Kansas has 197 school districts across 193 cities with calendar data for the 2025-26 school year. Districts average 174 instructional days per year.
Academic Calendar Overview
Kansas school districts follow a 2025-26 academic calendar that spans from July 31, 2025 through June 26, 2026. With 197 districts across 193 cities and communities, Kansas families have a wide range of schedules to navigate depending on where they live. Understanding when school starts, when breaks fall, and how many instructional days your child will have helps parents plan vacations, childcare, and family activities around the academic year. With an average of 174 instructional days required per year, Kansas school districts must carefully balance state mandates with local scheduling needs, including teacher planning days, professional development, and weather makeup days.
When Does School Start?
The earliest Kansas districts begin classes on July 31, 2025, while others do not start until September 4, 2025 — a spread of 35 days that reflects the diverse local priorities and climate conditions across the state. Districts that start earlier in the summer tend to align breaks with local events or agricultural cycles, while later-starting districts may preserve more of the traditional summer for families. This variation means a family moving from one Kansas district to another could encounter a schedule shift of several weeks, making it important to verify your specific district's calendar each year. Across Kansas, districts average 174 instructional days — a figure set by state education mandates but often exceeded by individual districts that build in additional learning time.
Break Schedules
For the 2025-26 academic year, the most common spring break window in Kansas runs from March 16, 2026 through March 20, 2026, a schedule shared by 100 districts. Families planning spring travel should be aware that while this is the dominant pattern, not all Kansas districts follow the same dates — some districts schedule spring break a week earlier or later based on local traditions or the academic calendar layout. Winter break — the longest scheduled recess of the school year — most commonly begins December 22, 2025 and runs through January 2, 2026 for 86 Kansas districts. This multi-week window is a critical planning period for families booking holiday travel, managing childcare during the break, and coordinating with extended family schedules.
Data Sources & Accuracy
Major Kansas communities including Seneca, Pratt, Leavenworth, and Kansas City are represented in our dataset, alongside hundreds of smaller districts across the state. All calendar data on this site is sourced directly from official Kansas school district websites, PDF calendars, and district-published iCal feeds. The data is refreshed regularly to reflect mid-year amendments, snow day adjustments, and any changes announced by districts after the start of the school year. While we work to keep information current, parents should always verify critical dates — such as the first day of school, standardized testing windows, and graduation ceremonies — against their district's official website or the district office directly. Use the district links below to navigate to your specific school calendar page, where you can view the full schedule and download an iCal file for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook.
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Showing districts with available 2025-26 calendar data. Data updates daily.
A7 districts
Andover
Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359Argonia
Arkansas City Unified School District 470Arkansas City
Ashland Unified School District 220Ashland
Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409Atchison
Attica Unified School District 511Attica
Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437Auburn
B15 districts
Baldwin City
Barnes Unified School District 223Washington
Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458Basehor
Baxter Springs Unified School District 508Baxter Springs
Belle Plaine Unified School District 357Belle Plaine
Beloit Unified School District 273Beloit
Blue Valley Unified School District 229Overland Park
Blue Valley Unified School District 384Randolph
Bluestem Unified School District 205Leon
Bonner Springs Unified School District 204Bonner Springs
Brewster Unified School District 314Brewster
Bucklin Unified School District 459Bucklin
Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454Burlingame
Burlington Unified School District 244Burlington
Burrton Unified School District 369Burrton
C24 districts
Caldwell
Caney Valley Unified School District 436Wayside
Canton-Galva Unified School District 419Canton
Cedar Vale Unified School District 285Cedar Vale
Central Heights Unified School District 288Princeton
Central Plains Unified School District 112Holyrood
Central Unified School District 462Cambridge
