Guides & Resources

Texas School Calendar Guides

Statewide date guides, break comparisons, metro calendar differences, and planning notes for Texas families.

How Calendars Get Made How Texas School Calendars Get Made: The Constraint Stack Behind Every Date How Texas school calendars get made: instructional minutes, STAAR windows, DOI start-date exemptions, teacher contracts, public input, and board approval. Read Latest Guide
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Essential Date Guides

Start here for statewide first days, last days, and district-by-district key dates.

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Breaks, Holidays & Travel Windows

Compare Spring Break, Winter Break, holiday breaks, and school-year travel windows.

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Metro Area Comparisons

Use these when nearby districts do not share the same breaks, start dates, or return dates.

Rio Grande Valley Rio Grande Valley School Calendars 2026-2027: First Days, Spring Break, and Last Days Rio Grande Valley school calendars 2026-2027: compare first days, Spring Break, last days, October breaks, and bad weather makeup dates by district. San Antonio San Antonio Area School Calendars 2026-2027: First Days, Spring Break, and Last Days San Antonio school calendars 2026-2027: compare first days, Spring Break, last days, October student holidays, and bad weather makeup dates by district. Austin Area Austin Area School Calendars 2026-2027: Start Dates, October Breaks, and F1 Closure Austin-area school calendars 2026-2027 split Aug. 12-13 and Aug. 18-19. Compare October no-school days, F1 closure, spring break, and last days. El Paso El Paso Area School Calendars 2026-2027: July Starts and Intersessions El Paso school calendars 2026-2027 start July 21-Aug. 3, use fall and spring intersessions, and create different childcare and summer timelines. Houston ISD When Is Houston ISD Spring Break 2027? Houston ISD (HISD) Spring Break 2027 is March 8-12. See the March 26 no-classes day and Houston-area districts that match or split by one week. DFW Differences DFW School Calendar Differences 2026-2027 DFW 2026-2027 calendar differences: why Spring Break is almost unified, how fall break ranges from 1 to 5 days, and why Frisco ISD ends two weeks earlier. Houston Differences Houston Area School Calendar Differences 2026-2027 Houston-area 2026-2027 calendar differences: which districts share Spring Break, the October break divide, and the most calendar-compatible district pairs.
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Working Parent & Household Planning

Plan around early release, PD days, shared custody, moving, and multi-district households.

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Calendar Types & Special Schedules

Understand 4-day weeks, ADSY calendars, campus tracks, and other non-standard calendar structures.

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Sources, Labels & Methodology

Read how dates are selected, why summaries are shorter than full calendars, and what labels mean.