Hillsborough County Public Schools Calendar 2027-28

The HCPS 2027-28 calendar

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

Add the HCPS calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off or half day, 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.

HCPS vacations and holidays, 2027-28

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 12 entries and 29 weekdays in all.

HCPS early release days

One early release day in all.

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.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 20 to Sunday, Nov. 28. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 29.
• 17 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 18 to Monday, Jan. 3. Winter break and No school (non-student day). Back Tuesday, Jan. 4.
• 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. Florida State Fair day and Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 22.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, March 4 to Monday, March 6. Strawberry Festival day. Back Tuesday, March 7.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 11 to Monday, March 20. Spring break and No school (non-student day). Back Tuesday, March 21.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, April 14 to Sunday, April 16. No school (non-student day). Back Monday, April 17.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Makeup days

Tentative hurricane makeup day, Thursday, Nov. 11, Tentative hurricane makeup day, Monday, Nov. 22, Tentative hurricane makeup day, Tuesday, Nov. 23, Tentative hurricane makeup day, Wednesday, Nov. 24 and Tentative hurricane makeup day, Monday, Jan. 3.

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 11). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days.
• The calendar prints no testing windows.
• Some days off may change: Veterans Day, Nov. 11 (Tentative hurricane makeup day; may become a school day), Thanksgiving break, Nov. 22 to 26 (Nov. 22 to 24 are tentative hurricane makeup days and may become school days) and No school (non-student day), Jan. 3 (Tentative hurricane makeup day; may become a school day).

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2027. The last day is Friday, May 26, 2028, with early dismissal.

Grading periods

Four grading periods; the first two make the first semester. The calendar prints each period's end date; each period below starts on the first school day after the last one ends.

What the district notes

• HCPS has not finalized its 2027-28 student early release schedule. Monday, Aug. 16, 2027 will be a regular school day with no early release.
• If hurricanes close schools, Nov. 11, Nov. 22 to 24 and Jan. 3, 2028 may become school days.

How we checked these dates

We read every date off the district's own calendar twice: once from the PDF's text and once from the image, line by line. Then we checked each one against the district's Spanish edition of the calendar and the HCPS 2027-28 calendar page.

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