Elk Grove Unified School District Winter Break 2026

Name: Elk Grove Unified School District Winter Break 2026
Start: 2026-12-21
End: 2027-01-01
Location: Elk Grove Unified School District

Elk Grove Unified School District students are off from Saturday, December 19, 2026 through Monday, January 4, 2027: 17 days in a row, 10 of them school days (the district also has no school Mon, Jan 4 after it). School resumes Tue, Jan 5, 2027.

winter breakDecember 21, 2026 to January 1, 202710 school days

Last day beforeFri, Dec 18, 2026

School resumesTue, Jan 5, 2027

Days off in a row17Dec 19 to Jan 4

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Planning notes

Christmas Day (Friday, December 25, 2026) and New Year’s Day (Friday, January 1, 2027) both fall inside the break.
Students also have no school on Mon, Jan 4, 2027, which makes the time off 17 days long.
Friday, December 18, 2026, the last day before the break, is an early release day.

Verified against Elk Grove Unified School District’s official 2026-2027 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: Elk Grove Unified School District 2026-2027 School Year Calendar, all tracks (Board approval 11/19/24) (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Board approved Nov. 19, 2024: one combined calendar for the traditional, modified traditional and year-round Track A-D schedules, used as the source here. Most schools follow the traditional calendar. Winter Break starts Monday, Dec. 21 (the approved calendar lists it as Dec. 21 - Jan. 4; Jan. 4 is an inservice day) and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5; Friday, Dec. 18 is a minimum day. The holiday list of the separate traditional calendar PDF on the same page (made Aug. 2026) gives the year-round tracks' Dec. 23 - Jan. 1 dates by mistake; its own grid, like the approved calendar, shows no school from Dec. 21. Aug. 10-12 are inservice days before the first day. Minimum days are the days marked for 7-12 report cards (Oct. 9, Dec. 18, March 12), TK-6 report card prep (Nov. 2, Feb. 22, May 14), TK-6 conferences (Nov. 16-20, March 8-11) and TK-12 report cards (May 27); the calendar does not say whether every grade level is released early on each of them. Memorial Day (May 31) and Juneteenth (observed June 18) fall after the last day of school.

Winter break in nearby districts

13 of the other 13 California districts we track have winter break the same week.

District	Winter break	Back to school
Elk Grove Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
San Juan Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 4, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
San Francisco Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Mon, Jan 4, 2027

Frequently asked questions

When does Elk Grove Unified School District winter break start and end?

Winter break starts Monday, December 21, 2026 and ends Friday, January 1, 2027.

When do Elk Grove Unified School District students go back to school after winter break?

Tuesday, January 5, 2027.

How many days off is winter break?

ten school days. With the weekends and the no-school days next to it, students are off 17 days in a row (Sat, Dec 19, 2026 to Mon, Jan 4, 2027).

Is the last day before winter break an early release day?

Yes. Friday, December 18, 2026 is listed as an early release day.

Could Elk Grove Unified School District winter break dates change?

The dates come from the district’s board-approved calendar. Districts sometimes revise a calendar after weather closures; we re-check the official document every week and update this page if it changes.

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Elk Grove Unified School District Winter Break 2026

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