Chanute Public Schools Unified School District 413Chanute
Chaparral Schools Unified School District 361Anthony
Chapman Unified School District 473Enterprise
Chase County Unified School District 284Cottonwood Falls
Cheney Unified School District 268Cheney
Chetopa-St. Paul Unified School District 505Labette
Cimarron-Ensign Unified School District 102Cimarron
Circle Unified School District 375Towanda
Clay Center Unified School District 379Clay Center
Clearwater Unified School District 264Clearwater
Clifton-Clyde Unified School District 224Vining
Columbus Unified School District 493Columbus
Comanche County Unified School District 300Coldwater
Concordia Unified School District 333Concordia
Copeland Unified School District 476Copeland
Crest Unified School District 479Lone Elm
Cunningham Unified School District 332Nashville
D6 districts
E10 districts
Easton
El Dorado Unified School District 490El Dorado
Elkhart Unified School District 218Richfield
Ell-Saline Unified School District 307Brookville
Ellinwood Public Schools Unified School District 355Ellinwood
Ellis Unified School District 388Ellis
Ellsworth Unified School District 327Kanopolis
Emporia Unified School District 253Emporia
Eudora Unified School District 491Eudora
Eureka Unified School District 389Eureka
F8 districts
Plevna
Flinthills Unified School District 492Rosalia
Fort Larned Unified School District 495Larned
Fort Leavenworth Unified School District 207Leavenworth
Fort Scott Unified School District 234Fort Scott
Fowler Unified School District 225Fowler
Fredonia Unified School District 484New Albany
Frontenac Public Schools Unified School District 249Frontenac
G13 districts
Galena
Garden City Unified School District 457Pierceville
Gardner Edgerton Unified School District 231Edgerton
Garnett Unified School District 365Mont Ida
Geary County Schools Unified School District 475Ogden
Girard Unified School District 248Hepler
Goessel Unified School District 411Goessel
Golden Plains Unified School District 316Rexford
Goodland Unified School District 352Goodland
Graham County Unified School District 281Hill City
Great Bend Unified School District 428Great Bend
Greeley County Schools Unified School District 200Greeley County unified government (balance)
Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291Grinnell
H15 districts
Halstead
Hamilton Unified School District 390Hamilton
Haven Public Schools Unified School District 312Yoder
Haviland Unified School District 474Haviland
Hays Unified School District 489Hays
Haysville Unified School District 261Haysville
Healy Public Schools Unified School District 468Healy
Herington Unified School District 487Herington
Hiawatha Unified School District 415Hiawatha
Hoisington Unified School District 431Hoisington
Holcomb Unified School District 363Holcomb
Holton Unified School District 336Holton
Hoxie Community Schools Unified School District 412Hoxie
Humboldt Unified School District 258Humboldt
Hutchinson Public Schools Unified School District 308Hutchinson
I2 districts
J3 districts
K4 districts
L15 districts
Altamont
Lakin Unified School District 215Lakin
Lansing Unified School District 469Lansing
Lawrence Unified School District 497Lawrence
Leavenworth Unified School District 453Leavenworth
Lebo-Waverly Unified School District 243Olivet
Leoti Unified School District 467Leoti
Leroy-Gridley Unified School District 245Burlington
Lewis Unified School District 502Lewis
Liberal Unified School District 480Liberal
Lincoln Unified School District 298Lincoln Center
Little River Unified School District 444Little River
Logan Unified School District 326Logan
Louisburg Unified School District 416Louisburg
Lyons Unified School District 405Lyons
M16 districts
Hamilton
Maize Unified School District 266Maize
Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District 383Manhattan
Marais des Cygnes Valley Unified School District 456Melvern
Marion-Florence Unified School District 408Marion
Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256Moran
Marysville Unified School District 364Marysville
McLouth Unified School District 342McLouth
McPherson Unified School District 418McPherson
Meade Unified School District 226Meade
Mission Valley Unified School District 330Eskridge
Montezuma Unified School District 371Montezuma
Morris County Unified School District 417Parkerville
Moscow Public Schools Unified School District 209Moscow
Moundridge Unified School District 423Moundridge
Mulvane Unified School District 263Mulvane
N10 districts
Seneca
Neodesha Unified School District 461Neodesha
Ness City Unified School District 303Ness City
Newton Unified School District 373North Newton
Nickerson Unified School District 309Nickerson
North Jackson Unified School District 335Circleville
North Lyon County Unified School District 251Admire
North Ottawa County Unified School District 239Minneapolis
Northeast Unified School District 246Arma
Norton Community Schools Unified School District 211Lenora
O11 districts
Oakley
Oberlin Unified School District 294Oberlin
