Number of days of full or partial school closures due to COVID per state, March 2020 to October 2021

Number of days of full or partial school closures due to COVID per state, March 2020 to October 2021
Source: Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. Includes number of days with either state total school closures or partial closures (e.g. just public schools)Source: USSC

As New South Wales and Victorian pupils return to school after months of home learning, American children have faced some of the longest school closures globally since pandemic-related closures began in March 2020.

This varies significantly between each state: all California schools were closed for 353 days with another 151 days where some schools were required to be closed; Maine, on the other hand, had just 158 days with all schools closed and 25 days with some school closures.