Read from the district on November 4, 2026
Houston Independent school calendar, 2026–2027
Key dates for 2026–2027: first day of school August 10; Thanksgiving break November 23–27; winter break and one more day off December 21 to January 4; spring break March 8–12; last day of school May 28.
Next time off
Nov 6
Teacher work day, no students · November 6
As of November 4, 2026, the day this calendar was read
School days off this year
29
across 11 separate closures
Last day of school
May 28
Friday
First day of school August 10; Thanksgiving break November 23–27; Winter break + 1 more day off December 21 to January 4; Spring break March 8–12; Last day of school May 28;
Key dates and the month grids, on one or two sheets
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Month by month
Days off: school breaks, holidays and staff days. Not days off: term milestones.
August 2026
SMTWTFS
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
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4
5
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10
11
12
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31
1
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5
- 10First day
September 2026
SMTWTFS
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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20
21
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26
27
28
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30
1
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3
- 7Labor Day
- 21Staff day
October 2026
SMTWTFS
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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17
18
19
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21
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27
28
29
30
31
- 9Staff day
November 2026
SMTWTFS
1
2
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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14
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18
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20
21
22
23
24
25
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27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
- 6Staff day
- 23–27Thanksgiving break
December 2026
SMTWTFS
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
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26
27
28
29
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31
1
2
- 21 onWinter break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
- to 1Winter break
- 4Staff day
- 18MLK Day
February 2027
SMTWTFS
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
- 15Staff day
March 2027
SMTWTFS
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
- 8–12Spring break
- 26No school
April 2027
SMTWTFS
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
- 16Staff day
May 2027
SMTWTFS
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
- 28Last day
- 31Memorial Day
School break
Holiday, no school
Staff day, no students
Term milestone
Key dates
| What | Dates | School days | Back to school | Same dates in Texas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First day of school | August 10 | — | — | 13 of 146 · Texas first day of school 2026, by district |
| Thanksgiving break | November 23–27 | 5 | Monday, November 30 | 136 of 155 · Texas Thanksgiving break 2026, by district |
| Winter break + 1 more day off | December 21 to January 4 | 11 | Tuesday, January 5 | 71 of 156 · Texas winter break 2026–27, by district |
| Spring break | March 8–12 | 5 | Monday, March 15 | 40 of 155 · Texas spring break 2027, by district |
| Last day of school | May 28 | — | — | 9 of 109 · Texas last day of school 2027, by district |
- Longest closure
- Winter break + 1 more day off, December 21 to January 4 (11 school days)
- One-day closures
- 8
- Closures starting Tuesday to Thursday
- 0
- Staff days, no students
- 6: Sep 21, Oct 9, Nov 6, Jan 4, Feb 15, Apr 16
- Early-release days
- none published
- Most days off in one month
- December, 9 school days
- Months with no day off
- August and May
- Longest run of school days
- 30, April 19 to May 28
Every date
| Date | What it is | Time off | District’s own wording |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 | First day of school | — | First Day for Students |
| September 7 | Labor Day | 1 school day | Labor Day |
| September 21 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Staff PD Day (no classes) |
| October 9 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Staff PD Day (no classes) |
| November 6 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Staff PD Day (no classes) |
| November 23–27 | Thanksgiving break | 5 school days | Recess (no classes) |
| December 21 to January 1 | Winter break | 10 school days | Recess (no classes); Jan 1: New Year's Day |
| January 4 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Staff PD Day (no classes) |
| January 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | 1 school day | MLK Jr. Day |
| February 15 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Staff PD Day (no classes) |
| March 8–12 | Spring break | 5 school days | Recess (no classes) |
| March 26 | No school | 1 school day | Recess (no classes) |
| April 16 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Staff PD Day (no classes) |
| May 28 | Last day of school | — | Last day for students |
| May 31 | Memorial Day | — | Memorial Day |
Sources
Houston ISD calls itself HISD on its own calendar page, so this is the HISD school calendar 2026–2027, read from the district’s yearly calendar PDF.
- District’s calendar: https://www.houstonisd.org/our-district/district-calendar (the source)
- District website: https://www.houstonisd.org
- District’s PDF calendar read on November 4, 2026:
https://www.houstonisd.org/fs/resource-manager/view/86c8b85e-6fff-4100-ab1b-14fcfedb2783— every date on this page is a line of that PDF, read twice by independent methods and published only where both readings agree
How these dates are read and labeled: Methodology.