Olathe Unified School District 233Olathe
Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton Unified School District 322Onaga
Osage City Unified School District 420Osage City
Osawatomie Unified School District 367Osawatomie
Osborne County Unified School District 392Osborne
Oskaloosa Public Schools Unified School District 341Oskaloosa
Oswego Unified School District 504Oswego
Ottawa Unified School District 290Ottawa
Oxford Unified School District 358Oxford
P17 districts
Palco
Paola Unified School District 368Paola
Paradise Unified School District 399Paradise
Parsons Unified School District 503South Mound
Pawnee Heights Unified School District 496Rozel
Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398Burns
Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343Lecompton
Phillipsburg Unified School District 325Phillipsburg
Pike Valley Unified School District 426Scandia
Piper-Kansas City Unified School District 203Edwardsville
Pittsburg Unified School District 250Pittsburg
Plainville Unified School District 270Plainville
Pleasanton Unified School District 344Pleasanton
Prairie Hills Unified School District 113Seneca
Prairie View Unified School District 362Fontana
Pratt Unified School District 382Pratt
Pretty Prairie Unified School District 311Pretty Prairie
Q1 district
R14 districts
Atwood
Remington-Whitewater Unified School District 206Whitewater
Renwick Unified School District 267Garden Plain
Republic County-Hillcrest Rural Schools Unified School District 109Belleville
Riley County Unified School District 378Keats
Riverside Unified School District 114Wathena
Riverton Unified School District 404Riverton
Rock Creek Unified School District 323Westmoreland
Rock Hills Unified School District 107Mankato
Rolla Unified School District 217Rolla
Rose Hill Public Schools Unified School District 394Rose Hill
Royal Valley Unified School District 337Mayetta
Rural Vista Unified School District 481Woodbine
Russell County Unified School District 407Russell
S26 districts
Salina
Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434Overbrook
Satanta Unified School District 507Satanta
Scott County Unified School District 466Scott City
Sedgwick Public Schools Unified School District 439Sedgwick
Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450Tecumseh
Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictMerriam
Skyline Schools Unified School District 438Pratt
Smith Center Unified School District 237Smith Center
Smoky Valley Unified School District 400Lindsborg
Solomon Unified School District 393Niles
South Barber Unified School District 255Hardtner
South Brown County Unified School District 430Horton
Southeast of Saline Unified School District 306Kipp
Southern Lyon County Unified School District 252Olpe
Spearville Unified School District 381Spearville
Spring Hill Unified School District 230Spring Hill
St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297St. Francis
St. John-Hudson Unified School District 350St. John
Stafford Unified School District 349Stafford
Stanton County Unified School District 452Johnson City
Sterling Unified School District 376Sterling
Stockton Unified School District 271Stockton
Sublette Unified School District 374Sublette
Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299Lucas
Syracuse Unified School District 494Syracuse
T7 districts
Kensington
Tonganoxie Unified School District 464Tonganoxie
Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501Topeka
Triplains Unified School District 275Winona
Troy Public Schools Unified School District 429Troy
Turner Unified School District 202Kansas City
Twin Valley Unified School District 240Culver
U2 districts
V5 districts
W9 districts
Cawker City
Wamego Unified School District 320Wamego
Washington Co. Schools Unified School District 108Morrowville
Wellington Unified School District 353Wellington
Wellsville Unified School District 289Wellsville
West Elk Unified School District 282Howard
Wheatland Unified School District 292Gove City
Wichita Unified School District 259Eastborough
Woodson Unified School District 366Yates Center
Frequently Asked Questions
When does school start in Kansas?
For the 2025-26 school year, the first day of school in Kansas ranges from July 31, 2025 to September 4, 2025, depending on the district. Check individual district calendars below for exact dates.
When is the last day of school in Kansas?
The last day of school in Kansas for 2025-26 ranges from May 11, 2026 to June 26, 2026. Each district sets its own end date based on local scheduling.
When is spring break in Kansas?
The most common spring break dates in Kansas for 2025-26 are March 16, 2026 to March 20, 2026, shared by 100 districts. Other districts may have different dates — check your district's calendar for exact spring break timing.
How many school districts are in Kansas?
We have calendar data for 197 school districts in Kansas, spanning 193 cities. The average school year includes 174 instructional days.