Texas has 834 school districts across 43 cities with calendar data for the 2025-26 school year. Districts average 170 instructional days per year.
Academic Calendar Overview
Texas school districts follow a 2025-26 academic calendar that spans from July 2, 2025 through May 25, 2027. With 834 districts across 43 cities and communities, Texas 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 170 instructional days required per year, Texas 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 Texas districts begin classes on July 2, 2025, while others do not start until August 6, 2026 — a spread of 400 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 Texas district to another could encounter a schedule shift of several weeks, making it important to verify your specific district's calendar each year. Across Texas, districts average 170 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 Texas runs from March 9, 2026 through March 13, 2026, a schedule shared by 321 districts. Families planning spring travel should be aware that while this is the dominant pattern, not all Texas 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 476 Texas 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 Texas communities including Houston, San Antonio, Waco, and Tyler are represented in our dataset, alongside hundreds of smaller districts across the state. All calendar data on this site is sourced directly from official Texas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott ISD | Aug 13 | May 13 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Abernathy ISD | Aug 17 | May 27 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Abilene ISD | Aug 17 | May 27 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Academy ISD | Aug 18 | May 27 | Mar 9 | Dec 22 |
| Adrian ISD | Aug 25 | May 21 | — | Dec 18 |
| Agua Dulce ISD | Aug 12 | Jun 2 | Apr 5 | Dec 21 |
| Alamo Heights ISD | Aug 19 | May 27 | — | — |
| Alba-Golden ISD | Aug 10 | May 27 | Mar 8 | Dec 21 |
| Albany ISD | Aug 12 | May 20 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Aldine ISD | Aug 12 | Jun 3 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Aledo ISD | Aug 12 | May 20 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Alice ISD | Aug 10 | May 27 | Mar 8 | Dec 21 |
| Alief ISD | Aug 12 | May 27 | Mar 8 | Dec 21 |
| Allen ISD | Aug 13 | May 27 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Alpine ISD | Aug 19 | May 28 | Apr 6 | Dec 21 |
| Alto ISD | Aug 12 | May 20 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Alvarado ISD | Aug 12 | May 25 | Mar 8 | Dec 21 |
| Alvin ISD | Aug 13 | May 27 | Mar 15 | Dec 18 |
| Alvord ISD | Aug 17 | May 27 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
| Amarillo ISD | Aug 18 | May 28 | Mar 15 | Dec 21 |
A47 districts
Houston
Aledo ISDAlice ISDAlief ISDHouston
Allen ISDAlpine ISDAlto ISDAlvarado ISDAlvin ISDAlvord ISDAmarillo ISDAmarillo
Amherst ISDAnahuac ISDAnderson-Shiro Cons ISDAndrews ISDAngleton ISDAnna ISDAnson ISDAnthony ISDAnton ISDApple Springs ISDAquilla ISDAransas Pass ISDArcher City ISDArgyle ISDArlington ISDArlington
Arp ISDAspermont ISDAthens ISDAtlanta ISDAubrey ISDAustin ISDAustin
Austwell-Tivoli ISDAvalon ISDAvery ISDAvinger ISDAxtell ISDAzle ISDB78 districts
Beaumont
