Baltimore City Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The City Schools 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the City Schools 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.

City Schools vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 16 entries and 30 weekdays in all.

City Schools early release days

Five 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-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 19 to Monday, Sept. 21. Wellness Day (schools closed). Back Tuesday, Sept. 22.
• 3.5-day weekend: Thursday, Oct. 15 at early dismissal to Sunday, Oct. 18. Early release, parent-teacher conferences in the afternoon and professional development day (no school for students). Back Monday, Oct. 19.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 23 at early dismissal to Sunday, Oct. 25. Early release (end of 1st quarter). Back Monday, Oct. 26.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Nov. 6 to Sunday, Nov. 8. Professional development day (no school for students). Back Monday, Nov. 9.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 12 days off in a row: Wednesday, Dec. 23 to Sunday, Jan. 3. Winter break. Back Monday, Jan. 4.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Jan. 8 to Sunday, Jan. 10. Professional development day (no school for students). Back Monday, Jan. 11.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Jan. 15 at early dismissal to Monday, Jan. 18. Early release (end of 2nd quarter) and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 5 to Sunday, Feb. 7. Professional development day (no school for students). Back Monday, Feb. 8.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Presidents Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, March 5 to Sunday, March 7. Professional development day (no school for students). Back Monday, March 8.
• 10.5 days off in a row: Thursday, March 25 at early dismissal to Sunday, April 4. Early release (end of 3rd quarter, before spring break) and spring break. Back Monday, April 5.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, May 7 to Sunday, May 9. Professional development day (no school for students). Back Monday, May 10.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

One early release on a Friday or Monday makes a 2.5-day weekend.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Fifteen weeks have fewer than five school days, and two weeks have none at all.

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Friday, Oct. 16: professional development day (no school for students)
• Friday, Nov. 6: professional development day (no school for students)
• Friday, Jan. 8: professional development day (no school for students)
• Friday, Feb. 5: professional development day (no school for students)
• Friday, March 5: professional development day (no school for students)
• Friday, May 7: professional development day (no school for students)

Makeup days

Inclement weather recovery day (if needed), Monday, June 14 (only if inclement weather recovery days are needed), Inclement weather recovery day (if needed), Tuesday, June 15 (only if inclement weather recovery days are needed) and Inclement weather recovery day (if needed), Wednesday, June 16 (only if inclement weather recovery days are needed).

Also worth knowing

• School is open on some federal holidays: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 12) and Veterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar marks eight religious and cultural observances on school days. School is open. On an Observance Day, City Schools schedules no first-time testing or field trips, makes a reasonable effort to avoid athletic events, and schedules no one-time events such as awards ceremonies. The observance days on Feb. 8, April 22, April 28, May 17 and June 11 begin the evening before. The calendar does not name the observances. The list is below.
• The calendar prints no testing windows.
• The last day can move. June 11, or as late as June 16 if inclement weather recovery days are needed. The planned last day is Friday, June 11; it can fall from Friday, June 11 to Wednesday, June 16.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows Juneteenth (observed) (June 18) and Independence Day (observed) (July 5). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. The last day is Friday, June 11, 2027, with early dismissal, as planned. It can fall anywhere from Friday, June 11 to Wednesday, June 16: June 11, or as late as June 16 if inclement weather recovery days are needed.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 18 to 21.

Grading periods

Quarters (traditional schools)

Report card dates for traditional schools. The calendar also prints a progress report date and a report card distribution window for each quarter.

Trimesters (trimester schools)

Report card dates for schools on trimesters.

Religious and cultural observances

The calendar marks these religious and cultural observances. School is open on each. On an Observance Day, City Schools schedules no first-time testing or field trips, makes a reasonable effort to avoid athletic events, and schedules no one-time events such as awards ceremonies. The observance days on Feb. 8, April 22, April 28, May 17 and June 11 begin the evening before. The calendar does not name the observances.

What the district notes

• This calendar applies to most schools. City Schools asks families to watch for calendar dates from their own school leader. Some charter schools may start on a different date.
• Early release days end 4 hours after each school's start time, so the dismissal clock time differs by school.
• Some days off close schools but not the central office: Sept. 21 and March 10 (Wellness Days), the professional development days, Dec. 28 to 30 and March 31 to April 2. District offices are open on those days.
• The calendar lists June 1 to 10 as senior graduation dates.
• The calendar shows dates as of March 2026. City Schools posts updates on its events calendar at baltimorecityschools.org/events.

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, cell by cell against its legend. Then we checked each one against the City Schools Events page, the Spanish edition of the one-page calendar and the City Schools events calendar feed.

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