New Jersey has 518 school districts across 80 cities with calendar data for the 2025-26 school year. Districts average 181 instructional days per year.
Academic Calendar Overview
New Jersey school districts follow a 2025-26 academic calendar that spans from July 21, 2025 through June 26, 2026. With 518 districts across 80 cities and communities, New Jersey 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 181 instructional days required per year, New Jersey 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 New Jersey districts begin classes on July 21, 2025, while others do not start until September 9, 2025 — a spread of 50 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 New Jersey district to another could encounter a schedule shift of several weeks, making it important to verify your specific district's calendar each year. Across New Jersey, districts average 181 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 New Jersey runs from April 3, 2026 through April 10, 2026, a schedule shared by 161 districts. Families planning spring travel should be aware that while this is the dominant pattern, not all New Jersey 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 24, 2025 and runs through January 2, 2026 for 220 New Jersey 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 New Jersey communities including Milltown, Yardville, Woodstown, and Woodbridge are represented in our dataset, alongside hundreds of smaller districts across the state. All calendar data on this site is sourced directly from official New Jersey 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.
A12 districts
Alpha
Alpine School DistrictAndover Regional School DistrictNewton
Atlantic City School DistrictAtlantic City
Atlantic County Vocational School DistrictAudubon Public School DistrictAvalon School DistrictAvon Boro School DistrictB41 districts
Bay Head
Bayonne School DistrictBayshore Jointure Commission School DistrictBedminster Township Public School DistrictBelleville Public School DistrictBellmawr Public School DistrictBelmar Elementary School DistrictBelovED Community CharterBelvidere School DistrictBergen Arts and Science Charter SchoolBergen County Special Services School DistrictBergen County Vocational Technical School DistrictBergenfield Borough School DistrictBergenfield
Berkeley Heights School DistrictBerkeley Township School DistrictBerlin Borough School DistrictBerlin Township School DistrictBerlin
Bethlehem Township School DistrictBlack Horse Pike Regional School DistrictBlairstown Elementary Township School DistrictBloomfield Township School DistrictGlen Ridge
Bloomingdale School DistrictBloomsbury Borough School DistrictBloomsbury
Boonton Town Public School DistrictBoonton Township School DistrictBoonton
Bound Brook School DistrictBradley Beach School DistrictBrick Township Public School DistrictBridgeton City School DistrictBridgeton
Bridgeton Public Charter SchoolBrielle Boro School DistrictBrigantine Public School DistrictBrooklawn Public School DistrictBurch Charter School of ExcellenceBurlington City Public School DistrictBurlington County Institute of Technology School DistrictBurlington County Special Services School DistrictBurlington Township School DistrictBurlington
Butler Public School DistrictByram Township School DistrictC33 districts
Camden
Camden County Educational Services CommissionCamden County Technical School DistrictCamden Prep, Inc.Cape May City School DistrictCape May County Special Services School DistrictCape May Point School DistrictCarlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School DistrictCedar Grove Township School DistrictGreat Notch
Chartertech High School for the Performing ArtsCherry Hill School DistrictChesilhurst Board of EducationChester Township School DistrictClark Township Public School DistrictClassical Academy Charter School of CliftonClearview Regional High School DistrictClementon Elementary School DistrictClinton-Glen Gardner School DistrictClinton Township School DistrictCloster Public School DistrictCollege Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School DistrCollege Achieve Paterson Charter SchoolCollingswood Public School DistrictColts Neck Township School DistrictCommunity Charter School of PatersonCompass Academy Charter SchoolCranbury Township School DistrictCranbury
Cranford Public School DistrictCreativity CoLaboratory Charter SchoolCresskill Public School DistrictCresthaven Academy Charter SchoolCumberland County Board of Vocational EducationCumberland Regional School DistrictD12 districts