Beckville ISDBeeville ISDBellevue ISDBells ISDBellville ISDBelton ISDBen Bolt-Palito Blanco ISDBenavides ISDBenjamin ISDBig Spring ISDBirdville ISDBishop Cons ISDBlackwell Cons ISDBlanco ISDBland ISDBlanket ISDBloomburg ISDBlooming Grove ISDBloomington ISDBlue Ridge ISDBluff Dale ISDBlum ISDBoerne ISDBoles ISDBoling ISDBonham ISDBooker ISDBorden County ISDBorger ISDBosqueville ISDBowie ISDBoyd ISDBoys Ranch ISDBrackett ISDBrady ISDBrazos ISDBrazosport ISDBreckenridge ISDBremond ISDBrenham ISDBridge City ISDBridgeport ISDBroaddus ISDBrock ISDBronte ISDBrookeland ISDBrookesmith ISDBrooks County ISDBrownfield ISDBrownsboro ISDBrownsville ISDBrownsville
Brownwood ISDBruceville-Eddy ISDBryan ISDBryson ISDBuckholts ISDBuena Vista ISDBuffalo ISDBullard ISDBuna ISDBurkburnett ISDBurkeville ISDBurleson ISDBurnet Cons ISDBurton ISDBushland ISDBynum ISDC94 districts
League City
Cleburne ISDCleveland ISDClifton ISDClint ISDClyde Cons ISDCoahoma ISDColdspring-Oakhurst Cons ISDColeman ISDCollege Station ISDCollinsville ISDColmesneil ISDColorado ISDColumbia-Brazoria ISDColumbus ISDComal ISDComanche ISDComfort ISDCommerce ISDCommunity ISDComo-Pickton Cons ISDComstock ISDConnally ISDConroe ISDConroe
Coolidge ISDCooper ISDCoppell ISDCopperas Cove ISDCorpus Christi ISDCorpus Christi
Corrigan-Camden ISDCorsicana ISDCoupland ISDCovington ISDCrandall ISDCrane ISDCranfills Gap ISDCrawford ISDCrockett County Cons CSDCrockett ISDCrosby ISDCrosbyton Cons ISDCross Plains ISDCross Roads ISDCrowell ISDCrowley ISDCrystal City ISDCuero ISDCumby Collegiate ISDCushing ISDCypress-Fairbanks ISDCypress
D38 districts
Dallas
Damon ISDDanbury ISDDarrouzett ISDDayton ISDDe Leon ISDDecatur ISDDeer Park ISDDeKalb ISDDel Valle ISDDell City ISDDenison ISDDenton ISDDenton
Denver City ISDDeSoto ISDDetroit ISDDevers ISDDevine ISDDew ISDDeweyville ISDDiboll ISDDickinson ISDDilley ISDDime Box ISDDimmitt ISDDivide ISDDodd City ISDDonna ISDDoss Cons CSDDouglass ISDDripping Springs ISDDriscoll ISDDublin ISDDumas ISDDuncanville ISDE28 districts
Odessa
Ector ISDEdcouch-Elsa ISDEden Cons ISDEdinburg CISDEdinburg
Edinburg Cons ISDEdna ISDEl Campo ISDEl Paso ISDEl Paso
Electra ISDElgin ISDElkhart ISDElysian Fields ISDEnnis ISDEra ISDEula ISDEustace ISDEvant ISDEverman ISDExcelsior ISDF33 districts
Sugar Land
Fort Davis ISDFort Elliott Cons ISDFort Hancock ISDFort Sam Houston ISDFort Stockton ISDFort Worth ISDFort Worth
Franklin ISDFrankston ISDFredericksburg ISDFreer ISDFrenship ISDFriendswood ISDFriona ISDFrisco ISDFrisco
Frost ISDFruitvale ISDG46 districts
Galveston
Ganado ISDGarland ISDGarland
Garner ISDGarrison ISDGary ISDGatesville ISDGause ISDGeorge West ISDGeorgetown ISDGholson ISDGiddings ISDGilmer ISDGlen Rose ISDGodley ISDGold-Burg ISDGoldthwaite Cons ISDGoliad ISDGonzales ISDGoodrich ISDGoose Creek Consolidated ISDGorman ISDGrady ISDGraford ISDGraham ISDGranbury ISDGrand Prairie ISDGrand Prairie
Grand Saline ISDGrandfalls-Royalty ISDGrandview-Hopkins ISDGrandview ISDGranger ISDGrape Creek ISDGrapeland ISDGrapevine-Colleyville ISDGreenville ISDGreenwood ISDGregory-Portland ISDGroesbeck ISDGroveton ISDGruver ISDGunter ISDGustine ISDGuthrie CSDH52 districts
Kyle
Hays Cons ISDHedley ISDHemphill ISDHempstead ISDHenderson ISDHenrietta ISDHereford ISDHico ISDHidalgo ISDHighland ISDHillsboro ISDHitchcock ISDHolland ISDHolliday ISDHondo ISDHoney Grove ISDHooks ISDHouston ISDHouston
