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Elementary and Secondary Schools

NAICS 6111 · 112,237 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
65.4% Democratic, 34.6% Republican

Two-party shares across 112,237 workers in the Elementary and Secondary Schools industry.

65.4%
34.6%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
65.1% D · 34.9% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Hierarchy
Educational Services › Elementary and Secondary Schools
NAICS2 61 · NAICS4 6111
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Where Elementary and Secondary Schools falls

Near the middle of industries in Educational Services (50th percentile).

← DemocraticRepublican →Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools — 69% DemocraticElementary and Secondary Schools — 65% DemocraticEducational Support Services — 67% DemocraticProfessional and Management Development Training — 60% DemocraticJunior Colleges — 63% DemocraticExam Preparation and Tutoring — 68% DemocraticAll Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction — 69% DemocraticBusiness and Secretarial Schools — 60% DemocraticFlight Training — 39% DemocraticOther Technical and Trade Schools — 57% DemocraticSports and Recreation Instruction — 52% DemocraticLanguage Schools — 68% DemocraticComputer Training — 65% DemocraticFine Arts Schools — 74% DemocraticCosmetology and Barber Schools — 66% DemocraticAutomobile Driving Schools — 57% DemocraticApprenticeship Training — 34% DemocraticElementary and Secondary Schools — 65% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 17 other industries in Educational Services; size scales by workforce. Hover to see names — click to jump.

How this is measured

VRscores estimate the partisan composition of an industry by linking voter registration records to employment profiles, then aggregating workers up the NAICS hierarchy. The two-party shares above exclude workers with no major-party affiliation.

Read the full methodology or the published Organization Science paper.

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Citation

Kagan, Max; Frake, Justin; Hurst, Reuben (2026). “VRscores: A New Measure and Data Set of Workforce Politics Using Voter Registrations.” Organization Science, 37(2), 444–465.
https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2025.20402