Beverly
Delsea Regional High School DistrictDemarest School DistrictDennis Township School DistrictWoodbine
Denville Township K-8 School DistrictDiscovery Charter SchoolDover Public School DistrictDumont Public School DistrictE29 districts
Milltown
East Greenwich Township School DistrictEast Hanover Township School DistrictEast Newark School DistrictEast Rutherford School DistrictEast Windsor Regional School DistrictHightstown
Eastern Camden County Regional School DistrictEatontown Public School DistrictEdison Township School DistrictMetuchen
Educational Services Commission of Morris CountyEducational Services Commission of New JerseyEgg Harbor City School DistrictEgg Harbor Township School DistrictBargaintown
Elizabeth Public SchoolsElmwood Park School DistrictElysian Charter SchoolEmerson Public School DistrictEmpowerment Academy Charter SchoolEnglewood Cliffs School DistrictEnglewood on the Palisades Charter SchoolEnglewood Public School DistrictEssex County Schools of TechnologyEssex Fells School DistrictEssex Regional Educational Services CommissionEstell Manor School DistrictEvesham Township School DistrictEwing Township School DistrictThe College of New Jersey
F20 districts
Roebling
Florham Park School DistrictFolsom Borough School DistrictFolsom
Fort Lee School DistrictFoundation Academy Charter SchoolFranklin Borough School DistrictFranklin Lakes School DistrictFranklin Township Public School DistrictFreehold Borough School DistrictFreehold Regional High School DistrictFreehold Township School DistrictFrelinghuysen Township School DistrictFrenchtown Borough School DistrictG17 districts
Great Meadows
Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolGreater Egg Harbor Regional High School DistrictGreen Brook Township Public School DistrictGreen Township School DistrictAllamuchy
Greenwich Stow Creek Regional School DistrictGuttenberg School DistrictH47 districts
Collingswood
Haddonfield School DistrictHainesport Township School DistrictHamburg School DistrictHamilton Township Public School DistrictHamilton Township School DistrictYardville
Hammonton School DistrictHampton Borough School DistrictHampton Township School DistrictHanover Park Regional High School DistrictHanover Township School DistrictHarding Township School DistrictNew Vernon
Hardyston Township School DistrictHarmony Township School DistrictHarmony
Harrington Park School DistrictHarrison Public SchoolsHarrison Township School DistrictHasbrouck Heights School DistrictHaworth Public School DistrictHawthorne Public School DistrictHazlet Township Public School DistrictHenry Hudson Regional School DistrictAtlantic Highlands
High Bridge Borough School DistrictHigh Point Regional High School DistrictHighland Park Boro School DistrictHillsborough Township Public School DistrictHillsdale School DistrictHillside Public School DistrictHo-Ho-Kus School DistrictHoboken Charter School DistrictHoboken Dual Language Charter SchoolHoboken Public School DistrictHolland Township School DistrictHopatcong Borough School DistrictHopatcong
Hope Academy Charter SchoolHope Community Charter SchoolHope Township School DistrictHope
Hopewell Township School DistrictHopewell Valley Regional School DistrictPennington
Howell Township Public School DistrictHudson Arts and Science Charter SchoolHudson County Schools of Technology School DistrictHunterdon Central Regional High School DistrictHunterdon County Educational Services CommissionHunterdon County Vocational School DistrictI2 districts
J6 districts
K6 districts
L32 districts
Holiday Heights
Lafayette Township School DistrictLake Como School DistrictLaurel Springs School DistrictLavallette Borough School DistrictLavallette
Lawrence Township Public School DistrictLawrence Township School DistrictCedarville
LEAD Charter SchoolLEAP Academy University Charter SchoolLebanon Borough School DistrictLebanon Township School DistrictLenape Regional High School DistrictLenape Valley Regional High School DistrictLeonia Public School DistrictLincoln Park School DistrictLinden Public School DistrictLindenwold Public School DistrictLink Community Charter SchoolLinwood City School DistrictLittle Egg Harbor Township School DistrictLittle Falls Township Public School DistrictLittle Ferry Public School DistrictLittle Silver Boro School DistrictLivingston Board of Education School DistrictLoch Arbour School DistrictLoch Arbour
Logan Township School DistrictBridgeport
Long Beach Island School DistrictLong Hill Township School DistrictLongport Board of EducationLopatcong Township School DistrictLopatcong Overlook
