Michigan has 368 school districts across 341 cities with calendar data for the 2025-26 school year. Districts average 180 instructional days per year.
Academic Calendar Overview
Michigan school districts follow a 2025-26 academic calendar that spans from July 7, 2025 through July 17, 2026. With 368 districts across 341 cities and communities, Michigan 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 180 instructional days required per year, Michigan 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 Michigan districts begin classes on July 7, 2025, while others do not start until October 10, 2025 — a spread of 95 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 Michigan district to another could encounter a schedule shift of several weeks, making it important to verify your specific district's calendar each year. Across Michigan, districts average 180 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 Michigan runs from March 30, 2026 through April 3, 2026, a schedule shared by 83 districts. Families planning spring travel should be aware that while this is the dominant pattern, not all Michigan 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 240 Michigan 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 Michigan communities including Mount Clemens, Center Line, Burton, and Zeeland are represented in our dataset, alongside hundreds of smaller districts across the state. All calendar data on this site is sourced directly from official Michigan 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.
| District | First Day | Last Day | Spring Break | Winter Break |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township School District | Aug 27 | Jun 5 | Mar 23 | Dec 22 |
| Addison Community Schools | Aug 25 | Jun 4 | Mar 20 | Dec 22 |
| Adrian City School District | Aug 25 | Jun 4 | Mar 23 | Dec 22 |
| Akron-Fairgrove Schools | Aug 21 | May 28 | Mar 30 | Dec 22 |
| Alanson Public Schools | Sep 3 | Jun 13 | Mar 21 | Dec 23 |
| Alba Public Schools | Sep 22 | Jul 10 | Apr 5 | — |
| Alcona Community Schools | Aug 25 | Jun 4 | Mar 30 | Dec 22 |
| Algonac Community School District | Sep 2 | Jun 10 | Mar 30 | Dec 22 |
| Allegan Public Schools | Aug 18 | Jun 4 | Apr 3 | Dec 22 |
| Allendale Public School District | Aug 25 | Jun 5 | Apr 3 | Dec 22 |
| Alma Public Schools | Aug 18 | May 27 | Mar 9 | Dec 22 |
| Almont Community Schools | Aug 25 | Jun 4 | Mar 28 | Dec 20 |
| Anchor Bay School District | Aug 27 | Jun 5 | Mar 30 | Dec 22 |
| Ann Arbor Public Schools | Aug 18 | May 27 | Mar 9 | Dec 22 |
| Armada Area Schools | Aug 25 | Jun 3 | Mar 30 | Dec 22 |
| Ashley Community Schools | Aug 14 | May 14 | — | Dec 22 |
| Athens Area Schools | Aug 20 | Jun 3 | Mar 27 | Dec 22 |
| Atherton Community Schools | Sep 1 | Jul 17 | Apr 3 | Dec 20 |
| Atlanta Community Schools | Aug 25 | Jun 5 | Mar 30 | Dec 22 |
| Au Gres-Sims School District | Aug 26 | Jun 5 | Mar 31 | Dec 23 |
A20 districts
Painesdale
Addison Community SchoolsAddison
Adrian City School DistrictAdrian
Akron-Fairgrove SchoolsFairgrove
Alanson Public SchoolsAlanson
Alba Public SchoolsAlba
Alcona Community SchoolsHarrisville
Algonac Community School DistrictPearl Beach
Allegan Public SchoolsAllegan
Allendale Public School DistrictAllendale
Alma Public SchoolsAlma
Almont Community SchoolsAlmont
Anchor Bay School DistrictNew Baltimore
Ann Arbor Public SchoolsAnn Arbor
Armada Area SchoolsArmada
Ashley Community SchoolsAshley
Athens Area SchoolsAthens
Atherton Community SchoolsBurton
Atlanta Community SchoolsAtlanta
Au Gres-Sims School DistrictAu Gres
B31 districts
Baraga
Bark River-Harris School DistrictPowers
Battle Creek Public SchoolsBattle Creek
Bay City School DistrictBay City
Beal City Public SchoolsBeal City
Bear Lake School DistrictBear Lake
Beaverton Rural SchoolsGladwin
Bedford Public SchoolsTemperance
Beecher Community School DistrictBeecher
Belding Area School DistrictBelding
Bendle Public SchoolsBurton
Bentley Community SchoolsBurton
Benton Harbor Area SchoolsBenton Heights
Berrien Springs Public SchoolsBerrien Springs
