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Austin ISD 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
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
23 New Teacher Orientation45 New Teacher Orientation6 Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday7 Teacher Planning / Student Holiday8
910 Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday11 District Staff Development / Student Holiday12 District Staff Development / Student Holiday13 Campus & District Staff Development / Student Holiday14 Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday15
1617 Teacher Planning / Student Holiday18 First day of school19 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 Student Holiday/ PLED Day /Yom Kippur22 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 Indigenous People Day13 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 Student / Staff Holiday3 Student Holiday/ Campus Staff Staff Development Culture of Voting4 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 Fall Break24 Fall Break25 Fall Break26 Fall Break27 Fall 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 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19
2021 Winter Break22 Winter Break23 Winter Break24 Winter Break25 Winter Break26 Winter Break
27 Winter Break28 Winter Break29 Winter Break30 Winter Break31 Winter Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Winter Break2 Winter Break
3 Winter Break4 Winter Break; Staff Development / Student Holiday5 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 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 Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday/ President's 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 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 Student Holiday/ Eid al-Fitr11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Spring Break16 Spring Break17 Spring Break18 Spring Break19 Spring Break20
2122 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Student / Staff Holiday / Good Friday [Bad Weather Makeup Day]**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 Student Holiday / PLED Day
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 Weekday in term27 Last day of school28 Teacher Planning Day/Last Day for Teachers29
3031 Memorial Day Holiday

The 2026-27 year in words

Austin ISD starts the 2026-27 school year on , and the last day for students is . That is about 40 weeks from first day to last day, with 172 potential weekdays after removing only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. Because the year opens on a Tuesday, the first week contains four potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains four to the Thursday finish.

The calendar lists 3 breaks. Fall Break starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. Winter Break: to , which is 15 days and 11 weekdays without classes. Spring Break: to , which is 5 days and 5 weekdays without classes. The longest is Winter Break at 15 days.

Between and there are 24 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 79 before it and 93 after it.

Outside the breaks, 11 holidays are listed: Independence Day Holiday (), Labor Day Holiday (), Student Holiday/ PLED Day /Yom Kippur (), Indigenous People Day (), Student / Staff Holiday (), Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday (), Student Holiday/ Eid al-Fitr () and Student / Staff Holiday / Good Friday [Bad Weather Makeup Day]** (), and 3 more. For a three-day weekend, look at Labor Day Holiday, Student Holiday/ PLED Day /Yom Kippur, Indigenous People Day, Student / Staff Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday, Student / Staff Holiday / Good Friday [Bad Weather Makeup Day]**, Student Holiday / PLED Day, Memorial Day Holiday and Juneteenth Holiday Observance Day, which sit next to a weekend.

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

Of the 17 Texas districts listed here, 1 start after Austin ISD, 15 start before it. The group's median first day is . The earliest first day on the site in Texas is (Northside ISD) and the latest is (Edinburg CISD).

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 PDF calendar at austinisd.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
Winter Break1511
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Independence Day Holiday
Labor Day Holiday
Student Holiday/ PLED Day /Yom Kippur
Indigenous People Day
Student / Staff Holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday
Student Holiday/ Eid al-Fitr
Student / Staff Holiday / Good Friday [Bad Weather Makeup Day]**
Student Holiday / PLED Day
Memorial Day Holiday
Juneteenth Holiday Observance Day
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
New Teacher Orientation
New Teacher Orientation
Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday
Teacher Planning / Student Holiday
Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday
District Staff Development / Student Holiday
District Staff Development / Student Holiday
Campus & District Staff Development / Student Holiday
Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday
Teacher Planning / Student Holiday
Student Holiday/ Campus Staff Staff Development Culture of Voting
Staff Development / Student Holiday
Campus Staff Development / Student Holiday/ President's Day
Teacher Planning Day/Last Day for Teachers
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202610
September 202620
October 202621
November 202614
December 202614
January 202718
February 202719
March 202716
April 202721
May 202719

Where these dates come from

Source: austinisd.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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