K-12 Student Walkout and Protest Tracker

Investigations


Number of states: 48 plus District of Columbia

Number of school districts: 278

Number of total school walkouts: 600*

Number of middle schools: 44

Number of walkouts/protests organized or assisted by activist clubs/nonprofits: 168

Number of school walkouts/protests by year:

  • 2022: 58
  • 2023: 28
  • 2024: 24
  • 2025: 59
  • 2026: 394

*The total listed is on the low end of the overall number of schools that had student walkouts/ protests due to many news articles not listing names of specific schools that participated.

The following list tracks K-12 student walkouts and protests from 2022 to the present. Each documented event includes the state, school district, school (when it can be identified), and the reason or cause behind the protest. Additionally included is any student club or outside activist nonprofit that has been documented to have led and/or helped to organize the walkout or protest, or in some cases provided material support such as signs and event promotion on social media.

Walkout/protest causes include– but are not limited to–Palestine, gun control, climate change, school funding, and anti-Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) actions.

In order to track these events, Defending Education used social media posts, news articles, and press releases to validate information to the best of our ability. If we had doubt about the information’s authenticity or felt the source made it difficult to validate the event, we did not include it in this tracker.


Below is a list of research and reports that Defending Education has produced that gives background information related to student protests and walkouts.


This is not a comprehensive list and will be updated with corroborated information over time.

Birmingham City Schools

Jefferson County Schools

Anchorage School District

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

Dysart Unified School District

Flagstaff Unified School District

Gilbert Public Schools

Mesa Unified School District

Phoenix Union High School District

Scottsdale Unified School District

Sunnyside Unified School District

Tolleson Union High School District

Tucson Unified School District

Yuma Union High School District

Bryant School District

eSTEM Public Charter School

Fayetteville School District

Fort Smith School District

Little Rock School District

Springdale School District

Acalanes Union High School District

Berkeley Unified School District

Capistrano Unified School District

Carlsbad Unified School District

Fremont Unified School District

Glendale Unified School District

Los Angeles Unified School District

Natomas Unified School District

Oakland Unified School District

Pajaro Valley Unified School District

Riverside Unified School District

San Diego Unified School District

San Dieguito Union High School District

San Francisco Unified School District

Santa Barbara Unified School District

Sweetwater Union High School District

Temecula Valley Unified School District

Winters Joint Unified School District

Denver Public Schools

Greeley-Evans School District 6

Jefferson County School District

Mapleton Public Schools

Poudre School District

Brookfield School District

Connecticut Technical High School

Groton School District

Hamden School District

New Haven Public Schools

Newington School District

Cape Henlopen School District

Indian River School District

DC Public Schools

Georgetown Day School

Maret School

St. John’s College High School

Alachua County Public Schools

Brevard Public Schools

Flagler County Public Schools

Hillsborough County Public Schools

Palm Beach County School District

Sarasota County Schools

DeKalb County Schools

Gwinnett County Public Schools

Idaho Falls School District

Moscow School District

Twin Falls School District

Chicago Public Schools

Community High School District No. 155

Community Unit School District 200

Community Unit School District 300

Grayslake Community High School District 127

Hononegah Community High School District 207

Illinois Math and Science Academy

Naperville Community Unit School District 203

Oak Park River Forest High School

Rock Island – Milan School District

Round Lake Community Unit School District No. 116

Township High School District No. 211

Valley View Community Unit School District 365

Wauconda Community School District No. 118

Brebeu Jesuit High School

Herron High School

Indianapolis Public Schools

Metropolitan School District of Washington Township

New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools

Noblesville Schools

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation

Perry Township Schools

Portage Township Schools

School City of Hammond

Southwest Allen County Schools

Ames Community School District

Ankeny Community School District

Bettendorf Community School District

Cedar Rapids Community School District

Des Moines Public Schools

Iowa City Community School District

Johnston Community School District

Sioux City Community School District

Urbandale Community School District

Waterloo Community School District

De Soto Unified School District

Lawrence Unified School District

Olathe Public Schools

Topeka Public Schools

Wichita Public School District

Jefferson County Public Schools

Benjamin Franklin High School (Charter)

