School Year Dates

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Loudoun 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 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
9101112131415
1617 First day of school18 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 Student Holiday5
67 Holiday (Labor Day)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 Holiday (Yom Kippur)22 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 Holiday (Indigenous Peoples' Day)13 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 Student Holiday30 Student Holiday31
November 2026
SMTWTFS
12 Student Holiday3 Student Holiday4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7
89 Holiday (Diwali)10 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 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 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 Break; Holiday (Christmas Eve)25 Winter Break; Holiday (Christmas)26 Winter Break
27 Winter Break28 Winter Break29 Winter Break30 Winter Break31 Winter Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Winter Break; Holiday (New Year's Day)/Winter Break Ends2
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 Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23
2425 Student Holiday26 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 Holiday (Lunar New Year)6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Holiday (Presidents' Day)16 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 Student Holiday9 Holiday (Eid al Fitr)10 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 Break23 Spring Break24 Spring Break25 Spring Break26 Spring Break27
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 Student Holiday13 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 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29
3031 Holiday (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 Last day of school12
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930

The 2026-27 year in words

The 2026-27 calendar for Loudoun County Public Schools opens on and closes on , a span of about 43 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. Because the year opens on a Monday, the first week contains five potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains five to the Friday finish.

3 breaks are marked on the calendar. Thanksgiving Break: to , which is 3 days and 3 weekdays without classes. Winter Break runs through : 12 days off the calendar, 10 of them weekdays. Spring Break starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. Winter Break is the longest break, 12 days from start to finish.

The longest stretch with no break, holiday or teacher workday listed here is 34 potential weekdays, from to . After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 78 before it and 102 after it.

17 other days off are marked as holidays: Student Holiday (), Holiday (Labor Day) (), Holiday (Yom Kippur) (), Holiday (Indigenous Peoples' Day) (), Student Holiday (), Student Holiday (), Student Holiday () and Student Holiday (), and 9 more. 14 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Student Holiday, Holiday (Labor Day), Holiday (Yom Kippur), Holiday (Indigenous Peoples' Day), Student Holiday, Student Holiday, Holiday (Diwali), Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), Student Holiday, Holiday (Lunar New Year), Holiday (Presidents' Day), Student Holiday, Student Holiday and Holiday (Memorial Day).

Of the 5 Virginia districts listed here, 4 start after Loudoun County Public Schools, 0 start before it. The group's median first day is . The earliest first day on the site in Virginia is (Loudoun County Public Schools) and the latest is (Fairfax 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 web page on lcps.org on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Thanksgiving Break33
Winter Break1210
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Student Holiday
Holiday (Labor Day)
Holiday (Yom Kippur)
Holiday (Indigenous Peoples' Day)
Student Holiday
Student Holiday
Student Holiday
Student Holiday
Holiday (Diwali)
Holiday (Christmas Eve)
Holiday (Christmas)
Holiday (New Year's Day)/Winter Break Ends
Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Student Holiday
Holiday (Lunar New Year)
Holiday (Presidents' Day)
Student Holiday
Holiday (Eid al Fitr)
Student Holiday
Holiday (Memorial Day)
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202611
September 202619
October 202619
November 202615
December 202614
January 202718
February 202718
March 202716
April 202721
May 202720
June 20279

Where these dates come from

Source: lcps.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.

Other Virginia districts

Districts in Virginia close in size to Loudoun County Public Schools, with their own calendars on this site:

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