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Houston Spring Break is March 8–12, 2027. Classes begin August 13, 2026, and the school year is scheduled to end May 26, 2027, subject to weather-related changes.
Houston-area ILTexas campuses have Spring Break March 8–12, 2027, while DFW and Brazos County have March 15–19. Students return from Winter Break on January 7. School starts August 13 and is scheduled to finish May 26, subject to weather-related changes.
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Official calendar
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| First Day of School | School opens | |
| Labor Day Holiday | No classes | |
| Cycle 1 Data Day (Student Holiday) | No classes | |
| Student/Teacher Holiday | through | No classes |
| Student Holiday / Teacher PD and Parent Conferences | through | No classes |
| Thanksgiving Break | through | No school |
| Winter Break | through | No school |
| Student/Teacher Holiday | No classes | |
| Cycle 4 Data Day (Student Holiday) | No classes | |
| Spring Break | through | No school |
| Inclement Weather Day #1 | Reserved weather day — schedule may change | |
| Student Holiday / Teacher Work Day | No classes | |
| Last Day of School | Listed last day; weather changes possible | |
| Cycle 6 Data Day / Inclement Weather Day #2 | Reserved weather day — schedule may change |
Month by month
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Planning notes
The 2026–2027 Houston school calendar begins Aug 13, 2026 and ends May 26, 2027 (May 27 is also reserved as Inclement Weather Day #2; weather-related changes may affect the listed May 26 finish.).
Confirm campus-specific hours, conferences, exams and program assignments with your school. The district PDF does not publish bell schedules or 2027 graduation ceremonies.
Editorial summary
International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas) sets Houston-area Spring Break for March 8–12, 2027. Classes resume Monday, March 15. DFW and Brazos County take their break the following week, so the two March ranges are regional alternatives, not two weeks off for every student. The dates remain subject to change to align with surrounding communities.
Houston-area students also have Fall Break October 12–16, 2026, and Thanksgiving Break November 23–27. Winter Break runs December 18 through January 6. January 4 is the Houston Campus Data/PD Day, followed by the Houston Area-wide PD Conference January 5. January 6 is the Charterwide Teacher Work Day. Students return Thursday, January 7, when Cycle 4 and the second semester begin.
ILTexas lists May 14 as the last day for senior exams, but the calendar does not provide graduation ceremony dates. May 26 is the scheduled last day of school, with May 27 reserved as a Cycle 6 Data Day and possible weather make-up day. Summer School runs June 1–15 for selected students only.
Common questions
Use this view for the Houston-area dates in the district PDF: Spring Break is March 8–12, 2027. DFW and Brazos County use the separate March 15–19 view. Choose the region assigned to your campus rather than treating both Spring Break weeks as days off.
Thursday, August 13, 2026, is the first day of school and the start of Cycle 1.
The calendar lists Wednesday, May 26, 2027, as the last day of school. May 27 is a Cycle 6 Data Day and an Inclement Weather Day, so check district announcements for any change to the end-of-year schedule.
ILTexas lists 170 instructional days across six grading cycles: 26, 24 and 29 days in the first semester, then 31, 33 and 27 in the second. The separate 187 figure includes 17 professional-development days; it is not the student instructional-day total.
No. Monday, September 7, 2026, is the Labor Day Holiday. Classes resume Tuesday, September 8.
No. September 21 is the Cycle 1 Data Day and a student holiday. Cycle 2 begins Tuesday, September 22.
Fall Break for Students is October 12–16. October 12–14 are student/teacher holidays; October 15–16 are student holidays with teacher professional development and parent conferences. Classes resume Monday, October 19.
The district calendar lists parent conferences and teacher professional development on October 15–16, during the student Fall Break. It does not give conference times; use your campus’s appointment instructions.
Yes. Regular classes are scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The district calendar does not mark Election Day as a student holiday. Check your campus for any schedule updates.
No. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, is named Veterans Day, but the calendar does not mark it as a student holiday. It remains a regular student day on the published schedule.
Students are off November 23–27, 2026. Classes resume Monday, November 30.
Winter Break runs December 18, 2026, through January 6, 2027. Students return Thursday, January 7. December 17 is the last day of Cycle 3 and the first semester.
Thursday, January 7, 2027. That day begins Cycle 4 and the second semester.
No. Students remain on Winter Break through January 6. Houston's Campus Data/PD Day is January 4 and its Area-wide PD Conference is January 5. January 6 is a Charterwide Teacher Work Day; students return January 7.
Yes. Monday, January 18, 2027, is labeled a Student/Teacher Holiday on the ILTexas calendar. Classes are scheduled to resume Tuesday, January 19.
Yes. February 15 is not marked as a student holiday on this calendar. The February student holiday is Monday, February 22, for the Cycle 4 Data Day; classes resume February 23.
