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Chicago Public Schools 2026-2027 School Calendar Holidays, breaks, and no school days

Chicago, IL

Next no-school day
Tuesday
November 3
Election Day
No-school days
29 weekdays
13 single days + 16 break days
First day
Monday
August 24
2026
Last day
Friday
June 11
2027
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School year at a glance

First Day Last Day No School Break Some grades off Holiday School Day

Breaks and holidays

Is there school on Columbus Day (Indigenous Peoples' Day)?

Mon, Oct 12
No school

When is Thanksgiving break 2026?

Nov 26–27
4 days off with weekends

When is winter break 2026?

Dec 21 – Jan 4
17 days off with weekends

Is there school on Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

Mon, Jan 18
No school

Is there school on Presidents' Day?

Mon, Feb 15
No school

When is spring break 2027?

Mar 22–26
9 days off with weekends

All 2026-2027 dates

No-school days, breaks and schedule changes, month by month.

August 2026

  • Professional Development Day Monday, August 17th No school
  • Professional Development Day Tuesday, August 18th No school
  • Professional Development Day Wednesday, August 19th No school
  • Professional Development Day Thursday, August 20th No school
  • Professional Development Day Friday, August 21st No school
  • First Day of School Monday, August 24th First day

September 2026

  • Labor Day Monday, September 7th · Federal holiday No school
  • Professional Development Day Friday, September 25th No school

October 2026

  • Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday, October 12th · Federal holiday No school

November 2026

  • Parent-Teacher Conferences (Elementary and High School only) Monday, November 2nd Some grades off
  • Election Day Tuesday, November 3rd · State holiday No school
  • Professional Development Day Wednesday, November 11th · Veterans Day (federal holiday) No school
  • Thanksgiving Thursday, November 26th · Federal holiday No school
  • Thanksgiving Break Friday, November 27th · 1 school day off · Day after Thanksgiving (state holiday) Break

December 2026

  • Winter Break Monday, December 21st – Friday, January 1st · 10 school days off · Includes Christmas Day (federal holiday), New Year's Day (federal holiday) Break

January 2027

  • Professional Development Day Monday, January 4th No school
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 18th · Federal holiday No school
  • Professional Development Day Friday, January 29th No school

February 2027

  • Lincoln's Birthday Friday, February 12th · Not on the school calendar State holiday
  • Presidents' Day Monday, February 15th · Federal holiday No school
  • Professional Development Day Tuesday, February 23rd No school

March 2027

  • Spring Break Monday, March 22nd – Friday, March 26th · 5 school days off Break

April 2027

  • Professional Development Day Tuesday, April 6th No school
  • Parent-Teacher Conferences (Elementary and High School only) Monday, April 12th Some grades off

May 2027

  • Memorial Day Monday, May 31st · Federal holiday No school

June 2027

  • Last Day of School Friday, June 11th Last day
  • Professional Development Day Monday, June 14th No school

July 2027

  • Local Holiday Monday, July 5th No school

Schools using this calendar

644 schools follow the Chicago Public Schools calendar.

