Wisconsin has 262 school districts across 257 cities with calendar data for the 2025-26 school year. Districts average 177 instructional days per year.
Academic Calendar Overview
Wisconsin school districts follow a 2025-26 academic calendar that spans from July 28, 2025 through June 25, 2026. With 262 districts across 257 cities and communities, Wisconsin 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 177 instructional days required per year, Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin districts begin classes on July 28, 2025, while others do not start until September 9, 2025 — a spread of 43 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 Wisconsin district to another could encounter a schedule shift of several weeks, making it important to verify your specific district's calendar each year. Across Wisconsin, districts average 177 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 Wisconsin runs from March 30, 2026 through April 3, 2026, a schedule shared by 49 districts. Families planning spring travel should be aware that while this is the dominant pattern, not all Wisconsin 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 115 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin communities including Peshtigo, Little Chute, Greenleaf, and Beloit are represented in our dataset, alongside hundreds of smaller districts across the state. All calendar data on this site is sourced directly from official Wisconsin 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.
A4 districts
B20 districts
Baldwin
Baraboo School DistrictBaraboo
Barron Area School DistrictBarron
Bayfield School DistrictBayfield
Beaver Dam School DistrictBeaver Dam
Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School DistrictPembine
Belleville School DistrictBelleville
Belmont Community School DistrictBelmont
Beloit School DistrictBeloit
Beloit Turner School DistrictBeloit
Benton School DistrictBenton
Berlin Area School DistrictBerlin
Black Hawk School DistrictWiota
Black River Falls School DistrictSand Pillow
Bloomer School DistrictBloomer
Bonduel School DistrictBonduel
Boscobel Area School DistrictBoscobel
Bowler School DistrictBowler
Boyceville Community School DistrictBoyceville
Brodhead School DistrictBrodhead
C16 districts
Cadott
Cambridge School DistrictCambridge
Cameron School DistrictCameron
Campbellsport School DistrictCampbellsport
Chippewa Falls Area School DistrictChippewa Falls
Clayton School DistrictClayton
Clear Lake School DistrictClear Lake
Clinton Community School DistrictClinton
Cochrane-Fountain City School DistrictWaumandee
Colby School DistrictColby
Coleman School DistrictPound
Colfax School DistrictColfax
Columbus School DistrictColumbus
Cornell School DistrictCornell
Cuba City School DistrictCuba City
Cudahy School DistrictCudahy
D10 districts
Darlington
D.C. Everest Area School DistrictWeston
De Pere Unified School DistrictGreenleaf
De Soto Area School DistrictDe Soto
Deerfield Community School DistrictDeerfield
DeForest Area School DistrictDeForest
Denmark School DistrictDenmark
Dodgeland School DistrictJuneau
Dodgeville School DistrictDodgeville
Durand School DistrictDurand
E8 districts
F9 districts
Fall Creek
Fall River School DistrictFall River
Fennimore Community School DistrictFennimore
Flambeau School DistrictGlen Flora
Florence School DistrictFlorence
Fort Atkinson School DistrictFort Atkinson
Franklin Public School DistrictFranklin
Frederic School DistrictLewis
Freedom Area School DistrictLittle Chute
G12 districts
Galesville
Germantown School DistrictGermantown
Gibraltar Area School DistrictSister Bay
Gillett School DistrictPulcifer
Gilman School DistrictGilman
Grafton School DistrictGrafton
Granton Area School DistrictGranton
Grantsburg School DistrictGrantsburg
Green Bay Area School DistrictGreen Bay
Greendale School DistrictGreendale
Greenwood School DistrictGreenwood
Gresham School DistrictGresham
H12 districts
Lannon
Hayward Community School DistrictChief Lake
Highland School DistrictHighland
Hilbert School DistrictHilbert
Hillsboro School DistrictHillsboro
Holmen School DistrictHolmen
Hortonville School DistrictGreenville
Howard-Suamico School DistrictHoward
Howards Grove School DistrictHowards Grove
Hudson School DistrictHudson
Hurley School DistrictPence
Hustisford School DistrictHustisford
I2 districts
J2 districts
K8 districts
L11 districts
La Crosse
La Farge School DistrictLa Farge
Ladysmith School DistrictLadysmith
Lake Holcombe School DistrictHolcombe
Lake Mills Area School DistrictLake Mills
Lancaster Community School DistrictLancaster
Lena School DistrictLena
Little Chute Area School DistrictLittle Chute
Lodi School DistrictLodi
Loyal School DistrictLoyal
Luck School DistrictLuck
M33 districts
Madison
Manawa School DistrictManawa
Manitowoc School DistrictManitowoc
Maple School DistrictBrule
Marathon City School DistrictMarathon City
Marinette School DistrictPeshtigo
Marion School DistrictMarion
Markesan School DistrictMarquette
Marshall School DistrictMarshall
Marshfield School DistrictMarshfield
Mauston School DistrictMauston
Mayville School DistrictMayville
McFarland School DistrictMcFarland
Medford Area School DistrictMedford
Mellen School DistrictMellen