Howe ISDHudson ISDHuffman ISDHughes Springs ISDHull-Daisetta ISDHumble ISDHumble
Hunt ISDHuntington ISDHuntsville ISDHurst-Euless-Bedford ISDHutto ISDI12 districts
J14 districts
K27 districts
Katy
Kaufman ISDKeene ISDKeller ISDKelton ISDKemp ISDKenedy County-Wide CSDKenedy ISDKennard ISDKennedale ISDKerens ISDKermit ISDKerrville ISDKilgore ISDKilleen ISDKilleen
Kingsville ISDKirbyville Cons ISDKlein ISDKlein
Klondike ISDKnippa ISDKnox City-O'Brien Cons ISDKopperl ISDKountze ISDKress ISDKrum ISDL68 districts
Laredo
Lasara ISDLatexo ISDLazbuddie ISDLeakey ISDLeander ISDLeander
Leary ISDLefors ISDLeggett ISDLeon ISDLeonard ISDLevelland ISDLeveretts Chapel ISDLewisville ISDLewisville
Lexington ISDLiberty-Eylau ISDLiberty Hill ISDLiberty ISDLindale ISDLinden-Kildare Cons ISDLindsay ISDLingleville ISDLipan ISDLittle Cypress-Mauriceville Cons ISDLittle Elm ISDLittlefield ISDLivingston ISDLlano ISDLockhart ISDLockney ISDLohn ISDLometa ISDLondon ISDLone Oak ISDLongview ISDLoop ISDLoraine ISDLorena ISDLorenzo ISDLos Fresnos Cons ISDLouise ISDLovejoy ISDLovelady ISDLubbock-Cooper ISDLubbock ISDLubbock
Lueders-Avoca ISDLufkin ISDLuling ISDLumberton ISDLyford Cons ISDLytle ISDM73 districts
Mansfield
Marathon ISDMarble Falls ISDMarfa ISDMarion ISDMarlin ISDMarshall ISDMart ISDMartins Mill ISDMartinsville ISDMason ISDMatagorda ISDMathis ISDMaud ISDMay ISDMaypearl ISDMcAllen ISDMcCamey ISDMcDade ISDMcGregor ISDMcKinney ISDMcKinney
McLean ISDMcLeod ISDMcMullen County ISDMeadow ISDMedina ISDMedina Valley ISDMelissa ISDMemphis ISDMenard ISDMercedes ISDMeridian ISDMerkel ISDMesquite ISDMesquite
Mexia ISDMeyersville ISDMiami ISDMidland ISDMidland
Midlothian ISDMilano ISDMildred ISDMiles ISDMilford ISDMiller Grove ISDMillsap ISDMineola ISDMineral Wells ISDMission Cons ISDMonahans-Wickett-Pyote ISDMontague ISDMonte Alto ISDMontgomery ISDMoody ISDMoran ISDMorgan ISDMorgan Mill ISDMorton ISDMount Calm ISDMount Enterprise ISDMount Pleasant ISDMount Vernon ISDMuenster ISDMuleshoe ISDMullin ISDMumford ISDMurchison ISDN29 districts
San Antonio
North Hopkins ISDNorth Lamar ISDNorth Zulch ISDNorthside ISDSan Antonio
Northwest ISDNueces Canyon Cons ISDNursery ISDO12 districts
P57 districts
Pasadena
Patton Springs ISDPawnee ISDPearland ISDPearsall ISDPeaster ISDPecos-Barstow-Toyah ISDPenelope ISDPerrin-Whitt Cons ISDPerryton ISDPetersburg ISDPetrolia Cons ISDPettus ISDPewitt Cons ISDPflugerville ISDPflugerville
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISDPilot Point ISDPine Tree ISDPittsburg ISDPlains ISDPlainview ISDPlano ISDPlano
Pleasant Grove ISDPleasanton ISDPlemons-Stinnett-Phillips Cons ISDPoint Isabel ISDPonder ISDPoolville ISDPort Aransas ISDPort Arthur ISDPort Neches-Groves ISDPost ISDPoteet ISDPoth ISDPottsboro ISDPrairie Lea ISDPrairie Valley ISDPrairiland ISDPremont ISDPresidio ISDPriddy ISDPrinceton ISDPringle-Morse Cons ISDProgreso ISDProsper ISDQ3 districts
R47 districts
Richardson
Richland Springs ISDRiesel ISDRio Hondo ISDRio Vista ISDRising Star ISDRiver Road ISDRivercrest ISDRiviera ISDRobert Lee ISDRobinson ISDRobstown ISDRoby Cons ISDRochelle ISDRockdale ISDRockport-Fulton ISDRocksprings ISDRockwall ISDRogers ISDRoma ISDRoosevelt ISDRopes ISDRoscoe Collegiate ISDRosebud-Lott ISDRotan ISDRound Rock ISDRound Rock
