St. Johns County School Calendar 2026-2027: Every Key Date

The St. Johns County School Calendar 2026-2027 runs from Monday, August 10, 2026, through Friday, May 28, 2027.

It was board-approved on September 11, 2025, and covers 180 instructional days split into four grading periods, six major holiday breaks, and a weekly early-release schedule for all campuses.

This guide does not cover individual school event calendars, athletics schedules, or bus routes; for state assessment windows, SJCSD directs families to its separate Assessment calendar at stjohns.k12.fl.us/testing/.

As of July 20, 2026, the 2025-2026 school year has closed out, and the 2026-2027 calendar below is the active, board-approved version for the coming year.

The 2026-2027 St. Johns County school year runs Monday, August 10, 2026, through Friday, May 28, 2027 — 180 instructional days across four quarters, with Spring Break set for March 15-19, 2027, and Winter Break for December 21, 2026, through January 1, 2027.

St. Johns County School Calendar 2026-2027 at a Glance

The St. Johns County school calendar for 2026-2027 breaks into 25 key dates covering teacher reporting days, quarter boundaries, holiday breaks, and dismissal days.

The table below lists every date in the order it appears on the district’s master calendar.

Schools dismiss one hour early on Friday, December 18, 2026, and Friday, May 28, 2027, in addition to the standard weekly early release described later in this guide.

How to Download the St. Johns County School Calendar PDF

The official St. Johns County school calendar PDF is available directly from the district’s website at stjohns.k12.fl.us/calendar/, not through third-party aggregator sites. Follow these steps to get the current, board-approved version rather than an outdated draft:

1. Go to stjohns.k12.fl.us/calendar/.
2. Locate the link labeled “Master School Calendar 2026-2027” near the top of the page.
3. Click through to the PDF, hosted under the district’s wp-content/uploads directory and dated to reflect its most recent revision.
4. Save or print the file. SJCSD periodically posts revised versions (the district’s calendar committee produced multiple drafts, including a “Version B” iteration, before finalizing the year), so confirm the file’s upload date matches the current school year before relying on it for planning.

First Day and Last Day of School for the 2026-2027 Year

Students report to class for the first time on Monday, August 10, 2026, and the last day for students is Friday, May 28, 2027. That is one calendar day earlier on both ends than the 2025-2026 school year, which started Monday, August 11, 2025, and ended Friday, May 29, 2026 — a shift covered in more detail in the year-over-year comparison section below.

Teacher Pre-Planning Before Students Report

Teachers report before students under a two-stage schedule: an Optional Teacher Planning Day on Monday, August 3, 2026, followed by mandatory Teacher Pre-Planning from Tuesday, August 4, through Friday, August 7, 2026.

Neither of these four days involves students; they are staff-only reporting days that precede the August 10 start date by one full week.

Optional Teacher Planning Day and Flex-Day Rules

August 3, 2026, is labeled “optional” because it is not a fixed, mandatory reporting date in the same way pre-planning is. Principals may pre-approve staff to “flex” this day toward any other required planning day or post-planning day elsewhere on the calendar instead of using it as scheduled. This flex provision does not apply to Teacher Pre-Planning (August 4-7) or to student-facing dates; those remain fixed.

St. Johns County School Holidays and Break Schedule for 2026-2027

St. Johns County Schools observes six major holiday periods in 2026-2027: Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, and Memorial Day. Each is a student and teacher holiday, except where noted otherwise below.

St. Johns County Spring Break 2027 Dates

Spring Break for St. Johns County Schools runs Monday, March 15, through Friday, March 19, 2027, a full instructional week. Classes resume the following Monday, March 22, 2027.

Spring Break falls between the end of the third quarter (Thursday, March 11, 2027) and a Teacher Planning Day (Friday, March 12, 2027), so the break itself effectively begins after a two-day transition period rather than immediately following the close of the quarter.

Thanksgiving, Winter, and Federal Holiday Schedule

St. Johns County Schools close for a full week at Thanksgiving, Monday, November 23, through Friday, November 27, 2026, and observe four separate federal or state holidays outside the major breaks: Labor Day (Monday, September 7, 2026), Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11, 2026), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, January 18, 2027), Presidents’ Day (Monday, February 15, 2027), and Memorial Day (Monday, May 31, 2027).

