Map: Coronavirus and School Closures

Updated: March 19, 2020, 8:20 p.m. ET

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The coronavirus pandemic is forcing widespread school closures in the United States, with some states ordering all schools to shut down for as long as a month in an unprecedented disruption of K-12 schooling.

Use the map below to see where entire states are closed, states where some school districts are shut down, and states where there are no known closures. Keep scrolling for detailed information about district closures.

School closures refer to the shutdown of physical buildings and traditional, in-person instruction.

Read Education Week’s full coverage of the novel coronavirus and its impact on schools here.

As of March 19, 2020, 8:20 p.m. ET: 44 states have decided to close schools. Combined with district closures in other states, at least 104,000 U.S. public and private schools are closed, are scheduled to close, or were closed and later reopened, affecting at least 47.9 million school students.

There are at least 98,000 public schools and at least 34,000 private schools in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Those schools educate almost 50.8 million public school students and 5.8 million private school students.

Sources: Local news reporting; National Center for Education Statistics; school/district websites | Click here to view an enlarged map.

* Private school enrollments and numbers of private schools in states are included if, and only if, a state has clearly mandated all private schools to close.