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Cincinnati 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
Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)
to
Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days)
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
9101112 All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed13 Teacher Classroom Workday14 Professional Development Day15
1617 Professional Development Day18 Professional Development Day19 First day of school20 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 - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed8 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 All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed22 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 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 All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed3 Election Day - Only Schools Closed4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7
89 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Veterans’ Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed24 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed25 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days26 Thanksgiving Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed27 Holiday/Break - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed28
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 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)22 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)23 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)24 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days); Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed25 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days); Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed26 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)
27 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)28 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)29 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)30 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)31 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days); New Year’s Day Holiday-All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed2
34 District Professional Development Day - No Students5 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. Day Holiday -All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed19 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 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Presidents’ Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed16 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 All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed2 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 Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days)23 Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days)24 Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days)25 Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days)26 Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days)27
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 Weekday in term22
2324 Weekday in term25 Last day of school26 Teacher Classroom Workday - Last day for Teachers27 All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed2829
3031 Memorial Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed

The 2026-27 year in words

Classes for Cincinnati Public Schools run from until . End to end that is roughly 40 weeks, and after the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays are removed, 170 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 two to the Tuesday finish.

There are 2 breaks on the calendar. Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days) starts and ends , a total of 12 days with 10 weekdays off. Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days) starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. The longest is Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days) at 12 days.

Between and there are 42 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 78 before it and 92 after it.

16 other days off are marked as holidays: All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed (), Labor Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed (), All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed (), All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed (), Election Day - Only Schools Closed (), Veterans’ Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed (), Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed () and Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed (), and 8 more. For a three-day weekend, look at Labor Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed, Holiday/Break - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday -All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, Presidents’ Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, Memorial Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed and Juneteenth Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed, which sit next to a weekend.

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

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
Winter Recess - Only Schools Closed (10 days)1210
Spring Break - Only Schools Closed (5 days)55
Holidays
DayDate
All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Labor Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Election Day - Only Schools Closed
Veterans’ Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed
Thanksgiving Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Holiday/Break - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
New Year’s Day Holiday-All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday -All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Presidents’ Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Memorial Day Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Juneteenth Holiday - All CPS Buildings and Offices Closed
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Teacher Classroom Workday
Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days
District Professional Development Day - No Students
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days
Teacher Classroom Workday - Last day for Teachers
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 20269
September 202620
October 202622
November 202613
December 202614
January 202718
February 202718
March 202717
April 202722
May 202717

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 Cincinnati Public Schools

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