SchoolStartDates first days · breaks · last days

When does school start?

First days, last days, and every break for the 2026–27 school year — for 75 of the largest US school districts, checked against each district's own published calendar. No PDF downloads, no digging through district sites.

The big ones

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Why trust these dates?

Every calendar here is read from the district's own published calendar — the source is named and linked on every page, along with the date we last checked it. When a district hasn't adopted next year's calendar yet, the page says so instead of guessing. How this site works.