St. Johns County Winter Break and Christmas Break Dates

Winter Break for St. Johns County Schools runs from Monday, December 21, 2026, through Friday, January 1, 2027, spanning two full weeks.

Classes resume Tuesday, January 5, 2027, which also marks the start of the second semester. Monday, January 4, 2027, sits between the break and the return date as a Teacher Planning Day, so the resumption date for students falls one day after teachers report back.

Additional Student and Teacher Holidays

Beyond the named federal and religious-adjacent holidays, the calendar includes one additional standalone Student/Teacher Holiday on Friday, March 26, 2027, positioned one week after Spring Break ends. SJCSD’s public calendar does not label this date with a specific observance name; families planning around it should treat it as a full district closure rather than a partial or optional day.

Teacher Planning Days and Professional Development Schedule

St. Johns County Schools schedules five distinct non-student days across the 2026-2027 calendar for teacher planning and professional development, in addition to the four-day Pre-Planning block in August: October 12, 2026; January 4, 2027; March 12, 2027; plus two Teacher Inservice Days on September 25, 2026, and February 12, 2027. All five are student holidays.

Planning Days vs. Inservice Days vs. Post-Planning

A Teacher Planning Day is not the same designation as a Teacher Inservice Day, even though both remove students from the calendar.

Planning Days (October 12, January 4, March 12) are set aside for individual or grade-level lesson preparation, while Inservice Days (September 25, February 12) are structured, district-organized professional development sessions.

Neither should be confused with Post-Planning, the closing-day designation that applies to June 1, 2027, when teachers report but students do not, marking the final day of the contract year.

Weekly Early Release Schedule

St. Johns County Schools dismisses early every Wednesday throughout the 2026-2027 school year, at different times by grade level. This is a standing weekly pattern, not a one-time event, and it applies to all schools in the district regardless of the standard school hours those campuses otherwise keep.

Early Release Times by School Level

Early release is not a school closure; students still attend a shortened school day rather than staying home. The times are:

• Elementary schools: 1:45 p.m.
• Middle schools: 12:50 p.m.
• High schools: 2:50 p.m.

Full-Day Early Dismissal on December 18, 2026, and May 28, 2027

Two dates carry a separate, one-hour-early dismissal that applies district-wide regardless of grade level: Friday, December 18, 2026 (the end of the second quarter and first semester), and Friday, May 28, 2027 (the last day of school).

This one-hour dismissal is distinct from the Wednesday early-release schedule above and is not limited to Wednesdays in either case, since neither date falls on a Wednesday in the 2026-2027 calendar.

Grading Periods, Report Cards, and Interim Progress Reports

St. Johns County Schools divides the 180-day instructional year into four grading periods of uneven length, with interim progress reports issued roughly midway through each quarter and report cards issued at each quarter’s close.

Florida law requires public school districts to operate for a term of 180 days or the equivalent on an hourly basis, and the state further requires a minimum of 720 net hours of instruction for kindergarten through third grade, with students in grades 4 through 12 required to receive at least 900 net hours per year.

SJCSD’s calendar meets this requirement with room to spare, since its 180 scheduled instructional days already satisfy the day-count minimum independent of the hourly floor.

Quarter Length Comparison: 2026-2027 vs. 2025-2026

Grading period length varies from year to year because holidays and planning days fall on different weekdays. The 2026-2027 calendar sets the third quarter at 45 instructional days and the fourth quarter at 49, compared with 46 and 48 days, respectively, in 2025-2026, while the first two quarters hold steady at 43 days each year.

Interim and Report Card Release Dates

Interim progress reports and report cards for 2026-2027 follow the quarter structure above, with each interim landing roughly midway through its grading period.

Interim reports are issued September 9, 2026; November 12, 2026; February 10, 2027; and April 28, 2027. Report cards follow on October 21, 2026; January 13, 2027; March 24, 2027; and May 28, 2027, with the final report card issued only to elementary students on the last day of school.

St. Johns County School Calendar: 2026-2027 vs. 2025-2026 Comparison

The 2026-2027 school year starts and ends one day earlier than the 2025-2026 school year on both ends of the calendar, and it also compresses the second semester slightly by ending the first semester one day sooner.