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Academy For Global CitizenshipAcero Chtr Roberto Clemente ElemAcero Chtr Sor Juana Ines De LaAcero Chtr - Bartolome De LasAcero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes ElemAcero Chtr - Esmera Santiago CmpsAcero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elem SchAcero Chtr - Officer Marquez ElemAcero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo ElemAcero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros ElemAcero Chtr - Spc Zizumbo ElemAcero Chtr Netrk - Major GarciaAcero Chtr Network - Jovita IdarAcero Chtr Network - Pfc TorressAcero Chtr Sch Netwrk- VictoriaAcero Chtr-Brighton Park Elem SchAddams Elem SchoolAir Force Acad High SchoolAlbany Park Multicultural ElemAlcott College PrepAlcott Elem SchoolAldridge Elem SchoolAmundsen High SchoolAriel Elem Community AcademyArmour Elem SchoolArmstrong G Elem Intl StudiesArt In Motion Charter SchoolAshburn Community Elem SchoolAshe Elem SchoolAsian Human Srvcs-Passage ChrtrAspira Charter - Bus And FinAspira Charter - Early College PrAspira Charter - Haugan CampusAudubon Elem SchoolAustin College And Career Acad HsAvalon Park Elem SchoolAvondale - Logandale Elem SchAzuela Elem School
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Back Of The Yards Ib HsBarnard Elem Comp Math & Sci CtrBarry Elem SchoolBarton Elem SchoolBass Elem SchoolBateman Elem SchoolBeard Elem SchoolBeasley Elem Magnet Academic CtrBeaubien Elem SchoolBeethoven Elem SchoolBeidler Elem SchoolBelding Elem SchoolBell Elem SchoolBelmont-Cragin Elem SchoolBennett Elem SchoolBlack Magnet Elem SchoolBlaine Elem SchoolBlair Early Childhood CenterBogan High SchoolBond Elem SchoolBoone Elem SchoolBouchet Elem Math & Science AcadBowen High SchoolBradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elem SchBrennemann Elem SchoolBrentano Elem Math & Science AcadBret Harte Elem SchoolBridge Elem SchoolBright Elem SchoolBrighton Park Elem SchoolBronzeville Classical Elem SchBronzeville Scholastic HsBrooks College Prep Academy HsBrown W Elem SchoolBrown R Elem Community AcadBrownell Elem SchoolBrunson Math & Sci Specialty ElemBudlong Elem SchoolBurbank Elem SchoolBurke Elem SchoolBurley Elem SchoolBurnham Elem Inclusive AcademyBurnside Elem Scholastic AcademyBurr Elem SchoolBurroughs Elem SchoolByrne Elem School
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Caldwell Elem Acad Of Math & SciCalmeca Acad Elem SchoolCamelot Safe Academy SchoolCameron Elem SchoolCamras Elem SchoolCanty Elem SchoolCardenas Elem SchoolCarnegie Elem SchoolCarroll Elem SchoolCarson Elem SchoolCarter Elem SchoolCarver Military Academy HsCarver Primary SchoolCasals Elem SchoolCassell Elem SchoolCatalyst Charter - Maria EsCatalyst Charter-Circle Rock EsCather Elem SchoolChalmers Elem Specialty SchoolChappell Elem SchoolChase Elem SchoolChavez Elem Multicultural Acad CtChicago Academy Elem SchoolChicago Academy High SchoolChicago Collegiate Charter SchoolChicago Excel Academy HsChicago Hs For Agricult SciencesChicago Hs For The ArtsChicago Math & Sci Elem CharterChicago Military Academy HsChicago Technology Academy HsChicago Vocational Career Acad HsChicago World Language AcademyChopin Elem SchoolChristopher Elem SchoolChristopher House Chrt EsCics - Avalon/South ShoreCics - Basil CampusCics - Bond CampusCics - Bucktown CampusCics - Irving Park CampusCics - Longwood CampusCics - Loomis Primary CampusCics - Northtown CampusCics - Prairie CampusCics - Ralph Ellison CampusCics - Washington Pk CampusCics - West Belden CampusCics - WrightwoodClaremont Academy Elem SchoolClark