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Percent of students represented by school board members

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Source: Brookings school boards survey, fielded October 2024 to January 2025, and NCES' Common Core of Data.

Note: N=865. Only members who responded "Yes" to Q62 responded to Q63. Dark blue bar represents members who responded "Yes" to Q62. Light blue bars represent responses to Q63, the follow-up question, with all board members as the denominator. See results tables for further details.

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