Disaster Days

California Public School Closure Database 2002-2019

By Mohamed Al Elew, Ricardo Cano, and John Osborn D’Agostino

Working with school closure data gathered by the California Department of Education, CalMatters built an interactive database to examine the amount of instructional time public schools lose each year to natural disasters, unsafe conditions and other emergencies in California. Each closure day equals one lost day of instruction at a single public school site. Since the 2002-03 school year — the earliest for which the state has retained records — public schools have reported approximately 34,000 days lost to emergency closures. Schools not in the database have not reported closures. Use our search function and drop-down menu of years to compare schools statewide over the past 17 school years, and scroll to the bottom of each school page for reported closure details. About Our Data | Disaster Days Series

School Districts

ABC Unified

Anywhere County, CA

Schools

ABC High

ABC Unified

ABC Middle

ABC Unified

District Type

Closure Type

School closure days per school in each district.

No data available
0-1 days per school
1-4 days per school
4-8 days per school
8-12 days per school
12-16 days per school
16-20 days per school
20+ days per school

Total Closure Days

4,898

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

6,415

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

2,406

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

1,928

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

1,049

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

434

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

195

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

916

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

414

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

1,052

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

970

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

5,974

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

541

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

730

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

642

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

4,680

100% of state total

Total Closure Days

939

100% of state total

Schools Impacted

2,262

21% of state total

Schools Impacted

1,691

16% of state total

Schools Impacted

770

7% of state total

Schools Impacted

1,253

12% of state total

Schools Impacted

739

7% of state total

Schools Impacted

218

2% of state total

Schools Impacted

142

1% of state total

Schools Impacted

751

7% of state total

Schools Impacted

302

2% of state total

Schools Impacted

477

4% of state total

Schools Impacted

543

5% of state total

Schools Impacted

1,739

17% of state total

Schools Impacted

376

4% of state total

Schools Impacted

454

5% of state total

Schools Impacted

322

3% of state total

Schools Impacted

1,205

14% of state total

Schools Impacted

595

7% of state total

Students Impacted

1,268,350

20% of state total

Students Impacted

972,479

15% of state total

Students Impacted

319,796

5% of state total

Students Impacted

714,799

11% of state total

Students Impacted

330,985

5% of state total

Students Impacted

134,828

2% of state total

Students Impacted

50,672

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

502,101

8% of state total

Students Impacted

101,242

1% of state total

Students Impacted

231,030

3% of state total

Students Impacted

345,203

5% of state total

Students Impacted

1,117,467

17% of state total

Students Impacted

115,939

2% of state total

Students Impacted

165,900

2% of state total

Students Impacted

180,935

3% of state total

Students Impacted

922,026

16% of state total

Students Impacted

247,098

4% of state total


Overall Closures

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Wildfire Closures

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Natural Disasters & Weather Closures

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Student Safety Closures

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Infrastructure Closures

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Other Closures

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