25 days Los Angeles Unified families need a plan for
Los Angeles Unified (CA) has 25 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 12, 2026 to June 4, 2027.
Plan your year
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Every day off, in order (25)
Fri, Sep 4: Admission Day
Mon, Sep 21: Unassigned Day (no school); calendar gives no reason (date is Yom Kippur)
Mon, Nov 23: Unassigned Day (no school), Thanksgiving week
Tue, Nov 24: Unassigned Day (no school), Thanksgiving week
Wed, Nov 25: Unassigned Day (no school), Thanksgiving week
Fri, Nov 27: Thanksgiving holiday (day after Thanksgiving)
Mon, Dec 21: Winter recess
Tue, Dec 22: Winter recess
Wed, Dec 23: Winter recess
Thu, Dec 24: Winter recess
Mon, Dec 28: Winter recess
Tue, Dec 29: Winter recess
Wed, Dec 30: Winter recess
Thu, Dec 31: Winter recess
Mon, Jan 4: Winter recess
Tue, Jan 5: Winter recess
Wed, Jan 6: Winter recess
Thu, Jan 7: Winter recess
Fri, Jan 8: Winter recess
Mon, Mar 22: Spring recess
Tue, Mar 23: Spring recess
Wed, Mar 24: Spring recess
Thu, Mar 25: Spring recess
Fri, Mar 26: Spring recess
Wed, Mar 31: Farm Workers Day (earlier printing: Cesar E. Chavez Birthday)
Early release days
Los Angeles Unified 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 Los Angeles Unified 2026-27 calendar on October 4, 2026: https://media.edlio.net/135dff18/cc2a29d3/f0dbab90/03abacb9bbd44b1c8b86d1828e9ad968?_=2026-27+Instructional+Cal_Eng_Month_rev+6.9.26.pdf. 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 8 holidays out of the count here. Calendars change and some days vary by school, so check with your school before you book childcare.