Melrose-Mindoro School DistrictMelrose
Menasha School DistrictMenasha
Menomonee Falls School DistrictMenomonee Falls
Mequon-Thiensville School DistrictMequon
Mercer School DistrictMercer
Merrill Area School DistrictMerrill
Middleton-Cross Plains School DistrictMiddleton
Milton School DistrictMilton
Milwaukee School DistrictMilwaukee
Mineral Point School DistrictMineral Point
Mondovi School DistrictMondovi
Monona Grove School DistrictCottage Grove
Monroe School DistrictMonroe
Montello School DistrictMontello
Monticello School DistrictMonticello
Mosinee School DistrictMosinee
Mount Horeb Area School DistrictMount Horeb
Muskego-Norway School DistrictMuskego
N16 districts
Necedah
Neenah School DistrictNeenah
Nekoosa School DistrictLake Arrowhead
New Auburn School DistrictNew Auburn
New Glarus School DistrictNew Glarus
New Holstein School DistrictSt. Cloud
New Lisbon School DistrictNew Lisbon
New London School DistrictNew London
New Richmond School DistrictNew Richmond
Niagara School DistrictNiagara
Norris School DistrictVernon
North Fond du Lac School DistrictNorth Fond du Lac
Northern Ozaukee School DistrictFredonia
Northland Pines School DistrictEagle River
Northwood School DistrictGordon
Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School DistrictWilton
O8 districts
P18 districts
Palmyra
Pepin Area School DistrictPepin
Peshtigo School DistrictPeshtigo
Pewaukee School DistrictPewaukee
Phillips School DistrictPhillips
Platteville School DistrictPlatteville
Plum City School DistrictPlum City
Plymouth School DistrictPlymouth
Port Edwards School DistrictNekoosa
Port Washington-Saukville School DistrictPort Washington
Portage Community School DistrictPortage
Potosi School DistrictPotosi
Poynette School DistrictPoynette
Prairie du Chien Area School DistrictEastman
Prairie Farm School DistrictPrairie Farm
Prentice School DistrictPrentice
Princeton School DistrictPrinceton
Pulaski Community School DistrictPulaski
R14 districts
Racine
Randolph School DistrictRandolph
Reedsburg School DistrictReedsburg
Rhinelander School DistrictRhinelander
Rib Lake School DistrictChelsea
Rice Lake Area School DistrictHaugen
Richland School DistrictBoaz
Rio Community School DistrictRio
Ripon Area School DistrictRipon
River Falls School DistrictRiver Falls
River Ridge School DistrictPatch Grove
River Valley School DistrictSpring Green
Riverdale School DistrictMuscoda
Rosholt School DistrictRosholt
S26 districts
Bluffview
Sevastopol School DistrictSturgeon Bay
Seymour Community School DistrictSeymour
Sheboygan Area School DistrictSheboygan
Sheboygan Falls School DistrictSheboygan Falls
Shiocton School DistrictShiocton
Shorewood School DistrictShorewood
Shullsburg School DistrictShullsburg
Siren School DistrictSiren
Slinger School DistrictSlinger
Solon Springs School DistrictSolon Springs
Somerset School DistrictSomerset
South Shore School DistrictPort Wing
Southern Door County School DistrictLittle Sturgeon
Southwestern Wisconsin School DistrictHazel Green
Sparta Area School DistrictSparta
Spencer School DistrictSpencer
Spring Valley School DistrictSpring Valley
St. Croix Central School DistrictRoberts
St. Francis School DistrictSt. Francis
Stanley-Boyd Area School DistrictStanley
Stevens Point Area School DistrictWhiting
Stoughton Area School DistrictStoughton
Stratford School DistrictStratford
Sun Prairie Area School DistrictSun Prairie
Superior School DistrictSuperior
T6 districts
U1 district
V2 districts
W26 districts
Washburn
Washington Island School DistrictEllison Bay
Waterloo School DistrictWaterloo
Watertown School DistrictWatertown
Waupun School DistrictAlto
Wausau School DistrictSchofield
Wausaukee School DistrictWausaukee
Wautoma Area School DistrictWautoma
Wauwatosa School DistrictWauwatosa
Wauzeka-Steuben School DistrictWauzeka
Webster School DistrictDanbury
West Salem School DistrictWest Salem
Westfield School DistrictHarrisville
Weston School DistrictCazenovia
Weyauwega-Fremont School DistrictWeyauwega
Whitehall School DistrictPigeon Falls
Whitewater School DistrictWhitewater
Williams Bay School DistrictWilliams Bay
Winneconne Community School DistrictWinneconne
Winter School DistrictWinter
Wisconsin Dells School DistrictWisconsin Dells
Wisconsin Heights School DistrictBlack Earth
Wisconsin Rapids School DistrictWisconsin Rapids
Wittenberg-Birnamwood School DistrictEland
Wonewoc-Union Center School DistrictWonewoc
Wrightstown Community School DistrictGreenleaf
Frequently Asked Questions
When does school start in Wisconsin?
For the 2025-26 school year, the first day of school in Wisconsin ranges from July 28, 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 Wisconsin?
The last day of school in Wisconsin for 2025-26 ranges from May 4, 2026 to June 25, 2026. Each district sets its own end date based on local scheduling.
When is spring break in Wisconsin?
The most common spring break dates in Wisconsin for 2025-26 are March 30, 2026 to April 3, 2026, shared by 49 districts. Other districts may have different dates — check your district's calendar for exact spring break timing.
How many school districts are in Wisconsin?
We have calendar data for 262 school districts in Wisconsin, spanning 257 cities. The average school year includes 177 instructional days.