School Year Dates

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Prince George's County Public Schools 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
to
Winter & Christmas 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
2345678
91011 Professional Duty Days for New Teachers12 Professional Duty Days for New Teachers13 Professional Duty Days for New Teachers1415
1617 Professional Duty Days for All Teachers18 Professional Duty Days for All Teachers19 Professional Duty Days for All Teachers20 Professional Duty Days for All Teachers21 Professional Duty Days for All Teachers22
2324 Student Orientation Day | Professional Duty Day for All Teachers25 First day of school26 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 Day8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development17 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 Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day3
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 Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development17
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 Early Dismissal for Students | Q1 Grading & Reporting Half-Day for Teachers31
November 2026
SMTWTFS
12 Weekday in term3 Election Day4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7
89 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Schools Closed for Students | Parent-Teacher Conferences12 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 Thanksgiving Break26 Thanksgiving Break27 Thanksgiving Break28
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 Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19
2021 Winter & Christmas Break22 Winter & Christmas Break23 Winter & Christmas Break24 Winter & Christmas Break25 Winter & Christmas Break26 Winter & Christmas Break
27 Winter & Christmas Break28 Winter & Christmas Break29 Winter & Christmas Break30 Winter & Christmas Break31 Winter & Christmas Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 New Year's Day2
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. Day19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Early Dismissal for Students | Q2 Grading & Reporting Half-Day for Teachers23
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 Weekday in term13
1415 Presidents' Day16 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 Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day27
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 Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development (Eid al-Fitr**)11 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 Good Friday27
2829 Monday after Easter30 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 Early Dismissal for Students | Q3 Grading & Reporting Half-Day for Teachers10
1112 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17
1819 Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development | Potential inclement weather make-up day120 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 Eid al-Adha18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day22
2324 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29
3031 Memorial Day
June 2027
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 Early Dismissal for Students | Last Day for Students1 and End of Fourth Quarter (44 days); Last day of school16 Last Day for Teachers11718 Juneteenth19
20212223242526
27282930

The 2026-27 year in words

Classes for Prince George's County Public Schools run from until . End to end that is roughly 42 weeks, and after the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays are removed, 181 potential weekdays remain, based only on the exceptions listed here. After listed exceptions, the first week has four potential weekdays and the last week has two.

There are 3 breaks on the calendar. Students are off for Thanksgiving Break from to , 3 days counting weekends and 3 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Winter & Christmas Break starts and ends , a total of 11 days with 9 weekdays off. Spring Break starts and ends , a total of 4 days with 4 weekdays off. The longest is Winter & Christmas Break at 11 days.

Between and there are 21 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 76 potential weekdays before winter break and 105 after it.

11 other days off are marked as holidays: Independence Day (), Labor Day (), Election Day (), New Year's Day (), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (), Presidents' Day (), Good Friday () and Monday after Easter (), and 3 more. 10 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Independence Day, Labor Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Monday after Easter, Eid al-Adha, Memorial Day and Juneteenth.

15 teacher workdays without students are listed, the first on and the last on . 8 early-release days are listed, from to .

Among the 3 Maryland districts on this site, Prince George's County Public Schools starts earlier than 0 and later than 2. The median first day in the group is . The earliest first day on the site in Maryland is (Baltimore City Public Schools) and the latest is (Prince George's County Public Schools).

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

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Thanksgiving Break33
Winter & Christmas Break119
Spring Break44
Holidays
DayDate
Independence Day
Labor Day
Election Day
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents' Day
Good Friday
Monday after Easter
Eid al-Adha
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Professional Duty Days for New Teachers
Professional Duty Days for New Teachers
Professional Duty Days for New Teachers
Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
Student Orientation Day | Professional Duty Day for All Teachers
Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development
Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development
Schools Closed for Students | Parent-Teacher Conferences
Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development (Eid al-Fitr**)
Schools Closed for Students | Professional Development | Potential inclement weather make-up day1
Last Day for Teachers1
Early release
DayDate
Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day
Early Dismissal for Students | Q1 Grading & Reporting Half-Day for Teachers
Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day
Early Dismissal for Students | Q2 Grading & Reporting Half-Day for Teachers
Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day
Early Dismissal for Students | Q3 Grading & Reporting Half-Day for Teachers
Early Dismissal for Students | Teacher Professional Half-Day
Early Dismissal for Students | Last Day for Students1 and End of Fourth Quarter (44 days)
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 20265
September 202620
October 202621
November 202616
December 202614
January 202719
February 202719
March 202718
April 202719
May 202719
June 202711

Where these dates come from

Source: pgcps.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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