Lumberton Township Board of EducationLyndhurst Public School DistrictM53 districts
Crestwood Village
Mansfield Township Elementary School DistrictMansfield Township School DistrictManville School DistrictMaple Shade School DistrictMargate City School DistrictMargate City
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter SchoolMarion P. Thomas Charter SchoolMarlboro Township School DistrictMastery Schools of Camden, Inc.Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School DistrictCliffwood Beach
Maurice River Township School DistrictPort Elizabeth
Maywood School DistrictMedford Township School DistrictMendham Borough School DistrictMendham Township School DistrictMerchantville School DistrictMetuchen Public School DistrictMiddle Township Public School DistrictMiddlesex Borough School DistrictMiddlesex
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School DistrictMiddletown Township Public School DistrictMidland Park School DistrictMillburn Township School DistrictShort Hills
Millstone Township School DistrictRoosevelt
Milltown School DistrictMillville Public Charter School DistrictMillville School DistrictMonmouth Regional High SchoolMonroe Township Public School DistrictMonroe Township School DistrictVictory Lakes
Montague Township School DistrictLayton
Montclair Public School DistrictMontgomery Township School DistrictBlawenburg
Montvale Board of Education School DistrictMontville Township School DistrictTowaco
Moonachie School DistrictMorris County Vocational School DistrictMorris Hills Regional School DistrictMorris Plains School DistrictMorris School DistrictMorris-Union Jointure Commission School DistrictMount Arlington Public School DistrictMount Laurel Township School DistrictMountain Lakes Public School DistrictMountainside School DistrictMullica Township School DistrictN28 districts
Neptune City
Neptune Township School DistrictShark River Hills
Netcong School DistrictNew Brunswick School DistrictNew Hanover TownshipNew Horizons Community Charter SchoolNew Milford Public School DistrictNew Providence School DistrictNewark Educators Community Charter SchoolNewark Public School DistrictNewfield Boro School DistrictNewton Public School DistrictNorth Arlington School DistrictNorth Bergen School DistrictNorth Brunswick Township School DistrictMilltown
North Caldwell School DistrictNorth Haledon School DistrictNorth Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School DistrictNorth Plainfield School DistrictNorth Star Academy Charter SchoolNorth Wildwood School DistrictNorthern Highlands Regional High School DistrictNorthern Region Educational Services CommissionNorthern Valley Regional High School DistrictNorthfield City School DistrictNorthvale Public School DistrictNorwood Public School DistrictNutley Public School DistrictO9 districts
Ocean City
Ocean County Vocational Technical School DistrictOcean Gate School DistrictOcean Township School DistrictOakhurst
Ogdensburg Borough School DistrictOld Bridge Township School DistrictBrownville
Oxford Township School DistrictOxford
P37 districts
Rainbow Lakes
Pascack Valley Regional High School DistrictPassaic Arts and Science Charter SchoolPassaic City School DistrictPassaic
Passaic County Manchester Regional High School DistrictPassaic County Technical-Vocational School DistrictPassaic Valley Regional High School DistrictPaterson Arts and Science Charter SchoolPaterson Charter School for Science and TechnologyPaterson Preparatory Charter SchoolPaterson Public School DistrictPennsauken Township Board of Education School DistrictPennsville School DistrictPequannock Township School DistrictPompton Plains
Perth Amboy Public School DistrictPhilip's Academy Charter SchoolPhilip's Academy Charter School of PatersonPhillipsburg School DistrictPine Hill School DistrictPinelands Regional School DistrictPitman Boro School DistrictPittsgrove Township School DistrictOlivet
Plainfield Public School DistrictPleasantville Public School DistrictPlumsted Township School DistrictNew Egypt
Point Pleasant Beach School DistrictPoint Pleasant Borough School DistrictPoint Pleasant
Pompton Lakes School DistrictPort Republic School DistrictPride Academy Charter School DistrictPrinceton Charter SchoolPrinceton Public School DistrictPrinciple Academy Charter SchoolR25 districts
Dover