Big Rapids Public SchoolsBig Rapids
Birch Run Area School DistrictBirch Run
Birmingham City School DistrictBeverly Hills
Blissfield Community SchoolsBlissfield
Bloomfield Hills School DistrictBloomfield Hills
Boyne Falls Public School DistrictBoyne Falls
Brandon School DistrictOrtonville
Brandywine Community SchoolsNiles
Breitung Township SchoolsIron Mountain
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School DistrictBridgeport
Brighton Area SchoolsBrighton
Britton Deerfield School DistrictBritton
Brown City Community School DistrictBrown City
Bullock Creek School DistrictSanford
Burr Oak Community School DistrictBurr Oak
Byron Area SchoolsByron
Byron Center Public SchoolsByron Center
C37 districts
Caledonia
Calumet Public SchoolsEagle River
Capac Community School DistrictCapac
Carman-Ainsworth Community School DistrictFlint
Carney-Nadeau Public SchoolsCarney
Caro Community SchoolsCaro
Carrollton School DistrictZilwaukee
Carson City-Crystal Area School DistrictCarson City
Caseville Public SchoolsCaseville
Cass City Public SchoolsCass City
Cassopolis Public SchoolsCassopolis
Cedar Springs Public SchoolsCedar Springs
Center Line Public SchoolsCenter Line
Central Lake Public SchoolsCentral Lake
Central Montcalm Public SchoolsSheridan
Centreville Public SchoolsCentreville
Charlevoix Public SchoolsCharlevoix
Chassell Township School DistrictChassell
Cheboygan Area SchoolsCheboygan
Chelsea School DistrictChelsea
Chesaning Union SchoolsChesaning
Chippewa Hills School DistrictBarryton
Chippewa Valley SchoolsMount Clemens
Clarenceville School DistrictFarmington
Clawson City School DistrictClawson
Climax-Scotts Community School DistrictClimax
Clinton Community SchoolsClinton
Coldwater Community SchoolsColdwater
Coleman Community School DistrictColeman
Colon Community School DistrictColon
Comstock Public SchoolsComstock Northwest
Concord Community SchoolsConcord
Coopersville Public School DistrictCoopersville
Covert Public SchoolsPaw Paw Lake
Crawford AuSable SchoolsGrayling
Crestwood School DistrictDearborn Heights
Croswell-Lexington Community School DistrictCroswell
D13 districts
Dansville
Davison Community SchoolsDavison
Dearborn City School DistrictDearborn
Dearborn Heights School District 7Allen Park
Decatur Public SchoolsDecatur
Deckerville Community School DistrictDeckerville
Delton-Kellogg School DistrictDelton
Detroit Public Schools Community DistrictDetroit
DeWitt Public SchoolsDeWitt
Dexter Community School DistrictDexter
Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area SchoolsHubbell
Dowagiac Union SchoolsDowagiac
Dryden Community SchoolsDryden
E13 districts
East Grand Rapids
East Jackson Community SchoolsMichigan Center
East Jordan Public SchoolsEast Jordan
East Lansing School DistrictEast Lansing
Eastpointe Community SchoolsEastpointe
Eaton Rapids Public SchoolsEaton Rapids
Ecorse Public School DistrictEcorse
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port SchoolsPigeon
Ellsworth Community SchoolsEllsworth
Engadine Consolidated SchoolsNaubinway
Essexville-Hampton Public SchoolsEssexville
Evart Public SchoolsEvart
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated SchoolsEwen
F19 districts
Mio
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington Hills
Farwell Area SchoolsFarwell
Fennville Public SchoolsFennville
Fenton Area Public SchoolsFenton
Ferndale Public SchoolsFerndale
Fitzgerald Public SchoolsCenter Line
Flint City School DistrictFlint
Flushing Community SchoolsFlushing
Forest Area Community SchoolsSouth Boardman
Forest Hills Public SchoolsForest Hills
Forest Park School DistrictCrystal Falls
Fowler Public SchoolsFowler
Fowlerville Community SchoolsFowlerville
Fraser Public SchoolsFraser
Freeland Community School DistrictFreeland
Fremont Public School DistrictFremont
Fruitport Community SchoolsFruitport
Fulton SchoolsPerrinton
G16 districts
Garden City
Gaylord Community SchoolsGaylord
Gibraltar School DistrictGibraltar
Glen Lake Community SchoolsEmpire
Gobles Public School DistrictGobles
Godfrey-Lee Public SchoolsWyoming
