School Year Dates

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Richmond 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
Student/Teacher Fall Break
to
Thanksgiving Holiday
to
Christmas/Winter Break
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
234 Preplanning Days5 First day of school6 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 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 Holiday8 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 Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day10
1112 Student/Teacher Fall Break13 Student/Teacher Fall Break14 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 Holiday12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving Holiday24 Thanksgiving Holiday25 Thanksgiving Holiday26 Thanksgiving Holiday27 Thanksgiving Holiday28
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 Weekday in term22 End of 1st Semester/Early Release (all grades)23 Christmas/Winter Break24 Christmas/Winter Break25 Christmas/Winter Break26 Christmas/Winter Break
27 Christmas/Winter Break28 Christmas/Winter Break29 Christmas/Winter Break30 Christmas/Winter Break31 Christmas/Winter Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Christmas/Winter Break2 Christmas/Winter Break
3 Christmas/Winter Break4 Christmas/Winter Break5 Christmas/Winter Break6 Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9
1011 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16
1718 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday19 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 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day13
1415 Student/Teacher Holiday16 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 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Student/Teacher Holiday27
2829 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3
45 Spring Break6 Spring Break7 Spring Break8 Spring Break9 Spring Break10 Spring Break
11 Spring Break12 Spring Break13 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 School/Early Release (all grades); Last day of school27 Post Planning Days28 Post Planning Days29
3031 Memorial Day Holiday

The 2026-27 year in words

Classes for Richmond County run from until . End to end that is roughly 42 weeks, and after the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays are removed, 180 potential weekdays remain, based only on the exceptions listed here. Because the year opens on a Wednesday, the first week contains three potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains three to the Wednesday finish.

There are 4 breaks on the calendar. Student/Teacher Fall Break: to , which is 2 days and 2 weekdays without classes. Thanksgiving Holiday starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. Christmas/Winter Break runs through : 14 days off the calendar, 10 of them weekdays. Spring Break: to , which is 8 days and 6 weekdays without classes. The longest is Christmas/Winter Break at 14 days.

The longest run without a listed closure runs to , covering 32 potential weekdays after excluding only the exceptions recorded here. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 90 potential weekdays before winter break and 90 after it.

Outside the breaks, 11 holidays are listed: Independence Day Holiday (), Labor Day Holiday (), Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day (), Veterans Day Holiday (), Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day (), Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (), Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day () and Student/Teacher Holiday (), and 3 more. For a three-day weekend, look at Labor Day Holiday, Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day, Student/Teacher Holiday, Student/Teacher Holiday, Memorial Day Holiday and Juneteenth Holiday, which sit next to a weekend.

There is no school for students on the days set aside for teachers: Preplanning Days (), Preplanning Days (), Post Planning Days () and Post Planning Days (). Students leave early on and .

Of the 8 Georgia districts listed here, 1 start after Richmond County, 6 start before it. The group's median first day is . The earliest first day on the site in Georgia is (Fulton County) and the latest is (Forsyth 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 PDF calendar on resources.finalsite.net on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Student/Teacher Fall Break22
Thanksgiving Holiday55
Christmas/Winter Break1410
Spring Break86
Holidays
DayDate
Independence Day Holiday
Labor Day Holiday
Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day
Veterans Day Holiday
Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Student Holiday/Professional Learning Day
Student/Teacher Holiday
Student/Teacher Holiday
Memorial Day Holiday
Juneteenth Holiday
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Preplanning Days
Preplanning Days
Post Planning Days
Post Planning Days
Early release
DayDate
End of 1st Semester/Early Release (all grades)
Last Day of School/Early Release (all grades)
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202619
September 202621
October 202619
November 202615
December 202616
January 202716
February 202718
March 202722
April 202716
May 202718

Where these dates come from

Source: resources.finalsite.net (a PDF calendar), 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.

See the 2027-28 calendar for Richmond County

Other Georgia districts

Districts in Georgia close in size to Richmond County, with their own calendars on this site:

All Georgia districts