Winter Break 2026-27 in the Largest School Districts
Of the 120 largest public school districts in the United States by enrollment, SchoolDates reads the calendars of 28. The 27 whose calendar lists a winter break are below, with the dates each district published. Of those 27, 25 begin the break on Monday, December 21, 2026; the median break is 10 school days, and Los Angeles Unified School District is off longest: 15 school days.
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Winter break 2026–27 in the largest districts, at a glance
- Most common first day off
- Monday, December 21 (25 of 27 districts)
- Median length
- 10 school days (27 districts)
- Longest
- Los Angeles Unified School District: 15 school days
- Shortest
- NYC Public Schools and Anne Arundel County Public Schools: 7 school days
- Most days off in a row
- Los Angeles Unified School District: 23 days, December 19 to January 10
- Most common day back in class
- Tuesday, January 5 (10 of 27 districts)
- All 975 districts we read with a winter break
- median 10 school days
District by district
Ranked by enrollment. The district name opens its full calendar on this site; the source is the district’s own calendar, with the day we read it.
| Rank | District | State | Starts | Ends | School days | Back in class | Days in a row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYC Public Schools | New York | Thu, Dec 24 | Fri, Jan 1 | 7 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | District’s calendar, read Oct 27 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Unified School District | California | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 8 | 15 | Mon, Jan 11 | 23 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 11 | Gwinnett County Public Schools | Georgia | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 16 | Dallas Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 27 |
| 21 | Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Mon, Jan 4 | 16 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 26 | Northside Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 35 | Katy Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 36 | Alpine School District | Utah | Sat, Dec 19 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 37 | Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Maryland | Thu, Dec 24 | Fri, Jan 1 | 7 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 43 | Fort Bend Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 47 | Austin Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 48 | Davis School District | Utah | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 49 | Brevard Public Schools | Florida | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 57 | Frisco Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 63 | Chesterfield County Public Schools | Virginia | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Mon, Jan 4 | 16 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 74 | Klein Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Tue, Jan 5 | 12 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 83 | School District of Manatee County | Florida | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 85 | Henrico County Public Schools | Virginia | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Mon, Jan 4 | 16 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 90 | Lewisville Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 20 |
| 95 | Humble Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Mon, Jan 4 | 16 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 97 | Collier County Public Schools | Florida | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Tue, Jan 5 | 17 | District’s calendar, read Oct 27 |
| 98 | Socorro Independent School District | Texas | Sat, Dec 19 | Sun, Jan 3 | 10 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 99 | Round Rock Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Tue, Jan 5 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 106 | Columbus City Schools | Ohio | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Mon, Jan 4 | 16 | District’s calendar, read Oct 27 |
| 112 | Sarasota County Public Schools | Florida | Mon, Dec 21 | Fri, Jan 1 | 10 | Mon, Jan 4 | 16 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 113 | Killeen Independent School District | Texas | Mon, Dec 21 | Mon, Jan 4 | 11 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 8 |
| 117 | Henry County School District | Georgia | Mon, Dec 21 | Tue, Jan 5 | 12 | Wed, Jan 6 | 18 | District’s calendar, read Oct 27 |
How the columns are counted
Starts and Ends are the first and last day of the break as the district’s calendar gives them, weekends included where the district lists them. School days are the weekdays from start to end. Back in class is the first weekday after the break that the calendar does not close: a teacher workday or a holiday right after the break counts as closed. Where the calendar does not make that day clear, the cell is a dash. Days in a row run from the day after the last school day before the break to the day before classes resume, weekends included.
Rank is the district’s place by fall 2021 enrollment in Table 215.30 of the Digest of Education Statistics 2022 (National Center for Education Statistics). The other 92 of the 120 are not on SchoolDates: we have not read a calendar of theirs that we can publish (how a calendar gets on the site: Methodology). Rutherford County Schools, Tennessee, is on the site, but the calendar we read lists no winter break, so it has no row.
Every date is as the district published it on the day we read its calendar, October 8 – October 27, 2026; that day is in the Source column of each row. Districts revise their calendars during the year, and the district’s own calendar, linked in every row, is the one that counts.
Citing this table
SchoolDates, “Winter break 2026–27 in the largest U.S. school districts”, schooldates.org/winter-break/largest-districts/, dates read from each district’s calendar October 8 – October 27, 2026.
Every district we read, state by state: Winter Break 2026-27 by state. To show one district’s next day off on a school or PTA site: the SchoolDates widget.