26 days Duval County (Jacksonville) families need a plan for
Duval County (Jacksonville) (FL) has 26 weekdays in the 2026-27 school year when school is closed or lets out early, not counting federal holidays. That is about the same as the median of 26 across the 30 largest US districts. School runs from August 10, 2026 to May 28, 2027.
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Every day off, in order (26)
Mon, Oct 12: Employee Planning/Inservice (students out)
Tue, Oct 13: Professional Development Day (students out)
Mon, Nov 23: Thanksgiving week (schools closed)
Tue, Nov 24: Thanksgiving week (schools closed)
Wed, Nov 25: Thanksgiving week (schools closed)
Fri, Nov 27: Day after Thanksgiving (schools and admin offices closed)
Mon, Dec 21: Winter break (schools closed)
Tue, Dec 22: Winter break (schools closed)
Wed, Dec 23: Winter break (schools closed)
Thu, Dec 24: Winter break (schools and admin offices closed)
Mon, Dec 28: Winter break (schools and admin offices closed)
Tue, Dec 29: Winter break (schools and admin offices closed)
Wed, Dec 30: Winter break (schools and admin offices closed)
Thu, Dec 31: Winter break (schools and admin offices closed)
Mon, Jan 4: Employee Planning/Inservice (students out)
Tue, Jan 5: Professional Development Day (students out)
Thu, Mar 11: Professional Development Day (students out)
Fri, Mar 12: Employee Planning/Inservice (students out)
Mon, Mar 15: Spring break (schools and admin offices closed)
Tue, Mar 16: Spring break (schools and admin offices closed)
Wed, Mar 17: Spring break (schools and admin offices closed)
Thu, Mar 18: Spring break (schools and admin offices closed)
Fri, Mar 19: Spring break (schools and admin offices closed)
Fri, Mar 26: Schools and admin offices closed (Good Friday)
Mon, Mar 29: Weather Day (School Closed for students unless used as a make-up day)
Mon, Apr 26: Weather Day (School Closed for students unless used as a make-up day)
Early release days
Duval County (Jacksonville) publishes no district-wide early-release days. Some schools may still have their own.
How we counted, and where this comes from
We read the official Duval County (Jacksonville) 2026-27 calendar on October 4, 2026: https://www.duvalschools.org/page/calendar2627/. A day counts when school is closed for all students on a weekday, or the whole district lets students out early. Holidays that almost every employer observes (Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Memorial Day) are never counted. Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Veterans Day and Presidents’ Day count as holidays only when the district closes school for that holiday by name, because many employers stay open. That left 7 holidays out of the count here. Calendars change and some days vary by school, so check with your school before you book childcare.