Duval County Public Schools Calendar 2027-28

The DCPS 2027-28 calendar

This is the district's own calendar, as DCPS publishes it. Tap it to open the full-size image.

Add the DCPS calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off, and a break is one event across all its days.

On an iPhone

Tap a file above, then tap Add All. The dates go into the calendar you choose.

In Google Calendar

On a computer, open Google Calendar, then Settings, then Import & export. Choose the file and the calendar to add it to. The dates show up on your Android phone too.

In Outlook

Open the downloaded file, or in Outlook on the web go to Add calendar, then Upload from file.

These files are a copy of the calendar today. If the district changes a date, download the file again.

DCPS vacations and holidays, 2027-28

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 15 entries and 32 weekdays in all.

DCPS early release days

The district's 2027-28 calendar lists no early release days.

Schools can still send their own early dismissal notices, so watch for those.

Calendar notes: what to plan around

Long weekends and breaks

Every stretch of three or more days with no school, counting weekends.

• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 4 to Monday, Sept. 6. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 7.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 9 to Monday, Oct. 11. Teacher planning day (no school for students). Back Tuesday, Oct. 12.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 20 to Sunday, Nov. 28. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 29.
• 18 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 18 to Tuesday, Jan. 4. Winter break, teacher planning day (no school for students) and professional development day (no school for students). Back Wednesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 15 to Monday, Jan. 17. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 18.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 18 to Monday, Feb. 21. Weather day 1 (no school unless needed) and Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 22.
• 11 days off in a row: Saturday, March 11 to Tuesday, March 21. Spring break, teacher planning day (no school for students) and professional development day (no school for students). Back Wednesday, March 22.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, April 14 to Monday, April 17. School holiday (schools and offices closed) and weather day 2 (no school unless needed). Back Tuesday, April 18.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Eleven weeks have fewer than five school days, and four weeks have none at all.

Teacher workdays: no school for students

Five of the days off are staff days. Teachers work; students stay home. Plan child care as you would for a holiday.

• Monday, Oct. 11: teacher planning day (no school for students)
• Monday, Jan. 3: teacher planning day (no school for students)
• Tuesday, Jan. 4: professional development day (no school for students)
• Monday, March 20: teacher planning day (no school for students)
• Tuesday, March 21: professional development day (no school for students)

Makeup days

Weather day 1 (becomes a school day if needed), Friday, Feb. 18 (used first if school days are lost to bad weather), Weather day 2 (becomes a school day if needed), Monday, April 17 (used second if school days are lost to bad weather), Weather day 3 (becomes a school day if needed), Tuesday, May 30 (used third; extends the year past May 26) and Weather day 4 (becomes a school day if needed), Wednesday, May 31 (used fourth; extends the year past May 26).

Also worth knowing

• The district's calendar lists no conference days.
• The district's calendar lists no testing dates.
• The last day can move. If bad weather uses up the Feb. 18 and April 17 weather days, May 30 and 31 become school days and the district adjusts the calendar. The planned last day is Friday, May 26; it can fall from Friday, May 26 to Wednesday, May 31.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows Memorial Day (May 29), weather days 3 and 4 (used only if needed) (May 30) and Employee planning days (after school ends) (June 1). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2027. The last day is Friday, May 26, 2028, as planned. It can fall anywhere from Friday, May 26 to Wednesday, May 31: If bad weather uses up the Feb. 18 and April 17 weather days, May 30 and 31 become school days and the district adjusts the calendar.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 2 to 9.

Grading periods

The calendar prints the end of the first three grading periods; each one starts on the next school day, and the fourth runs to the last day of school.

What the district notes

• Duval posts its 2027-28 calendar only as a table on its website; it says it no longer produces calendar PDFs for public distribution. The image on this page is our screenshot of that table.
• Duval uses weather days in date order, only if bad weather closes schools. A weather day that is not needed stays a day off for students.

How we checked these dates

We read every date off the district's own calendar table, row by row, and took the image above from that table. Then we checked every date except the Jan. 4 and March 21 professional development days against the district's Academic Calendar 2027-2028 page, the district events calendar and the district's news story on its calendar process and weather days. The other dates rest on the district's calendar alone.

Every weekday on this page matches its date. If the district changes its calendar, its page is the final word.