Hillsborough County's 2026-27 year runs Monday, August 10, 2026 to Friday, May 28, 2027, with a full week off at Thanksgiving (the district calls it Fall Break), two weeks at winter break and one at spring break. The days that catch Tampa-area families out are the local ones: a Friday off for the Florida State Fair, a Monday off for the Strawberry Festival, and the single non-student Mondays that follow the winter and spring breaks, so students come back on a Tuesday.
Below is the district's Board-approved table, every row, with its own labels and footnotes kept intact — including the fact that every Monday is an early-release day — then how to get it onto your phone next to the team schedules.
Source: HCPS 2026-2027 Student Academic Calendar (Board Approved 6/17/2025, Updated 3/24/26) and the Board-approved calendar PDF. Last checked November 6, 2026. The calendar is the district's student academic calendar: first and last day, non-student days, breaks, return dates and grading-period ends. It was updated on 3/24/26 to move the Strawberry Festival day.
Every date below is copied from the district's own published calendar, not estimated. Districts do revise mid-year, so confirm against the source before you book anything around a date.
21 published entries, 13 of them closures or breaks. A single entry can cover a span of days. Labels are the district's wording.
| Date | What the district calls it |
|---|---|
| Mon, Aug 10, 2026 | Students' First Day of SchoolFirst / last day |
| Mon, Sep 7, 2026 | Labor Day/Non-Student DayNo school |
| Fri, Oct 9, 2026 | End of 1st Grading Period |
| Mon, Oct 12, 2026 | Non-Student DayNo school |
| Wed, Nov 11, 2026 | Veterans Day/Non-Student DayNo school |
| Nov 23–27, 2026 | Fall Break/Non-Student DaysNo school |
| Mon, Nov 30, 2026 | Students Return to School |
| Fri, Dec 18, 2026 | End of 2nd Grading Period/1st Semester |
| Dec 21, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 | Winter Break/Non-Student DaysNo school |
| Mon, Jan 4, 2027 | Non-Student DayNo school |
| Tue, Jan 5, 2027 | Students Return to School |
| Mon, Jan 18, 2027 | Martin Luther King, Jr./Non-Student DayNo school |
| Fri, Feb 12, 2027 | Florida State Fair/Non-Student DayNo school |
| Mon, Feb 15, 2027 | Presidents' Day/Non-Student DayNo school |
| Mon, Mar 8, 2027 | Strawberry Festival/Non-Student Day (changed from 3/1/27 to 3/8/27)No school |
| Fri, Mar 12, 2027 | End of 3rd Grading Period |
| Mar 22–26, 2027 | Spring Break/Non-Student DaysNo school |
| Mon, Mar 29, 2027 | Non-Student DayNo school |
| Tue, Mar 30, 2027 | Students Return to School |
| Fri, Apr 16, 2027 | Non-Student DayNo school |
| Fri, May 28, 2027 | Last Day of School; End of 4th Grading Period/2nd Semester (2.5-hour early release)First / last day |
The calendar states plainly: "Students will be released early every Monday." That is not a row in the table, it is a standing rule for the whole year, so the early-release Mondays are not listed individually above. The calendar does not state the Monday dismissal time; your school sets that.
The footnote reads: "Tentative Hurricane Make-Up Day(s) if needed: October 12, November 11, November 23-25, January 4." If storms close schools, those are the non-student days the district would use first — the Monday after the first grading period, Veterans Day, the first three days of Fall Break, and the Monday before students return from winter break.
Winter Break is December 21 through January 1, but Monday, January 4 is a Non-Student Day and students return Tuesday, January 5. Spring Break is March 22–26, Monday, March 29 is a Non-Student Day, and students return Tuesday, March 30. Fall Break is the exception: students return Monday, November 30.
The calendar carries an asterisk on March 8: "Strawberry Festival/Non-Student Day changed from 3/1/27 to 3/8/27 to coincide with the dates of the Strawberry Festival." That is the 3/24/26 update noted in the document title. If you copied the calendar before March 2026, the Strawberry Festival day you have is wrong.
Friday, May 28, 2027 is the Last Day of School and the End of 4th Grading Period/2nd Semester, and the calendar adds: "The last day of school is a 2.5-hour early release." Grading periods end October 9, December 18 (also the end of the first semester), March 12 and May 28.
The quick way: create a free Schedule Caddie account from this page and the 2026-27 calendar above is already on it as your own schedule — the version we verified on November 6, 2026, yours to edit. If Hillsborough County revises the calendar later, upload the new version and you see exactly which days changed before approving them.
Doing it yourself, or a different district:
The district publishes this calendar as a document, not a feed you can subscribe to. Schedule Caddie reads that document for you: download the 2026-27 calendar from the district (the source link above), upload it as a PDF, PNG, or JPG up to 10MB, and it pulls out the no-school days, breaks, early releases with their dismissal times, teacher days, and the first and last day of school.
Nothing is saved until you have looked at it. Every day it found shows up as its own row with the date and label, you uncheck what you don't want and fix anything it misread, and only then does it land on your family calendar, color-coded as School so a holiday Monday reads differently from a 4pm practice. Team schedules you have added as calendar links keep refreshing on their own; the school year sits beside them.
Either way it travels like anything else on your Schedule Caddie calendar: subscribe to your Schedule Caddie link in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook and the school days come along.
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Students' First Day of School is Monday, August 10, 2026. The Last Day of School is Friday, May 28, 2027, which is also the End of 4th Grading Period/2nd Semester and a 2.5-hour early release.
Fall Break/Non-Student Days are Monday, November 23 through Friday, November 27, 2026, with students returning Monday, November 30. Winter Break/Non-Student Days run Monday, December 21, 2026 through Friday, January 1, 2027; January 4 is a Non-Student Day and students return Tuesday, January 5. Spring Break/Non-Student Days are Monday, March 22 through Friday, March 26, 2027; March 29 is a Non-Student Day and students return Tuesday, March 30.
Yes. Friday, February 12, 2027 is the Florida State Fair/Non-Student Day and Monday, March 8, 2027 is the Strawberry Festival/Non-Student Day. The Strawberry Festival day was changed from March 1 to March 8 to coincide with the festival dates, per the 3/24/26 update to the calendar.
Every Monday: the calendar says "Students will be released early every Monday." The last day of school, Friday, May 28, 2027, is a 2.5-hour early release. The calendar does not list a dismissal time for the Mondays.
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