St. Landry Parish Public Schools

St. Tammany Parish Public Schools

Brunswick Public Schools

Mt. Blue School District

Regional School Unit 1

Regional School Unit 5

Regional School Unit 75

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Baltimore County Public Schools

Howard County Public Schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

Belmont Public Schools

Public Schools of Brookline

Chicopee Public Schools

Fitchburg Public Schools

Greenfield Center School

Leominster Public Schools

Lexington Public Schools

Libertas Academy Charter School

Milford Public Schools

Mohawk Trail Public Schools

Natick Public Schools

Newton Public Schools

North Andover Public Schools

Waltham Public Schools

Westfield Public Schools

Ann Arbor Public Schools

Dexter Community School District

East Lansing School District

Grand Rapids Public Schools

Lansing Public School District

Livonia Public Schools

Monroe Public Schools

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

Rockford Public Schools

Royal Oaks Schools

School District of the City of Pontiac

Traverse City Area Public Schools

University High School

Eastern Carver County Public Schools

Minneapolis Public Schools

Nevis Public School

Northfield Public Schools

Rochester Public Schools

Roseville Area Schools

Saint Paul Public Schools

North Kansas City School District

Springfield Public Schools

Webster Groves School District

Bozeman School District

East Helena Public Schools

Fremont Public Schools

Lincoln Public Schools

Clark County School District

Washoe County School District

Concord School District

Bloomfield Township School District

Montclair Public Schools

Red Bank Regional High School

Somerset Hills Regional School District

Teaneck School District

West Orange Public Schools

Albuquerque Public Schools

New Rochelle City School District

New York City Public Schools

South County Central School District

Asheville City Schools

Buncombe County Schools

Chapel Hill-Carrborro City Schools

Durham Public Schools

Guilford County Schools

IC Imagine Public Charter School

Wake County Schools

Winston Salem – Forsyth County Schools

Fargo Public Schools

Cincinnati Public Schools

Cleveland Municipal School District

Delaware City Schools

North College Hill School District

Olentangy Schools

Mustang Public Schools

Union Public Schools

Hood River County School District

Medford School District

Portland Public Schools

Rosenburg Public Schools

Springfield School District

Central Bucks School District

Chambersburg Area School District

Governor Mifflin School District

Pittsburgh Public Schools

Quakertown Community School District

School District of Lancaster

School District of Philadelphia

Spring-Ford Area School District

Upper Darby School District

Upper Perkiomen School District

East Greenwich Public Schools

Moses Brown School

Narragansett School System

Providence Public Schools

South Kingstown School District

Richland School District No. 2

Sioux Falls School District

Johnson City Schools

Kingsport City Schools

Knox County Schools

Williamson County Schools

Wilson County Schools

Abilene Independent School District

Austin Independent School District

Birdville Independent School District

Denton Independent School District

Eagle Mountain – Saginaw Independent School District

East Central Independent School District

Fort Worth Independent School District

Hays Independent School District

Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District

Killeen Independent School District

Lockhart Independent School District

Manor Independent School District

Northside Independent School District

Pflugerville Independent School District

Round Rock Independent School District

San Antonio Independent School District

San Marcos Independent School District

Tyler Independent School District

Waco Independent School District

Canyons School District

Granite School District

Jordan School District

Murray School District

Park City School District

Salt Lake City School District

Burlington School District

Windham Southeast Unified School District USD 96

Alexandria City Public School

Amherst County Public Schools

Arlington Public Schools

Bedford County Public Schools

Chesterfield County Public Schools

Fairfax County Public Schools

Falls Church City Public Schools

Henrico County Public Schools

Loudoun County Public Schools

Prince William County Public Schools

Auburn School District

Blaine School District

Central Kitsap School District

Evergreen Public Schools

Delta High School

Kennewick School District

Lake Stevens School District

Lake Washington School District

Longview School District

Richland School District

Seattle Public Schools

Spokane Public Schools

Tahoma School District

Vancouver School District

Dominican Catholic High School

Elmbrook School District

Green Bay Area Public School District

Madison Metropolitan School District

Milwaukee Public Schools

Monona Grove School District

Nicolet Union High School

Pewaukee School District

Racine Unified School District

Shorewood School District

Wauwatosa School District

West Allis – West Milwaukee School District

Whitefish Bay School District

Sweetwater County School District No. 1