Round Top-Carmine ISDRoyal ISDRoyse City ISDRule ISDRunge ISDRusk ISDS92 districts
San Antonio
San Benito Cons ISDSan Diego ISDSan Elizario ISDSan Felipe-Del Rio Cons ISDSan Isidro ISDSan Marcos Cons ISDSan Perlita ISDSan Saba ISDSands Cons ISDSanford-Fritch ISDSanger ISDSanta Anna ISDSanta Fe ISDSanta Gertrudis ISDSanta Maria ISDSanta Rosa ISDSanto ISDSavoy ISDSchertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISDSchleicher ISDSchulenburg ISDScurry-Rosser ISDSeagraves ISDSealy ISDSeguin ISDSeminole ISDSeymour ISDShallowater ISDShamrock ISDSharyland ISDShelbyville ISDSheldon ISDShepherd ISDSherman ISDShiner ISDSidney ISDSierra Blanca ISDSilsbee ISDSilverton ISDSimms ISDSinton ISDSivells Bend ISDSkidmore-Tynan ISDSlaton ISDSlidell ISDSlocum ISDSmithville ISDSmyer ISDSnook ISDSnyder ISDSocorro ISDSomerset ISDSomerville ISDSonora ISDSouth San Antonio ISDSouthland ISDSouthside ISDSouthwest ISDSpearman ISDSplendora ISDSpring Branch ISDHouston
Spring Hill ISDSpring ISDHouston
Springlake-Earth ISDSpringtown ISDSpur ISDSpurger ISDStamford ISDStanton ISDStephenville ISDSterling City ISDStockdale ISDStratford ISDStrawn ISDSudan ISDSulphur Bluff ISDSulphur Springs ISDSundown ISDSunnyvale ISDSunray Collegiate ISDSweeny ISDSweet Home ISDSweetwater ISDT32 districts
Temple
Tenaha ISDTerrell County ISDTerrell ISDTexarkana ISDTexas City ISDTexhoma ISDThrall ISDThree Rivers ISDThree Way ISDThrockmorton Collegiate ISDTidehaven ISDTioga ISDTolar ISDTom Bean ISDTomball ISDTrent ISDTrenton ISDTrinidad ISDTrinity ISDTroup ISDTroy ISDTulia ISDTuloso-Midway ISDTurkey-Quitaque ISDTyler ISDTyler
U5 districts
V8 districts
W53 districts
Waco
Waelder ISDWalcott ISDWall ISDWaller ISDWalnut Bend ISDWalnut Springs ISDWarren ISDWaskom ISDWater Valley ISDWaxahachie ISDWeatherford ISDWebb Cons ISDWeimar ISDWellington ISDWellman-Union Cons ISDWells ISDWeslaco ISDWest Hardin County Cons ISDWest ISDWest Orange-Cove Cons ISDWest Oso ISDWest Rusk County Cons ISDWestbrook ISDWesthoff ISDWestphalia ISDWestwood ISDWharton ISDWheeler ISDWhite Deer ISDWhite Oak ISDWhite Settlement ISDWhiteface Cons ISDWhitehouse ISDWhitesboro ISDWhitewright ISDWhitharral ISDWhitney ISDWichita Falls ISDWildorado ISDWillis ISDWills Point ISDWilson ISDWimberley ISDWindthorst ISDWinnsboro ISDWinona ISDWinters ISDWolfe City ISDWoodsboro ISDWoodson ISDWoodville ISDWortham ISDY4 districts
Z3 districts
Frequently Asked Questions
When does school start in Texas?
For the 2025-26 school year, the first day of school in Texas ranges from July 2, 2025 to August 6, 2026, depending on the district. Check individual district calendars below for exact dates.
When is the last day of school in Texas?
The last day of school in Texas for 2025-26 ranges from April 29, 2026 to May 25, 2027. Each district sets its own end date based on local scheduling.
When is spring break in Texas?
The most common spring break dates in Texas for 2025-26 are March 9, 2026 to March 13, 2026, shared by 321 districts. Other districts may have different dates — check your district's calendar for exact spring break timing.
How many school districts are in Texas?
We have calendar data for 834 school districts in Texas, spanning 43 cities. The average school year includes 170 instructional days.