Holiday/Professional Learning for Teachers
- Henrico County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Loudoun County Public Schools: Student Holiday
- Newport News Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Norfolk Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Prince William County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Richmond Public Schools: Election Day (RPS Closed)
- Roanoke City Public Schools: Holiday
- Suffolk Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Virginia Beach City Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
- York County School Division: Student Holidays · possible make-up day
West Virginia
- Berkeley County Schools: Election Day (Primary/General Election)
- Raleigh County Schools: Holiday, Election Day, No School
- Wood County Schools: Election Day
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee Public Schools: Teacher workday, no school for students
Closed for some grades only (2 districts)
- Everett Public Schools WA: no school for elementary and middle school students (Fall conferences; full school day for high schools); other grades attend
- Madison Metropolitan School District WI: no school for elementary students (including 4K and Early Childhood) (Elementary School Conferences / Family-Teacher Conferences); other grades attend
School is open on Election Day (344 districts)
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
- Chandler Unified School District
- Gilbert Public Schools
- Litchfield Elementary School District
- Marana Unified School District
- Maricopa Unified School District
- Mesa Public Schools
- Paradise Valley Unified School District
- Peoria Unified School District
- Tempe Elementary School District No. 3
- Tucson Unified School District
- Washington Elementary School District
- Yuma Union High School District
Arkansas
California
- ABC Unified School District
- Alhambra Unified School District
- Anaheim Elementary School District
- Antelope Valley Union High School District
- Antioch Unified School District
- Arcadia Unified School District
- Bakersfield City School District
- Baldwin Park Unified School District
- Bellflower Unified School District
- Berkeley Unified School District
- Bonita Unified School District
- Cajon Valley Union School District
- Capistrano Unified School District: early release
- Central Unified School District
- Chico Unified School District
- Chula Vista Elementary School District
- Clovis Unified School District
- Coachella Valley Unified School District
- Corona-Norco Unified School District
- Cupertino Union School District
- Desert Sands Unified School District
- Dublin Unified School District
- East Side Union High School District
- Elk Grove Unified School District
- Fremont Unified School District
- Fremont Union High School District
- Fresno Unified School District: early release
- Fullerton School District
- Garden Grove Unified School District
- Gilroy Unified School District
- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
- Hayward Unified School District
- Hemet Unified School District
- Huntington Beach Union High School District
- Irvine Unified School District
- Kern High School District
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District
- Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
- Lodi Unified School District
- Long Beach Unified School District
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Manteca Unified School District
- Marysville Joint Unified School District
- Menifee Union School District
- Merced City School District
- Modesto City Schools
- Montebello Unified School District
- Moreno Valley Unified School District
- Napa Valley Unified School District
- Natomas Unified School District
- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
- Oakland Unified School District
- Ontario-Montclair School District
- Oxnard School District
- Oxnard Union HSD
- Pajaro Valley Unified School District
- Palmdale School District
- Palo Alto Unified School District
- Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District
- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District
- Perris Union High School District
- Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
- Pleasanton Unified School District
- Porterville Unified School District
- Poway Unified School District
- Redlands Unified School District
- Redondo Beach Unified School District
- Rialto Unified School District
- Riverside Unified School District
- Rocklin Unified School District
- Rowland Unified School District
- Sacramento City Unified School District
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District
- Salinas Union High School District
- San Bernardino City Unified School District
- San Diego Unified School District
- San Dieguito Union High School District
- San Francisco Unified School District
- San Juan Unified School District
- San Mateo-Foster City School District
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District
- Santa Ana Unified School District
- Santa Barbara Unified School District
- Santa Clara Unified School District
- Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
- Santa Rosa City Schools
