Austin ISD Calendar 2026-27

The Austin ISD 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the Austin ISD 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.

Austin ISD vacations and holidays, 2026-27

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

Austin ISD early release days

The 2026-27 calendar prints no early release days. Every school day on it is a full day.

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. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 19 to Monday, Sept. 21. Student holiday (PLED Day, Yom Kippur). Back Tuesday, Sept. 22.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 9 to Monday, Oct. 12. Student and staff holiday (bad weather makeup day) and Parent conference day and Indigenous Peoples' Day (no school for students). Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 4-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 31 to Tuesday, Nov. 3. Student and staff holiday and Campus staff development, Culture of Voting (no school for students). Back Wednesday, Nov. 4.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Fall break (Thanksgiving week). Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 to Monday, Jan. 4. Winter break and staff development day (no school for students). Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Presidents Day (campus staff development, no school for students). Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 13 to Sunday, March 21. Spring break. Back Monday, March 22.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28. Good Friday (student and staff holiday, bad weather makeup day). Back Monday, March 29.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, April 30 to Sunday, May 2. Student holiday (PLED Day). Back Monday, May 3.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Thirteen 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.

• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Campus staff development, Culture of Voting (no school for students)
• Monday, Jan. 4: staff development day (no school for students)
• Monday, Feb. 15: Presidents Day (campus staff development, no school for students)

Makeup days

Bad weather makeup day (if needed), Friday, Oct. 9 (only if a bad weather makeup day is needed; otherwise a holiday) and Bad weather makeup day (if needed), Friday, March 26 (only if a bad weather makeup day is needed; otherwise a holiday).

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Veterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no testing dates. Austin ISD posts a separate 2026-27 Testing Calendar on its calendar page.
• Some days off may change: student and staff holiday (bad weather makeup day), Oct. 9 (Becomes a school day if it is needed as a bad weather makeup day) and Good Friday (student and staff holiday, bad weather makeup day), March 26 (Becomes a school day if it is needed as a bad weather makeup day).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher planning day (after the last day) (May 28) and Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. The last day is Thursday, May 27, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 6 to 17.

Grading periods

Austin ISD prints brackets for four grading periods. The first starts on the first day of school and the last ends on the last day.

What the district notes

• Eight schools follow a separate Additional Day School Year (ADSY) calendar with extra summer and Saturday days: Linder, Pecan Springs, Sanchez and Wooldridge elementary schools and Burnet, Dobie, Mendez and Webb middle schools.
• The district office is closed July 1 to 3 and on Fridays in July 2026, and on Fridays in June 2027.
• Juneteenth is observed on Monday, June 21, 2027, after the school year ends.

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 Austin ISD Calendar of Events page and the Austin ISD events calendar feed.

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