G R Elem SchoolClark Acad Prep Magnet High SchlClay Elem SchoolClemente Community Academy HsCleveland Elem SchoolClinton Elem SchoolClissold Elem SchoolColemon J Elem AcademyColes Elem Language AcademyCollins Academy High SchoolColumbia Explorers Elem AcademyColumbus Elem SchoolCook Co Juvenile Det -York Alt HsCook Co Juvenile-Jefferson Alt HsCook Elem SchoolCoonley Elem SchoolCooper Elem Dual Language AcademyCorkery Elem SchoolCorliss High SchoolCourtenay Elem Language Arts CtrCrane Medical Prep HsCrown Elem Comm Acd Fine Arts CtrCuffe Math-Sci Tech Elem AcademyCullen Elem SchoolCurie Metropolitan High SchoolCurtis Elem School
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Daley Elem AcademyDarwin Elem SchoolDavis M Magnet Elem SchoolDavis N Elem SchoolDawes Elem SchoolDe Diego Elem Community AcademyDecatur Classical Elem SchoolDeneen Elem SchoolDepriest Elem SchoolDett Elem SchoolDever Elem SchoolDevry Advantage Academy High SchlDewey Elem Academy Of Fine ArtsDirksen Elem SchoolDisney Elem Magnet SchoolDisney Ii Elem SchoolDisney Ii Magnet HsDixon Elem SchoolDore Elem SchoolDouglass Academy High SchoolDrake Elem SchoolDrummond Elem SchoolDubois Elem SchoolDulles Elem SchoolDunbar Vocational Career Acad HsDunne Technology Acad Elem SchDurkin Park Elem SchoolDvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch
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Earhart Elem Opt For Knowl SchoolEarle Elem SchoolEberhart Elem SchoolEbinger Elem SchoolEdgebrook Elem SchoolEdison Elem Regional Gifted CntrEdison Park Elem SchoolEdwards Elem SchoolEllington Elem SchoolEnglewood Stem High SchoolEpic Academy High SchoolEricson Elem Scholastic AcademyErie Elem Charter SchoolEsmond Elem SchoolEverett Elem SchoolEvergreen Academy Elem SchoolEvers Elem SchoolExcel Academy - Englewood HsExcel Academy - Southwest HsExcel Academy - Woodlawn Hs
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Fairfield Elem AcademyFalconer Elem SchoolFaraday Elem SchoolFarnsworth Elem SchoolFarragut Career Academy HsFenger Academy High SchoolFernwood Elem SchoolField Elem SchoolFinkl Elem SchoolFiske Elem SchoolForeman High SchoolFort Dearborn Elem SchoolFoster Park Elem SchoolFranklin Elem Fine Arts CenterFrazier Perspectives Magnet EsFuller Elem SchoolFulton Elem SchoolFunston Elem School
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Gage Park High SchoolGale Elem Community AcademyGalileo Elem Math & Sci Schol AcdGallistel Elem Language AcademyGarcia Lorca Elem SchoolGarvey M Elem SchoolGarvy J Elem SchoolGary Elem SchoolGillespie Elem SchoolGoethe Elem SchoolGoode Stem Academy HsGoudy Technology AcademyGraham A Elem SchoolGraham R Training CenterGray Elem SchoolGreat Lakes Academy Charter EsGreeley Elem SchoolGreen W Elem SchoolGreene N Elem SchoolGregory Math & Sci Elem AcademyGresham Elem SchoolGrimes Elem SchoolGrissom Elem SchoolGunsaulus Elem Scholastic Academy
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Haines Elem SchoolHale Elem SchoolHaley Elem AcademyHamilton Elem SchoolHamline Elem SchoolHammond Elem SchoolHampton Elem Fine & Perf Arts SchHancock College Preparatory HsHanson Park Elem SchoolHarlan Community Academy HsHarriet Tubman Elem SchoolHarvard Elem SchoolHaugan Elem SchoolHawthorne Elem Scholastic AcademyHay Elem Community AcademyHayt Elem SchoolHealy Elem SchoolHearst Elem SchoolHedges Elem SchoolHefferan Elem SchoolHenderson Elem SchoolHendricks Elem Community AcademyHenry Elem SchoolHernandez Middle SchoolHerzl Elem SchoolHibbard Elem SchoolHiggins Elem Community AcademyHirsch Metropolitan High SchoolHitch Elem SchoolHolden Elem SchoolHolmes Elem SchoolHope Learning AcademyHorizon Sci Acad - Southwest ChtrHowe Elem SchoolHoyne Elem SchoolHubbard High SchoolHughes C Elem SchoolHughes L Elem SchoolHurley Elem SchoolHyde Park Academy High School
