Wake County Public School System Calendar 2027-2028

Wake County Public School System has published its 2027-2028 calendar, approved by the school board. School starts Monday, August 23, 2027 and ends Thursday, June 8, 2028, 177 student days. After the last day of the current year (June 9, 2027), that leaves 74 days of summer break.

First dayMon, Aug 23, 2027

Last dayThu, Jun 8, 2028

Spring breakMar 27-31, 2028

Winter breakDec 22 to Jan 3

All 2027-2028 dates: Traditional Calendar

Wake County Public School System 2027-2028 dates
Date	Event
Mon, Aug 23, 2027	First day of school
Mon, Sep 6, 2027	Labor Day
Mon, Sep 27, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Oct 11, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Oct 11, 2027	Possible weather make-up day
Tue, Nov 2, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Nov 11, 2027	Holiday
Wed, Nov 24, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Nov 25 to Fri, Nov 26, 2027	Thanksgiving break · 2 school days off
Mon, Dec 20, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Tue, Dec 21, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Wed, Dec 22, 2027 to Mon, Jan 3, 2028	Winter break · 9 school days off
Mon, Jan 17, 2028	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon, Jan 24, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Feb 21, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Feb 21, 2028	Possible weather make-up day
Tue, Mar 7, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Mar 27 to Fri, Mar 31, 2028	Spring break · 5 school days off
Mon, Apr 3, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Apr 3, 2028	Possible weather make-up day
Fri, Apr 14, 2028	Holiday
Fri, May 5, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, May 29, 2028	Memorial Day
Thu, Jun 8, 2028	Last day of school

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Verified against Wake County Public School System’s official 2027-2028 calendar on September 24, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: 2027-2028 Traditional Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Approved by the Board on April 7, 2026. The 2027-28 calendar grid does not print break names: the breaks here are the vacation-day and holiday blocks shown on the grid (winter break Dec 22-Jan 3 follows teacher workdays Dec 20-21; spring vacation Mar 27-31). Weather make-up: 6 banked instructional days and 5 remote instruction days (order set by district leadership), plus the teacher workdays Oct 11, Feb 21 and Apr 3. 177 student days = sum of the nine-week counts printed on the calendar (44+44+44+45); the small monthly count printed for April (19) does not match the days marked in April (18).

First dayThu, Jul 22, 2027

Last dayFri, May 26, 2028

Spring breakMar 20-24, 2028

Winter breakDec 20 to Jan 3

All 2027-2028 dates: Modified Calendar

Wake County Public School System 2027-2028 dates
Date	Event
Thu, Jul 22, 2027	First day of school
Fri, Aug 20, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Sep 6, 2027	Labor Day
Mon, Sep 27, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Tue, Sep 28, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Wed, Sep 29 to Fri, Oct 8, 2027	Track out · 8 school days off
Mon, Oct 11, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Oct 11, 2027	Possible weather make-up day
Tue, Nov 2, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Nov 11, 2027	Holiday
Wed, Nov 24 to Fri, Nov 26, 2027	Thanksgiving break · 3 school days off
Mon, Dec 20, 2027 to Mon, Jan 3, 2028	Winter break · 11 school days off
Tue, Jan 4, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Jan 17, 2028	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon, Feb 21, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Feb 21, 2028	Possible weather make-up day
Tue, Mar 7, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Mar 13, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Tue, Mar 14, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Wed, Mar 15 to Fri, Mar 17, 2028	Track out · 3 school days off
Mon, Mar 20 to Fri, Mar 24, 2028	Spring break · 5 school days off
Thu, Apr 13, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Apr 13, 2028	Possible weather make-up day
Fri, Apr 14, 2028	Holiday
Fri, May 26, 2028	Last day of school

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Verified against Wake County Public School System’s official 2027-2028 calendar on September 24, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: Medium.