- Saugus Union School District
- Simi Valley Unified School District
- Sweetwater Union High School District
- Temecula Valley Unified School District
- Torrance Unified School District
- Tracy Unified School District
- Turlock Unified School District
- Tustin Unified School District
- Upland Unified School District
- Vacaville Unified School District
- Vallejo City Unified School District
- Ventura Unified School District
- Victor Valley Union High School District
- Visalia Unified School District
- William S. Hart Union High School District
- Woodland Joint Unified School District
Colorado
Florida
- Bay District Schools
- Brevard Public Schools
- Clay County District Schools
- Collier County Public Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Escambia County Public Schools
- Hillsborough County Public Schools
- Lake County Schools
- Marion County Public Schools
- Martin County School District
- Orange County Public Schools
- Pasco County Schools
- Pinellas County Schools
- Polk County Public Schools
- Putnam County School District
- Sarasota County Schools
- School District of Manatee County
- Seminole County Public Schools
- St. Johns County School District
- The School District of Lee County
- The School District of Osceola County
- Volusia County Schools
- Walton County School District
Georgia
- Bulloch County Schools
- Catoosa County School System
- Cherokee County School District
- Clayton County Public Schools
- Columbia County School District
- DeKalb County School District
- Effingham County Board of Education
- Fayette County Public Schools
- Forsyth County Schools
- Fulton County Schools
- Gwinnett County Public Schools
- Hall County Schools
- Henry County Schools
- Houston County School District
- Jackson County School System
- Muscogee County School District
- Richmond County School System
- Rockdale County Schools
- Savannah-Chatham County Public School System
- Walton County School District
Illinois
Indiana
- Avon Community School Corporation
- Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
- Brownsburg Community School Corporation
- Center Grove Schools
- Fort Wayne Community Schools
- Hamilton Southeastern Schools
- MSD of Lawrence Township
- Noblesville School Corporation
- Perry Township Schools
- South Bend Community School Corporation
- Tippecanoe School Corporation
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
- Alief ISD
- Alvin ISD
- Amarillo ISD
- Beaumont ISD
- Belton ISD
- Birdville ISD
- Boerne Independent School District
- Brazosport ISD
- Brownsville ISD
- Burleson ISD
- Clint ISD
- Comal ISD
- Crowley Independent School District
- Deer Park Independent School District
- Del Valle ISD
- Denton ISD
- Dickinson ISD
- Donna ISD
- Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
- Ector County ISD
- Edinburg CISD
- El Paso ISD
- Forney Independent School District
- Fort Bend ISD
- Fort Stockton ISD
- Fort Worth ISD
- Frenship ISD
- Frisco ISD
- Harlandale ISD
- Houston ISD
- Katy ISD
- Killeen ISD
- Lamar CISD
- Los Fresnos CISD
- Manor ISD
- Mansfield ISD
- McAllen Independent School District
- Medina Valley ISD
- Midland ISD
- Midlothian ISD
- New Braunfels ISD
- New Caney ISD
- Pearland Independent School District
- Princeton ISD
- Round Rock ISD
- Royse City ISD
- San Antonio ISD
- San Felipe Del Rio CISD
- Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD
- Sharyland ISD
- Socorro ISD: early release
- Tyler ISD
- United ISD
- Waco ISD
- Wichita Falls ISD
- Willis ISD
- Wylie ISD
- Ysleta ISD
Utah
Washington
- Bellevue School District
- Bellingham Public Schools
- Bethel School District
- Central Valley School District
- Edmonds School District
- Evergreen Public Schools
- Issaquah School District
- Kent School District
- Lake Stevens School District
- Lake Washington School District
- Mead School District
- North Thurston Public Schools
- Northshore School District
- Renton School District
- Seattle Public Schools
- Tacoma Public Schools
- Tahoma School District
- Yakima School District
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Frequently asked questions
Is there school on Election Day 2026?
It depends on your district: 208 of the 554 school districts we track (38%) have no school on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and 344 are open. Of the closed districts, 90 close for Election Day itself, 107 have a teacher workday (no school for students), 5 are on a break that week and 6 list it only as a day off.
Why do some schools close on Election Day and others don't?
Election Day is not a federal holiday for schools; districts decide on their own, and many schedule a teacher workday that day. In the 554 districts we track, 208 are closed and 344 are open on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
How do I know if my child's school is closed on Election Day?
Find your district in the lists below or search for it on the home page. Each district page shows every day off read from the district's official calendar, with a link to that calendar.
Other school holidays: Veterans Day 2026 · Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2027 · Presidents’ Day 2027 · Good Friday 2027