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Ihsca Charter High SchoolIjla Charter High SchoolInfinity Math Science & Tech HsInter-American Elem Magnet SchoolIntrinsic Charter High SchoolIrving Elem School
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Jackson M Elem SchoolJahn Elem SchoolJames R Doolittle AcademyJamieson Elem SchoolJensen Elem Scholastic AcademyJohnson Elem SchoolJones College Prep High SchoolJoplin Elem SchoolJordan Elem Community SchoolJuarez Community Academy HsJulian High SchoolJungman Elem School
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Kanoon Elem Magnet SchoolKeller Elem Gifted Magnet SchoolKellman Corporate Community ElemKellogg Elem SchoolKelvyn Park High SchoolKennedy High SchoolKenwood Academy High SchoolKershaw Elem SchoolKilmer Elem SchoolKing Academy Of Social JusticeKing College Prep High SchoolKinzie Elem SchoolKipling Elem SchoolKipp Academy Chicago CampusKipp Chicago Chrtrs Bloom CampusKipp Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend AcadKipp One AcademyKozminski Elem Community Academy
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Lake View High SchoolLane Technical High SchoolLangford A Elem SchoolLara Elem AcademyLasalle Elem Language AcademyLasalle Ii Lang Acad Elem SchLavizzo Elem SchoolLawndale Elem Community AcademyLearn Charter Excel CampusLearn Chtr - Hunter Perkins CampLearn Chtr - 7Th CampusLearn Chtr - ButlerLearn Chtr - Middle SchoolLearn Chtr - South Chicago CampusLearn Chtr-Campbell CampusLee Elem SchoolLegacy Elem Charter SchoolLegal Prep Academy Charter HsLeland Elem SchoolLenart Elem Regional Gifted CtrLewis Elem SchoolLibby Elem SchoolLincoln Elem SchoolLincoln Park High SchoolLindblom Math & Science Acad HsLinne Elem SchoolLittle Black Pearl Arts Acad HsLittle Village Elem SchoolLloyd Elem SchoolLocke J Elem SchoolLocke A Elem Charter AcademyLovett Elem SchoolLowell Elem SchoolLozano Elem Bilingual & Intl CtrLyon Elem School
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Madero Middle SchoolMadison Elem SchoolManierre Elem SchoolManley Career Academy High SchoolMann Elem SchoolMarine Leadership Academy - AmesMarquette Elem SchoolMarsh Elem SchoolMarshall Metropolitan High SchoolMason Elem SchoolMather High SchoolMayer Elem SchoolMays Elem AcademyMcauliffe Elem SchoolMcclellan Elem SchoolMccormick Elem SchoolMccutcheon Elem SchoolMcdade Elem Classical SchoolMcdowell Elem SchoolMckay Elem SchoolMcnair Elem SchoolMcpherson Elem SchoolMelody Elem SchoolMetcalfe Elem Community AcademyMireles Elem AcademyMitchell Elem SchoolMollison Elem SchoolMonroe Elem SchoolMontessori Of Englewood Chtr EsMoos Elem SchoolMorgan Park High SchoolMorrill Elem Math & Sci SchoolMorton Elem Career AcademyMount Greenwood Elem SchoolMount Vernon Elem SchoolMoving Everest Charter SchoolMozart Elem SchoolMulticultural Arts High SchoolMurphy Elem SchoolMurray Elem Language Academy