Goodrich Area SchoolsGoodrich
Grand Blanc Community SchoolsGrand Blanc
Grand Haven Area Public SchoolsSpring Lake
Grand Ledge Public SchoolsEagle
Grand Rapids Public SchoolsGrand Rapids
Grandville Public SchoolsJenison
Grosse Ile Township SchoolsTrenton
Grosse Pointe Public SchoolsGrosse Pointe Farms
Gull Lake Community SchoolsSouth Gull Lake
Gwinn Area Community SchoolsK. I. Sawyer
H24 districts
Sand Lake
Hamilton Community SchoolsZeeland
Hamtramck Public SchoolsHamtramck
Hancock Public SchoolsHancock
Hanover-Horton SchoolsHanover
Harbor Beach Community SchoolsHarbor Beach
Harbor Springs School DistrictCross Village
Harper Creek Community SchoolsBrownlee Park
Hartland Consolidated SchoolsHartland
Haslett Public SchoolsHaslett
Hastings Area School DistrictDowling
Hazel Park City School DistrictHazel Park
Hemlock Public School DistrictHemlock
Hesperia Community SchoolsHesperia
Highland Park City SchoolsHighland Park
Hillsdale Community SchoolsHillsdale
Holland City School DistrictHolland
Homer Community SchoolsHomer
Hopkins Public SchoolsHopkins
Houghton Lake Community School DistrictHoughton Lake
Houghton-Portage Township SchoolsPainesdale
Hudson Area SchoolsHudson
Hudsonville Public School DistrictHudsonville
Huron School DistrictCarleton
I6 districts
J4 districts
K7 districts
L19 districts
Laingsburg
Lake City Area School DistrictLake City
Lake Linden-Hubbell School DistrictLake Linden
Lake Orion Community SchoolsLake Orion
Lake Shore Public SchoolsSt. Clair Shores
Lakeview Community SchoolsLakeview
Lakeview Public SchoolsSt. Clair Shores
Lakeview School DistrictBattle Creek
Lakewood Public SchoolsLake Odessa
L'Anse Creuse Public SchoolsMount Clemens
Lansing Public School DistrictLansing
Lawrence Public School DistrictLawrence
Lawton Community School DistrictLawton
Les Cheneaux Community SchoolsMackinac Island
Leslie Public SchoolsLeslie
Lincoln Consolidated School DistrictYpsilanti
Linden Community SchoolsArgentine
Lowell Area SchoolsLowell
Ludington Area School DistrictLudington
M35 districts
Mackinac Island
Madison Public SchoolsMadison Heights
Madison School DistrictAdrian
Manchester Community SchoolsManchester
Manton Consolidated SchoolsManton
Maple Valley SchoolsVermontville
Marcellus Community SchoolsMarcellus
Marion Public SchoolsMarion
Marshall Public SchoolsAlbion
Martin Public SchoolsMartin
Marysville Public SchoolsMarysville
Mason Consolidated SchoolsLuna Pier
Mason County Central SchoolsLudington
Mason Public SchoolsMason
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolMattawan
Mayville Community School DistrictMayville
McBain Rural Agricultural SchoolsFalmouth
Memphis Community SchoolsMemphis
Mendon Community School DistrictMendon
Menominee Area Public SchoolsMenominee
Meridian Public SchoolsSanford
Merrill Community SchoolsMerrill
Mesick Consolidated SchoolsMesick
Midland Public SchoolsMidland
Milan Area SchoolsMilan
Mio-AuSable SchoolsMio
Mona Shores Public School DistrictNorton Shores
Monroe Public SchoolsWest Monroe
Montrose Community SchoolsMontrose
Morley Stanwood Community SchoolsStanwood
Mount Clemens Community School DistrictMount Clemens
Mount Morris Consolidated School DistrictMount Morris
Mount Pleasant City School DistrictMount Pleasant
Muskegon City School DistrictMuskegon
Muskegon Heights School DistrictMuskegon Heights
N16 districts
Napoleon
Negaunee Public SchoolsPalmer
New Lothrop Area Public SchoolNew Lothrop
Newaygo Public School DistrictNewaygo
N.I.C.E. Community SchoolsRepublic
Niles Community School DistrictNiles
North Adams-Jerome SchoolsNorth Adams
North Central Area SchoolsHermansville
North Huron School DistrictKinde
North Muskegon Public SchoolsNorth Muskegon
Northport Public School DistrictLeland
Northview Public School DistrictNorthview
Northville Public SchoolsNorthville
Northwest School DistrictLeslie
Norway-Vulcan Area SchoolsNorway
Novi Community School DistrictNovi
O10 districts
Oak Park
Oakridge Public SchoolsWolf Lake
Okemos Public SchoolsOkemos
Onsted Community SchoolsOnsted
Orchard View SchoolsMuskegon Heights
