School Year Dates

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East Baton Rouge Parish 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
Fall Break
to
Winter Break (School District Closure)
to
Mardi Gras 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 Employee In-Service45 Employee In-Service6 First day of school7 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 (Holiday/District Closure)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 Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend)10
1112 Fall Break13 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 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28
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 Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend)19
2021 Winter Break (School District Closure)22 Winter Break (School District Closure)23 Winter Break (School District Closure)24 Winter Break (School District Closure)25 Winter Break (School District Closure)26 Winter Break (School District Closure)
27 Winter Break (School District Closure)28 Winter Break (School District Closure)29 Winter Break (School District Closure)30 Winter Break (School District Closure)31 Winter Break (School District Closure)
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Winter Break (School District Closure)2
34 Weekday in term5 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 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 Mardi Gras Break9 Mardi Gras Break10 Mardi Gras Break11 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 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 Weekday in term27
2829 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 2027
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 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 Last day of school22
23242526272829
3031 Memorial Day Holiday (School District Closure)

The 2026-27 year in words

East Baton Rouge Parish 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 188 potential weekdays after removing only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. After listed exceptions, the first week has two potential weekdays and the last week has five.

3 breaks are marked on the calendar. Students are off for Fall Break from to , 2 days counting weekends and 2 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Winter Break (School District Closure): to , which is 12 days and 10 weekdays without classes. Mardi Gras Break: to , which is 3 days and 3 weekdays without classes. Winter Break (School District Closure) is the longest break, 12 days from start to finish.

Between and there are 72 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 92 potential weekdays before winter break and 96 after it.

Outside the breaks, 5 holidays are listed: Independence Day (Holiday on July 4th) (), Labor Day (Holiday/District Closure) (), Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (), Memorial Day Holiday (School District Closure) () and Juneteenth Holiday (Holiday on June 18th) (). 5 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Independence Day (Holiday on July 4th), Labor Day (Holiday/District Closure), Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Memorial Day Holiday (School District Closure) and Juneteenth Holiday (Holiday on June 18th).

Students stay home on 4 teacher workdays: Employee In-Service (), Employee In-Service (), Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend) () and Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend) ().

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 ebrschools.org on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Fall Break22
Winter Break (School District Closure)1210
Mardi Gras Break33
Holidays
DayDate
Independence Day (Holiday on July 4th)
Labor Day (Holiday/District Closure)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Memorial Day Holiday (School District Closure)
Juneteenth Holiday (Holiday on June 18th)
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Employee In-Service
Employee In-Service
Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend)
Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend)
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202618
September 202621
October 202619
November 202621
December 202613
January 202719
February 202717
March 202723
April 202722
May 202715

Where these dates come from

Source: ebrschools.org (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.

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