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Namaste Elem Charter SchoolNash Elem SchoolNational Teachers Elem AcademyNeil Elem SchoolNettelhorst Elem SchoolNew Field Elem SchoolNewberry Elem Math & Science AcadNicholson Tech Acad Elem SchNightingale Elem SchoolNinos Heroes Elem Academic CtrNixon Elem SchoolNobel Elem SchoolNoble St Chtr - MansuetoNoble St Chtr Rauner College PrepNoble St Chtr-Baker CampusNoble St Chtr-Butler - CrimsonNoble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls PrepNoble St Chtr-Comer College PrepNoble St Chtr-Drw Trading ColNoble St Chtr-Golder College PrepNoble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep SlvrNoble St Chtr-Itw Speer AcadNoble St Chtr-Johnson Colg PrepNoble St Chtr-Muchin College PrepNoble St Chtr-Noble CampusNoble St Chtr-Pritzker Col PrepNoble St Chtr-Rowe-Clark Ms AcadNoble St Chtr-The Noble AcademyNoble St Chtr-Uic College PrepNorth Lawndale Prep Chtr - ChristNorth Lawndale Prep Chtr-CollinsNorth River Elem SchoolNorth-Grand High SchoolNorthside College Preparatory HsNorthside Learning CenterNorthwest Middle SchoolNorwood Park Elem School
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Ogden Elem SchoolOgden Int High SchoolOglesby Elem SchoolOkeeffe Elem SchoolOmbudsman Chicago - Roseland HsOmbudsman Chicago NorthwestOmbudsman Chicago SouthOmbudsman Chicago WestOnahan Elem SchoolOriole Park Elem SchoolOrozco Elem Fine Arts & SciencesOrr Academy High SchoolOrtiz De Dominguez Elem SchoolOtis Elem SchoolOtoole Elem SchoolOwen Elem Scholastic AcademyOwens Community Academy Es
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Palmer Elem SchoolPark Manor Elem SchoolParker Elem Community AcademyParkside Elem Community AcademyPasteur Elem SchoolPathways In Education - HumboldtPathways In Education AshburnPathways In Education AvondalePathways In Education Brighton PaPayton College Preparatory HsPeace And Education Coalition HsPeck Elem SchoolPeirce Elem Intl Studies SchoolPenn Elem SchoolPerez Elem SchoolPershing Elem Humanities MagnetPerspectives Chtr - Iit CampusPerspectives Chtr - Hs Of TechPerspectives Chtr - Joslin CampusPerspectives Chtr - Leadership AcPeterson Elem SchoolPhillips Academy High SchoolPhoenix Military Academy HsPiccolo Elem Specialty SchoolPickard Elem SchoolPilsen Elem Community AcademyPirie Elem Fine Arts & Academic CPlamondon Elem SchoolPlato Learning Acad Elem SchoolPoe Elem Classical SchoolPolaris Elem Charter AcademyPortage Park Elem SchoolPowell Elem Paideia Comm AcademyPrescott Elem SchoolPrieto Math-Science Elem SchPritzker Elem SchoolProsser Career Academy HsProvidence-Englewood Elem CharterPrussing Elem SchoolPulaski Intl Sch Of ChicagoPullman Elem School
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Raby High SchoolRandolph Elem SchoolRavenswood Elem SchoolRay Elem SchoolReavis Elem Math & Sci Spec SchlReilly Elem SchoolReinberg Elem SchoolRevere Elem SchoolRichards Career Academy HsRichardson Middle SchoolRickover Naval Academy High SchlRobinson Elem SchoolRogers Elem SchoolRoosevelt High SchoolRowe ElementaryRudolph Elem Learning CenterRuggles Elem SchoolRuiz Elem SchoolRyder Elem Math & Sci Spec School
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Sabin Elem Magnet SchoolSadlowski Elementary SchoolSalazar Elem Bilingual CenterSandoval Elem SchoolSaucedo Elem Scholastic AcademySauganash Elem SchoolSawyer Elem SchoolSayre Elem Language AcademyScammon Elem SchoolSchmid Elem SchoolSchool Of Social Justice HsSchubert Elem SchoolSchurz High SchoolSenn High SchoolSeward Elem Communication Arts AcSheridan Elem Math & Science AcadSherman Elem SchoolSherwood Elem SchoolShields Elem SchoolShields Middle SchoolShoesmith Elem SchoolShoop Math-Sci Tech Elem AcademySimeon Career Academy High SchoolSimpson Acad Hs For Young WomenSkinner Elem SchoolSkinner North Elem SchSmith W Elem SchoolSmyser Elem SchoolSmyth J Elem SchoolSolomon Elem SchoolSolorio Academy High SchoolSor Juana Ines De La CruzSouth Loop Elem SchoolSouth Shore Fine Arts Elem SchSouth Shore Intl Col Prep HsSouthside Occupational Acad HsSpencer Technology Acad Elem SchSpry Community Links High SchoolSpry Elem Community SchoolStagg Elem SchoolSteinmetz College Prep HsStem Magnet Academy ElemStevenson Elem SchoolStock Early Childhood CenterStone Elem Scholastic AcademyStowe Elem SchoolSuder Montessori Elem Magnet SchlSullivan Elem SchoolSullivan High SchoolSumner Elem Math & Sci Comm AcadSutherland Elem SchoolSwift Elem Specialty School