Oscoda Area SchoolsOscoda
Otsego Public SchoolsOtsego
Ovid-Elsie Area SchoolsOvid
Owendale-Gagetown Area SchoolsOwendale
Oxford Area Community SchoolsOxford
P15 districts
Paw Paw
Peck Community School DistrictPeck
Pellston Public SchoolsLevering
Pennfield School DistrictBrownlee Park
Pentwater Public School DistrictPentwater
Perry Public School DistrictPerry
Pinconning Area SchoolsPinconning
Pine River Area SchoolsTustin
Plainwell Community SchoolsPlainwell
Pontiac City School DistrictPontiac
Port Huron Area School DistrictRuby
Portland Public School DistrictPortland
Posen Consolidated School DistrictPosen
Potterville Public SchoolsPotterville
Public Schools of PetoskeyWalloon Lake
Q1 district
R15 districts
Gladstone
Reading Community SchoolsReading
Redford Union School DistrictSouthfield
Reese Public SchoolsReese
Reeths-Puffer SchoolsNorth Muskegon
Republic-Michigamme SchoolsMichigamme
Richmond Community SchoolsRichmond
River Rouge School DistrictRiver Rouge
River Valley School DistrictNew Troy
Rockford Public SchoolsRockford
Rogers City Area SchoolsRogers City
Romeo Community SchoolsRomeo
Roscommon Area Public SchoolsRoscommon
Royal Oak City School DistrictRoyal Oak
Rudyard Area SchoolsBrimley
S24 districts
Saginaw
Saginaw Township Community SchoolsShields
Saline Area SchoolsSaline
Sandusky Community School DistrictSandusky
Saranac Community SchoolsSaranac
Sault Ste. Marie Area SchoolsSault Ste. Marie
School District Not DefinedLoomis
South Lake SchoolsGrosse Pointe Woods
South Lyon Community SchoolsSouth Lyon
Southfield Public School DistrictSouthfield
Sparta Area SchoolsSparta
Spring Lake Public SchoolsNunica
Springport Public SchoolsSpringport
St. Charles Community SchoolsSt. Charles
St. Joseph Public SchoolsFair Plain
St. Louis Public SchoolsSt. Louis
Standish-Sterling Community School DistrictOmer
Stephenson Area Public SchoolsStephenson
Stockbridge Community SchoolsStockbridge
Sturgis Public SchoolsSturgis
Summerfield School DistrictPetersburg
Superior Central SchoolsChatham
Suttons Bay Public SchoolsSuttons Bay
Swartz Creek Community SchoolsSwartz Creek
T8 districts
U3 districts
V5 districts
W26 districts
Lake Gogebic
Waldron Area SchoolsWaldron
Walkerville Rural Community School DistrictWalkerville
Warren Woods Public SchoolsWarren
Waterford School DistrictOrchard Lake Village
Waverly Community SchoolsWaverly
Wayland Union SchoolsWayland
Wayne-Westland Community School DistrictWayne
Webberville Community SchoolsWebberville
West Branch-Rose City Area SchoolsWest Branch
West Iron County Public SchoolsIron River
West Ottawa Public School DistrictBeechwood
Western School DistrictParma
Westwood Community SchoolsInkster
Westwood Heights SchoolsBeecher
White Cloud Public SchoolsWhite Cloud
Whitefish Township SchoolsNewberry
Whiteford Agricultural School DistrictLambertville
Whitehall School DistrictWhitehall
Whitmore Lake Public SchoolsWhitmore Lake
Whittemore-Prescott Area SchoolsPrescott
Williamston Community SchoolsWilliamston
Wolverine Community SchoolsWolverine
Woodhaven-Brownstown School DistrictWoodhaven
Wyandotte City School DistrictWyandotte
Wyoming Public SchoolsWyoming
Y2 districts
Z1 district
Frequently Asked Questions
When does school start in Michigan?
For the 2025-26 school year, the first day of school in Michigan ranges from July 7, 2025 to October 10, 2025, depending on the district. Check individual district calendars below for exact dates.
When is the last day of school in Michigan?
The last day of school in Michigan for 2025-26 ranges from May 5, 2026 to July 17, 2026. Each district sets its own end date based on local scheduling.
When is spring break in Michigan?
The most common spring break dates in Michigan for 2025-26 are March 30, 2026 to April 3, 2026, shared by 83 districts. Other districts may have different dates — check your district's calendar for exact spring break timing.
How many school districts are in Michigan?
We have calendar data for 368 school districts in Michigan, spanning 341 cities. The average school year includes 180 instructional days.