Is There School on Election Day in Los Angeles? Yes — LAUSD Classes Meet on Tuesday, and Polls Open at 7 A.M.

Los Angeles Unified students have school on Election Day. The district's 2026-27 instructional calendar, checked by the Local Desk this cycle against district-published dates, lists no Election Day holiday: classes run on Tuesday, November 3, and the next day off on the calendar is Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11, followed by the Thanksgiving recess from November 23 to 27. The school year began on August 12 and ends on June 4, and the November dates families look for first — Veterans Day and Thanksgiving week — are the only November breaks the calendar carries.

The question is near the top of the national search list on the last day before the midterms: the Google Trends U.S. list read this cycle (Trending Soup mirror, updated 12:20 UTC on November 2) ranked "is there school on election day" second, "voting near me" fifth and "what time do polls open on election day" sixth. For Los Angeles County voters, vote centers are open Monday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the final early voting day and on Election Day, Tuesday, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and voters may cast a ballot at any vote center in the county regardless of where they live.

Vote-by-mail ballots can still be returned at any vote center or at one of the county's 429 official ballot drop boxes, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's published guidance. Los Angeles Unified's own family newsletter reminded eligible families ahead of the election to return completed ballots at a drop box or through the mail by the end of the election period on November 3. Families should confirm any school-specific schedule changes with their own campus, as individual schools can publish dates that do not appear on the district-wide calendar.