School Year Dates

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DeSoto County School District 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
Thanksgiving Holidays
to
Christmas Break
to
Spring Break
to
Easter Break
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 First day of school4 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 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 Fall Break6 Fall Break7 Fall Break8 Fall Break9 Fall Break10
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 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 Thanksgiving Holidays24 Thanksgiving Holidays25 Thanksgiving Holidays26 Thanksgiving Holidays27 Thanksgiving Holidays28
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 60% Day/Last Day of First Semester19
2021 Christmas Break22 Christmas Break23 Christmas Break24 Christmas Break25 Christmas Break26 Christmas Break
27 Christmas Break28 Christmas Break29 Christmas Break30 Christmas Break31 Christmas Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Christmas Break2
34 Staff Development Day5 Staff Development Day6 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 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 President's Day 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 Spring Break9 Spring Break10 Spring Break11 Spring Break12 Spring Break13
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 Friday Holiday27
2829 Easter Break30 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 Weekday in term22
2324 Weekday in term25 Last day of school26272829
3031 Memorial Day

The 2026-27 year in words

The 2026-27 calendar for DeSoto County School District opens on and closes on , a span of about 42 weeks. Leaving out the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays on the list, that leaves 180 potential weekdays; additional closures may be missing from this summary. After listed exceptions, the first week has five potential weekdays and the last week has two.

5 breaks are marked on the calendar. Fall Break runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. Students are off for Thanksgiving Holidays from to , 5 days counting weekends and 5 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Christmas Break: to , which is 12 days and 10 weekdays without classes. Students are off for Spring Break from to , 5 days counting weekends and 5 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Easter Break is a single day, . Christmas Break is the longest break, 12 days from start to finish.

The longest run without a listed closure runs to , covering 41 potential weekdays after excluding only the exceptions recorded here. After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 89 before it and 91 after it.

Outside the breaks, 5 holidays are listed: Labor Day Holiday (), Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (), President's Day Holiday (), Good Friday Holiday () and Memorial Day (). 5 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day Holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, President's Day Holiday, Good Friday Holiday and Memorial Day.

Students stay home on 2 teacher workdays: Staff Development Day () and Staff Development Day (). Students leave early on .

The source does not say whether the board has approved this calendar, so treat the dates as the district's current published plan and check before you commit to travel.

The dates come from a web page at desotocountyschools.org, last read on . Use the link on this page to open the district's own calendar and confirm.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Fall Break55
Thanksgiving Holidays55
Christmas Break1210
Spring Break55
Easter Break11
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day Holiday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
President's Day Holiday
Good Friday Holiday
Memorial Day
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Staff Development Day
Staff Development Day
Early release
DayDate
60% Day/Last Day of First Semester
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202621
September 202621
October 202617
November 202616
December 202614
January 202717
February 202719
March 202716
April 202722
May 202717

Where these dates come from

Source: desotocountyschools.org (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.