School Year Dates

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Mobile County school calendar 2026-27

First day, last day, breaks, holidays and teacher workdays, read from the district's own calendar.

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First day
Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday)
to
Christmas Break (School Holiday)
to
Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday)
to
Spring Break
to
Last day

Kindergarten, pre-K, individual grades and particular schools may have different start dates or schedules. Check the district calendar for your child's grade and school.

Unmarked weekdays and computed counts use only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. Other closures may be missing, so these are potential weekdays, not verified days of attendance.

Month by month

  • Weekday in term
  • Break
  • Holiday
  • No students (teacher workday)
  • Early release
  • First day
  • Last day
August 2026
SMTWTFS
1
23 Professional Development456 Professional Development7 Teacher Work Day8
910 First day of school11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22
2324 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29
3031 Weekday in term
September 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5
67 Labor Day (System-Wide Holiday)8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19
2021 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26
2728 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
October 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10
1112 Teacher Work Day13 Professional Development14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17
1819 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31
November 2026
SMTWTFS
12 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7
89 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Veterans Day (System-Wide Holiday)12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday)24 Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday)25 Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday)26 Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday)27 Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday)28
2930 Weekday in term
December 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5
67 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19
2021 Christmas Break (School Holiday)22 Christmas Break (School Holiday)23 Christmas Break (School Holiday)24 Christmas Break (School Holiday)25 Christmas Break (School Holiday)26 Christmas Break (School Holiday)
27 Christmas Break (School Holiday)28 Christmas Break (School Holiday)29 Christmas Break (School Holiday)30 Christmas Break (School Holiday)31 Christmas Break (School Holiday)
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 New Year's Day (System-Wide Holiday)2
34 Teacher Work Day5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9
1011 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16
1718 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (System-Wide Holiday)19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23
2425 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30
31
February 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6
78 Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday)9 Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday)10 Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday)11 Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday)12 Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday)13
1415 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20
2122 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27
28
March 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20
2122 Teacher Work Day23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27
2829 Spring Break30 Spring Break31 Spring Break
April 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Spring Break2 Spring Break3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10
1112 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17
1819 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
May 2027
SMTWTFS
1
23 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8
910 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22
2324 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Last day of school27 Teacher Work Day28 Teacher Work Day29
3031 Memorial Day (System-Wide Holiday)

The 2026-27 year in words

Mobile County starts the 2026-27 school year on , and the last day for students is . That is about 41 weeks from first day to last day, with 176 potential weekdays after removing only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. Because the year opens on a Monday, the first week contains five potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains three to the Wednesday finish.

There are 4 breaks on the calendar. Students are off for Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday) from to , 5 days counting weekends and 5 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Christmas Break (School Holiday) starts and ends , a total of 11 days with 9 weekdays off. Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday) runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. Spring Break runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. The longest is Christmas Break (School Holiday) at 11 days.

The longest run without a listed closure runs to , covering 38 potential weekdays after excluding only the exceptions recorded here. After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 86 before it and 90 after it.

7 other days off are marked as holidays: Independence Day (System-Wide Holiday) (), Independence Day (), Labor Day (System-Wide Holiday) (), Veterans Day (System-Wide Holiday) (), New Year's Day (System-Wide Holiday) (), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (System-Wide Holiday) () and Memorial Day (System-Wide Holiday) (). For a three-day weekend, look at Labor Day (System-Wide Holiday), New Year's Day (System-Wide Holiday), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (System-Wide Holiday) and Memorial Day (System-Wide Holiday), which sit next to a weekend.

9 teacher workdays without students are listed, the first on and the last on .

Of the 3 Alabama districts listed here, 1 start after Mobile County, 0 start before it and 1 share its first day. The group's median first day is . The earliest first day on the site in Alabama is (Mobile County) and the latest is (Jefferson County).

This calendar is marked as approved in the source. Even so, districts revise approved calendars when storms, elections or board decisions require it.

We read these dates from a web page on mcpss.com on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Thanksgiving Break (School Holiday)55
Christmas Break (School Holiday)119
Mardi Gras Break (Student/Teacher Holiday)55
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Independence Day (System-Wide Holiday)
Independence Day
Labor Day (System-Wide Holiday)
Veterans Day (System-Wide Holiday)
New Year's Day (System-Wide Holiday)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (System-Wide Holiday)
Memorial Day (System-Wide Holiday)
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Professional Development
Professional Development
Teacher Work Day
Teacher Work Day
Professional Development
Teacher Work Day
Teacher Work Day
Teacher Work Day
Teacher Work Day
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202616
September 202621
October 202620
November 202615
December 202614
January 202718
February 202715
March 202719
April 202720
May 202718

Where these dates come from

Source: mcpss.com (a web page), read on . Districts revise calendars after severe weather, board votes and contract settlements, so the district's own page is the version that counts. If a date here looks wrong, tell us and we will re-check the source. How we check.

Other Alabama districts

Districts in Alabama close in size to Mobile County, with their own calendars on this site:

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