Polk County Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The PCPS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the PCPS 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.

PCPS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 11 entries and 28 weekdays in all.

PCPS early release days

Ten early release days in all.

Calendar notes: what to plan around

Long weekends and breaks

Every stretch of three or more days with no school, counting weekends. A half day next to a weekend adds half a day.

• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 4 at early dismissal to Monday, Sept. 7. Teacher planning time early release and Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 2 at early dismissal to Sunday, Oct. 4. Teacher planning time early release. Back Monday, Oct. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 16 to Sunday, Oct. 18. Teacher staff development and planning day. Back Monday, Oct. 19.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 30 at early dismissal to Sunday, Nov. 1. Teacher planning time early release. Back Monday, Nov. 2.
• 9.5 days off in a row: Friday, Nov. 20 at early dismissal to Sunday, Nov. 29. Teacher planning time early release and Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 18.5 days off in a row: Friday, Dec. 18 at early dismissal to Tuesday, Jan. 5. End of 1st semester early release, winter break, teacher workday and teacher staff development day. Back Wednesday, Jan. 6.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Jan. 15 at early dismissal to Monday, Jan. 18. Teacher planning time early release and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 12 at early dismissal to Monday, Feb. 15. Teacher planning time early release and Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 9.5 days off in a row: Friday, March 12 at early dismissal to Sunday, March 21. Teacher planning time early release and spring break. Back Monday, March 22.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28. Day off for students and staff. Back Monday, March 29.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, April 23 at early dismissal to Sunday, April 25. Teacher planning time early release. Back Monday, April 26.

Three early releases on a Friday or Monday make a 2.5-day weekend.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Friday, Oct. 16: teacher staff development and planning day
• Monday, Jan. 4: teacher workday
• Tuesday, Jan. 5: teacher staff development day

Makeup days

Storm makeup day (if needed), Monday, Nov. 23, Storm makeup day (if needed), Tuesday, Nov. 24, Storm makeup day (if needed), Tuesday, Jan. 5 and Storm makeup day (if needed; last student day), Thursday, May 27.

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 12). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The calendar prints no testing dates. Polk posts FAST and end-of-course testing dates on its assessment page.
• Some days off may change: Thanksgiving break, Nov. 23 to 27 (Nov. 23 and 24 become school days if storm makeup days are needed) and teacher staff development day, Jan. 5 (Becomes a school day if a storm makeup day is needed).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows last teacher workday (May 28). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. The last day is Thursday, May 27, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 3 to 10.

Grading periods

Polk grades in four nine-week quarters. The calendar prints 86 school days in the first semester and 94 in the second (180 in all), and 45 in the 3rd quarter; our count matches each.

What the district notes

• Polk asks families not to buy non-refundable travel tickets for the storm makeup days (Nov. 23 and 24, Jan. 5 and May 27), in case they become school days.
• Student orientation is Wednesday, Aug. 5 for middle, K-8 and high schools and Thursday, Aug. 6 for elementary schools.
• Report cards go home Oct. 26, Jan. 12 and March 30, and for elementary students on May 27. Graduation ceremonies run May 1 to May 27.

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 Spanish edition of the calendar PDF and the Polk County Public Schools calendars page.

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