Source: 2027-2028 Modified Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Approved by the Board on April 7, 2026. Modified calendar starts Thursday, July 22, 2027 and ends Friday, May 26, 2028. The grid marks track-out intersession days with T (not explained in the legend; the district's 2026-27 modified calendar text calls them 'Track out'): Sep 29-Oct 8, Dec 20-22 (start of winter break) and Mar 15-17 (before the Mar 20-24 vacation days). Break names are not printed on this calendar. Weather make-up: 6 banked days and 5 remote instruction days (order set by staff), plus the teacher workdays Oct 11, Feb 21 and Apr 13. 177 student days = sum of the nine-week counts printed on the calendar (45+44+45+43).

First dayWed, Jul 7, 2027

Last dayTue, Jun 6, 2028

Spring breakNot on calendar

Winter breakDec 22 to Jan 3

All 2027-2028 dates: Year-Round Track 1

Wake County Public School System 2027-2028 dates
Date	Event
Wed, Jul 7, 2027	First day of school
Fri, Aug 20, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Sep 6, 2027	Labor Day
Mon, Sep 13 to Mon, Oct 4, 2027	Tracked out · 16 school days off
Tue, Nov 2, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Nov 11, 2027	Vacation Day
Wed, Nov 24 to Fri, Nov 26, 2027	Thanksgiving break · 3 school days off
Mon, Dec 6 to Tue, Dec 21, 2027	Tracked out · 12 school days off
Wed, Dec 22, 2027 to Mon, Jan 3, 2028	Winter break · 9 school days off
Mon, Jan 17, 2028	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon, Mar 6 to Mon, Mar 27, 2028	Tracked out · 16 school days off
Fri, Apr 14, 2028	Vacation Day
Mon, May 29, 2028	Memorial Day
Tue, Jun 6, 2028	Last day of school

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Verified against Wake County Public School System’s official 2027-2028 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: 27-28 Year-Round Multi-Track Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Multi-track year-round schools, Track 1: starts July 7, 2027, last day June 6, 2028 (tracked out June 7-30). Track 1 students are off Dec. 6 through Jan. 3 (track-out, then winter vacation days) and return Jan. 4. Read from the district's 2027-28 multi-track year-round calendar; the Board approved the 2027-28 year-round calendar on April 7, 2026, and the district has not posted separate 2027-28 track calendars (checked Sep 26, 2026; the Board's approved draft matches this calendar day for day). On May 19, 2026 the Board also moved Heritage ES and MS, Holly Grove ES and MS, Holly Springs ES, Pleasant Grove ES and Rex Road ES to a Track 4-only calendar from 2027-28.Track-out periods are the blank cells in the track's row (not named in the legend; the district's 2026-27 track calendars call them 'Tracked out'); a teacher workday printed inside a track-out is counted as part of it. The calendar marks holidays and breaks only as vacation days and does not name them. It states 177 student days for each track. Weather make-up: the superintendent may use scheduled teacher workdays, banked instructional hours, scheduled vacation days or Saturdays (holidays only in extreme cases).

First dayWed, Jul 7, 2027

Last dayThu, Jun 29, 2028

Spring breakNot on calendar

Winter breakDec 22 to Jan 3

All 2027-2028 dates: Year-Round Track 2

Wake County Public School System 2027-2028 dates
Date	Event
Wed, Jul 7, 2027	First day of school
Fri, Aug 20, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Aug 23 to Fri, Sep 3, 2027	Tracked out · 10 school days off
Mon, Sep 6, 2027	Labor Day
Tue, Sep 7 to Fri, Sep 10, 2027	Tracked out · 4 school days off
Tue, Nov 2, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Nov 11, 2027	Vacation Day
Mon, Nov 15 to Tue, Nov 23, 2027	Tracked out · 7 school days off
Wed, Nov 24 to Fri, Nov 26, 2027	Thanksgiving break · 3 school days off
Mon, Nov 29 to Fri, Dec 3, 2027	Tracked out · 5 school days off
Wed, Dec 22, 2027 to Mon, Jan 3, 2028	Winter break · 9 school days off
Mon, Jan 17, 2028	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon, Feb 14 to Fri, Mar 3, 2028	Tracked out · 15 school days off
Tue, Mar 7, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Fri, Apr 14, 2028	Vacation Day
Thu, May 11 to Fri, May 26, 2028	Tracked out · 12 school days off
Mon, May 29, 2028	Memorial Day
Tue, May 30 to Tue, Jun 6, 2028	Tracked out · 6 school days off
Mon, Jun 19, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Jun 29, 2028	Last day of school