Readington Township School DistrictRed Bank Borough Public School DistrictRed Bank Regional School DistrictRidge and Valley Charter SchoolRidgefield Park Public School DistrictRidgefield School DistrictRidgewood Public School DistrictRingwood School DistrictRiver Dell Regional School DistrictRiver Edge School DistrictRiverdale School DistrictRobert Treat Academy Charter SchoolRochelle Park School DistrictRoosevelt Borough Public School DistrictRoseland School DistrictRoselle Park Public School DistrictRoselle Public School DistrictRoxbury Township School DistrictLedgewood
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School DistrictRunnemede Public School DistrictRutherford School DistrictS46 districts
Salem
Salem County Special Services School DistrictSalem County Vocational Technical School DistrictSandyston-Walpack Consolidated School DistrictSayreville School DistrictSchool District of the ChathamsScotch Plains-Fanwood School DistrictSea Girt Borough School DistrictSea Girt
Sea Isle City Board of EducationSeaside Heights School DistrictSecaucus School DistrictShore Regional High School DistrictShrewsbury Borough School DistrictSoaring Heights Charter SchoolSomerdale School DistrictSomers Point School DistrictSomerset County Educational Services Commission School DistrSomerset County Vocational and Technical School DistrictSomerset Hills Regional School DistrictFar Hills
Somerville Public School DistrictSouth Amboy School DistrictSouth Bergen Jointure Commission School DistrictSouth Bound Brook Public School DistrictSouth Brunswick School DistrictSouth Hackensack School DistrictSouth Harrison Township School DistrictSouth Hunterdon Regional School DistrictLambertville
South Orange-Maplewood School DistrictVauxhall
South Plainfield School DistrictSouthern Regional School DistrictSparta Township Public School DistrictSpring Lake BoroughSpring Lake Heights School DistrictSpringfield Public School DistrictSpringfield Township School DistrictSpringfield
Stafford Township School DistrictStanhope School DistrictSterling Regional School DistrictStillwater Township School DistrictStratford School DistrictSummit Public School DistrictSussex County Educational Services CommissionSussex County Technical School DistrictSussex County Technology Charter SchoolSussex-Wantage Regional School DistrictT14 districts
U11 districts
Union City
Union County Educational Services CommissionUnion County Vocational-Technical School DistrictUnity Charter SchoolUniversity Academy Charter High SchoolUpper Deerfield Township School DistrictUpper Freehold Regional School DistrictCream Ridge
UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP School DistrictUpper Saddle River School DistrictUpper Township School DistrictTuckahoe
V2 districts
W38 districts
Chesilhurst
Weehawken Public School DistrictWenonah Boro School DistrictWest Cape May School DistrictWest Deptford Township School DistrictThorofare
West Essex Regional School DistrictWest Milford Township Public School DistrictWest Morris Regional High School DistrictWest New York School DistrictWest Wildwood School DistrictWest Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School DistrictPrinceton Junction
Westampton Township Public School DistrictWestfield Public School DistrictWeymouth Township School DistrictDorothy
Wharton Borough School DistrictWhite Township Consolidated School DistrictWildwood City School DistrictWildwood
Wildwood Crest Borough School DistrictWildwood Crest
Winfield TownshipWood-Ridge School DistrictWoodbridge Township School DistrictWoodbridge
Woodbury City Public School DistrictWoodbury Heights Public School DistrictWoodland Park School DistrictWoodland Township School DistrictWoodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School DistrictWoodstown
Wyckoff Township Public School DistrictFrequently Asked Questions
When does school start in New Jersey?
For the 2025-26 school year, the first day of school in New Jersey ranges from July 21, 2025 to September 9, 2025, depending on the district. Check individual district calendars below for exact dates.
When is the last day of school in New Jersey?
The last day of school in New Jersey for 2025-26 ranges from December 12, 2025 to June 26, 2026. Each district sets its own end date based on local scheduling.
When is spring break in New Jersey?
The most common spring break dates in New Jersey for 2025-26 are April 3, 2026 to April 10, 2026, shared by 161 districts. Other districts may have different dates — check your district's calendar for exact spring break timing.
How many school districts are in New Jersey?
We have calendar data for 518 school districts in New Jersey, spanning 80 cities. The average school year includes 181 instructional days.