The 2025-2026 school year ran from Monday, August 11, 2025, through Friday, May 29, 2026, with Spring Break scheduled March 16-20, 2026, and Winter Break running December 22, 2025, through January 1, 2026, with the first semester closing on December 19, 2025, and classes resuming for the second semester on January 5, 2026.

St. Johns County School Calendar Compared to Neighboring Florida Districts

St. Johns County shares its August 10, 2026, start date and March 15-19, 2027, Spring Break window with two of its three closest neighboring districts, but Clay County runs on a distinct schedule for both.

Duval County Public Schools starts on August 10, 2026, and finishes on May 28, 2027, with Spring Break falling March 15-19, 2027, matching St. Johns County almost exactly.

Flagler Schools also opens on August 10, 2026, with a week-long Thanksgiving break November 23-27 and Spring Break the week of March 15-19, but closes for students one day earlier, on May 27, 2027.

Clay County Schools is the outlier: students report a day later, on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, finish on Thursday, May 27, 2027, and take Spring Break a full week later than the other three districts, from March 22-26, 2027.

Families with children enrolled across St. Johns, Duval, and Flagler counties can generally plan a single Spring Break travel window; families with a child in Clay County will need a separate plan, since that district’s break falls a full week later.

2027 Graduation Ceremony Schedule

St. Johns County high schools hold graduation ceremonies across an eight-day span in May 2027, plus separate January and June ceremonies for First Coast Technical College.

Most ceremonies take place at the University of North Florida’s arena in Jacksonville, with two exceptions held at local venues.

High School Graduation Dates, Times, and Locations

The table below lists every 2027 graduation ceremony in chronological order, drawn from the district’s published graduation schedule.

First Coast Technical College and St. Johns Virtual School Ceremonies

First Coast Technical College holds two separate graduation ceremonies rather than one, on Thursday, January 28, 2027, and Thursday, June 24, 2027, reflecting its rolling program-completion schedule rather than a single traditional academic year. St. Johns Virtual School holds its ceremony at the same FCTC conference center venue as First Coast Technical College rather than at UNF, on Monday, May 24, 2027.

Neighboring St. Johns Technical High School does not appear in the district’s published 2027 graduation schedule; families of students at that school should confirm ceremony details directly with the school rather than relying on the district-wide list above.

St. Johns County School District Profile

St. Johns County School District is the sole public school system serving St. Johns County, Florida, and consistently ranks among the state’s top-performing districts. As of the most recently published federal data, the district operates 55 schools serving 51,434 students, with a 30% minority enrollment and 14.6% of students economically disadvantaged.

Enrollment, School Grades, and Accountability Ranking

St. Johns County School District ranks first among Florida’s 67 school districts in total accountability points. The district holds an A district grade with 910 total accountability points, and for 2025-2026 specifically, 40 of its schools earned an A grade, 5 earned a B, and 1 earned a C under the state’s school-grading system.

First-day enrollment counts from August 2025 put high school enrollment at 16,265 students across seven campuses, middle school enrollment at 6,457 students, and K-8 academy enrollment at 13,517 students, with individual high schools ranging from roughly 1,280 to 2,277 students.

Athletically, the district’s teams produced 21 individual state champions and 6 state championship teams in 2024-2025, with 23 individual champions and 10 championship teams already crowned partway through 2025-2026.

District Leadership and School Board

St. Johns County School District is led by Superintendent Dr. Brennan Asplen, alongside a five-member elected School Board: Beverly Slough (District 1), Anthony E. Coleman Sr. (District 2), Jennifer Collins (District 3, Chair), Kelly Barrera (District 4, Vice Chair), and Linda Thomson (District 5).

The Board meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. at the School Board Administration Building, 40 Orange Street, St. Augustine, unless a different date is separately posted.

Character Counts! Pillars of the Month Program

St. Johns County Schools runs a character-education initiative called Character Counts! that assigns a monthly ethical “pillar” theme to the school calendar, distinct from academic scheduling.

The 2026-2027 pillar rotation runs Fairness in September, Responsibility in October, Citizenship in November, Respect in January, Caring in February, Trustworthiness in March, and Citizenship again in May, with “All Pillars” observed in August, December, and April.

This program does not affect instructional days, holidays, or dismissal times; it operates as a parallel thematic calendar layered onto the standard academic schedule.

Frequently Asked Questions About the St. Johns County School Calendar