Houston-area students have Spring Break March 8–12, 2027. Classes resume Monday, March 15. ILTexas says the dates are subject to change to align with surrounding communities, so confirm any later campus update before making plans.
No. Houston-area students use March 8–12, and DFW and Brazos County students use March 15–19. The two ranges in the shared calendar apply to different regions; they are not a two-week break for every student. The dates are subject to change to align with surrounding communities.
The calendar labels September 21 and February 22 “Data Day (Student Holiday),” so students have no regular classes on those dates. May 27 is also a Cycle 6 Data Day, but it doubles as an Inclement Weather Day and may be affected by a weather-related schedule change.
The ILTexas district calendar lists Spring Break for Houston-area schools as March 8–12, 2027, and for DFW and Brazos County schools as March 15–19. It does not specify which schedule applies to Liberty-area campuses. Check with your child's Liberty campus before making plans.
March 26 and May 27, 2027, are reserved Inclement Weather Days. The published calendar shows no regular student classes on those dates, but they are not guaranteed holidays. May 27 is also a Cycle 6 Data Day; follow ILTexas announcements if weather requires a schedule change.
No regular classes are scheduled for Friday, March 26, 2027. ILTexas designates the date as Inclement Weather Day #1, not a Good Friday holiday. It may be used as a make-up day if weather-related schedule changes are needed.
No regular classes are scheduled for May 27 under the published calendar. The date is listed as Cycle 6 Data Day / Inclement Weather Day #2, so it could become a school day if ILTexas uses it for weather-related make-up classes.
No. Friday, April 30, is a student holiday and teacher workday. Classes resume Monday, May 3.
Cycle 1 runs August 13–September 18; Cycle 2, September 22–October 30; Cycle 3, November 2–December 17; Cycle 4, January 7–February 19; Cycle 5, February 23–April 16; and Cycle 6, April 19–May 26.
No early-release or half-day dates are listed on the district calendar. Check your campus calendar for any school-specific dismissal changes.
The district calendar does not list daily start or dismissal times. Check your campus's bell schedule or contact the school for current hours.
Friday, May 14, is listed as the last day for senior exams. The calendar does not provide the full exam schedule, subjects or times, and this is not a graduation date.
The district calendar does not list graduation ceremony dates, times or venues. Check your high school’s announcements for its 2027 ceremony schedule; May 14 is the senior-exam endpoint, not a graduation date.
Summer School is listed for June 1–15, 2027, for selected students. The marked weekday sessions are June 1–4, June 7–11 and June 14–15; the calendar does not show weekend sessions. Check campus instructions for the hours and dates assigned to your child.
No. The calendar says Summer School is for a select group of students, with all others on break. Campus instructions should explain who is assigned to attend and the program’s hours.
Use ILTexas’s Weather Resources page and your campus’s latest announcements. Closures can differ by region; a DFW closure does not automatically mean Houston or Brazos County campuses are closed.
The Board-approved PDF is linked from ILTexas’s Families calendar page. It was approved April 22, 2026, and includes both regional Spring Break schedules.
Reference
The current Board-approved calendar and its regional Spring Break dates.
Enrollment, school supplies, transportation, uniforms and family resources.
Weather-related campus closure notices and regional updates.
Use the regional Spring Break dates that apply to your school.
Source and scope
ILTexas’s Families calendar page currently links the 2026-2027 district PDF. Its visible approval statement is April 22, 2026. The downloaded official file and the supplied local PDF have matching SHA-256 hashes.
The shared PDF has Houston and DFW/Brazos County Spring Break captions, not one districtwide March closure. Two regional views preserve that difference. March purple cells are not taken as new-teacher induction: the March captions specify Spring Break. Veterans Day is printed without a holiday fill and remains an instructional date. January 4–6 overlap Winter Break; closure counts deduplicate them. March 26 and May 27 are conditional weather dates, with their activation implications marked derived. Summer School is split into contiguous marked weekdays, excluding weekends and regular-year attendance. Pure staff orientation, pre-year PD and office-only closures are excluded. The six cycle counts total 170; 187 includes 17 PD days. Liberty is not assigned a regional break solely from website menu grouping. January staff occurrences are linked to the enclosing Winter Break for supplemental display, not presented as three additional student breaks. Labels on the DFW/Brazos view describe DFW staff only; the PDF does not assign those regional staff roles to Brazos County. Weather-dependent occurrences are excluded from confirmed-break countdowns and shown with a separate conditional status. The overlapping data/PD/workday subset is not published as a separate statistic, and its publication setting survives regeneration. January 4–5 participant scope describes regional staff, not a separate student attendance requirement.
Recheck the district PDF, regional campus announcements and Weather Resources for changes. The current news listing and August welcome-back notice were reviewed; no superseding calendar dates or charterwide bell times were identified. Discovery targets do not start scheduled monitoring.
Confirm campus-specific hours, conferences, exams and program assignments with your school. The district PDF does not publish bell schedules or 2027 graduation ceremonies.