24 days Palm Beach County families need a plan for
Palm Beach County (FL) has 24 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 27, 2027.
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Every day off, in order (24)
Mon, Sep 21: Fall Holiday
Mon, Oct 12: Teacher Work Day/Professional Development Day - No School (Secondary DUTY, Elementary PDD)
Tue, Nov 3: Teacher Work Day/Professional Development Day - No School (Secondary PDD, Elementary DUTY)
Mon, Nov 23: Thanksgiving Break
Tue, Nov 24: Thanksgiving Break
Wed, Nov 25: Thanksgiving Break
Fri, Nov 27: Thanksgiving Break
Mon, Dec 21: Winter Break
Tue, Dec 22: Winter Break
Wed, Dec 23: Winter Break
Thu, Dec 24: Winter Break
Mon, Dec 28: Winter Break
Tue, Dec 29: Winter Break
Wed, Dec 30: Winter Break
Thu, Dec 31: Winter Break
Mon, Jan 4: Teacher Work Day/Professional Development Day - No School (Secondary DUTY, Elementary PDD)
Mon, Feb 15: Teacher Work Day/Professional Development Day - No School (Secondary PDD, Elementary DUTY)
Wed, Mar 10: Spring Holiday
Mon, Mar 22: Spring Break
Tue, Mar 23: Spring Break
Wed, Mar 24: Spring Break
Thu, Mar 25: Spring Break
Fri, Mar 26: Spring Break (District Closed)
Mon, Mar 29: Teacher Work Day/Professional Development Day - No School (Secondary DUTY, Elementary PDD)
Early release days
Palm Beach County 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 Palm Beach County 2026-27 calendar on October 4, 2026: https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1785265459/palmbeachschoolsorg/zo0acyutpogdfkqpkzkq/FY27_SchoolCalendar.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 6 holidays out of the count here. All Palm Beach students are off Monday Feb 15, 2027 (a teacher work day; an old draft showed Feb 24 instead), and the last day of school is Thursday May 27, 2027; elementary and secondary schools have the same days off. Calendars change and some days vary by school, so check with your school before you book childcare.