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Taft High SchoolTalcott Elem SchoolTalman Elem SchoolTanner Elem SchoolTarkington Elem SchoolTaylor Elem SchoolTelpochcalli Elem SchoolThomas Early Childhood CenterThomas Kelly College PreparatoryThorp J N Elem SchoolThorp O A Elem Scholastic AcadTilden Career Communty Academy HsTill Elem Math & Science AcademyTilton Elem SchoolTonti Elem SchoolTurner-Drew Elem Language AcademyTwain Elem School
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Univ Of Chicago Chtr-DonoghueUniv Of Chicago Chtr-Nth KenwoodUniv Of Chicago Chtr-WoodlawnUplift Community High SchoolUrban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HsUrban Prep Chtr Acad Englewood Hs
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Vanderpoel Elem Magnet SchoolVaughn Occupational High SchoolVick Early Childhood & Family CtrVolta Elem SchoolVon Steuben Metro Science Hs
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Wacker Elem SchoolWadsworth Elem SchoolWalsh Elem SchoolWalter Henri Dyett Hs For ArtsWard J Elem SchoolWard L Elem SchoolWarren Elem SchoolWashington G Elem SchoolWashington H Elem SchoolWashington G High SchoolWaters Elem SchoolWebster Elem SchoolWells Community Academy HsWells Preparatory Elem AcademyWentworth Elem SchoolWest Park Elem AcademyWest Ridge Elem SchoolWestcott Elem SchoolWestinghouse High SchoolWhistler Elem SchoolWhite Elem Career AcademyWhitney Elem SchoolWhittier Elem SchoolWildwood Elem SchoolWilliams Medical Prep High SchWoodlawn Elem Community SchoolWoodson South Elem SchoolWorld Language High School
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Yates Elem SchoolYccs Chtr - ChathamYccs WestYccs-Albizu Campos Puerto RicanYccs-Aspira Pantoja Alt HsYccs-Association HouseYccs-Cca Academy HsYccs-Community Youth Dev Inst HsYccs-Innovations Of Arts IntegrYccs-Latino Youth Alternative HsYccs-Mckinley-Lakeside LeadershipYccs-Olive Harvey Mid College HsYccs-Progressive Leadership AcadYccs-Scholastic Achievement HsYccs-Sullivan House Alt HsYccs-Truman Middle College HsYccs-West Town Academy Alt HsYccs-Youth Connection LeadershipYoung Elem SchoolYoung Magnet High School
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Zapata Elem Academy

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the first and last day of school at Chicago Public Schools in 2026-2027?
The first day of school at Chicago Public Schools is Monday, August 24, 2026. The last day of school is Friday, June 11, 2027. That's a school year of about 42 weeks.
How many school days are in the 2026-2027 school year at Chicago Public Schools?
About 181 school days: the weekdays from the first day to the last day, minus days off.
How many days off does Chicago Public Schools have in 2026-2027?
About 29 weekdays with no school, not counting weekends or summer. That's 16 weekdays of breaks plus 13 single days off. There are also eight long weekends, where a Friday or Monday off joins the weekend.
What is the longest stretch of school without a day off?
Thirty-eight school days in a row (about eight weeks), from Wednesday, April 7 to Friday, May 28.

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