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Verified against Wake County Public School System’s official 2027-2028 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: 27-28 Year-Round Multi-Track Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Multi-track year-round schools, Track 2: starts July 7, 2027, last day June 29, 2028. Labor Day, Thanksgiving week and Memorial Day fall inside Track 2 track-outs. Read from the district's 2027-28 multi-track year-round calendar; the Board approved the 2027-28 year-round calendar on April 7, 2026, and the district has not posted separate 2027-28 track calendars (checked Sep 26, 2026; the Board's approved draft matches this calendar day for day). On May 19, 2026 the Board also moved Heritage ES and MS, Holly Grove ES and MS, Holly Springs ES, Pleasant Grove ES and Rex Road ES to a Track 4-only calendar from 2027-28.Track-out periods are the blank cells in the track's row (not named in the legend; the district's 2026-27 track calendars call them 'Tracked out'); a teacher workday printed inside a track-out is counted as part of it. The calendar marks holidays and breaks only as vacation days and does not name them. It states 177 student days for each track. Weather make-up: the superintendent may use scheduled teacher workdays, banked instructional hours, scheduled vacation days or Saturdays (holidays only in extreme cases).

First dayWed, Jul 7, 2027

Last dayThu, Jun 29, 2028

Spring breakNot on calendar

Winter breakDec 22 to Jan 3

All 2027-2028 dates: Year-Round Track 3

Wake County Public School System 2027-2028 dates
Date	Event
Wed, Jul 7, 2027	First day of school
Fri, Jul 30 to Thu, Aug 19, 2027	Tracked out · 15 school days off
Fri, Aug 20, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Sep 6, 2027	Labor Day
Mon, Oct 25 to Wed, Nov 10, 2027	Tracked out · 13 school days off
Thu, Nov 11, 2027	Vacation Day
Fri, Nov 12, 2027	Tracked out
Wed, Nov 24 to Fri, Nov 26, 2027	Thanksgiving break · 3 school days off
Wed, Dec 22, 2027 to Mon, Jan 3, 2028	Winter break · 9 school days off
Mon, Jan 17, 2028	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon, Jan 24 to Fri, Feb 11, 2028	Tracked out · 15 school days off
Tue, Mar 7, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Fri, Apr 14, 2028	Vacation Day
Wed, Apr 19 to Wed, May 10, 2028	Tracked out · 16 school days off
Mon, May 29, 2028	Memorial Day
Mon, Jun 19, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Jun 29, 2028	Last day of school

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Verified against Wake County Public School System’s official 2027-2028 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: 27-28 Year-Round Multi-Track Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Multi-track year-round schools, Track 3: starts July 7, 2027, last day June 29, 2028. Nov. 11 falls inside a Track 3 track-out. Read from the district's 2027-28 multi-track year-round calendar; the Board approved the 2027-28 year-round calendar on April 7, 2026, and the district has not posted separate 2027-28 track calendars (checked Sep 26, 2026; the Board's approved draft matches this calendar day for day). On May 19, 2026 the Board also moved Heritage ES and MS, Holly Grove ES and MS, Holly Springs ES, Pleasant Grove ES and Rex Road ES to a Track 4-only calendar from 2027-28.Track-out periods are the blank cells in the track's row (not named in the legend; the district's 2026-27 track calendars call them 'Tracked out'); a teacher workday printed inside a track-out is counted as part of it. The calendar marks holidays and breaks only as vacation days and does not name them. It states 177 student days for each track. Weather make-up: the superintendent may use scheduled teacher workdays, banked instructional hours, scheduled vacation days or Saturdays (holidays only in extreme cases).

First dayFri, Jul 30, 2027

Last dayThu, Jun 29, 2028

Spring breakNot on calendar

Winter breakDec 22 to Jan 3

All 2027-2028 dates: Year-Round Track 4

Wake County Public School System 2027-2028 dates
Date	Event
Fri, Jul 30, 2027	First day of school
Fri, Aug 20, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Mon, Sep 6, 2027	Labor Day
Tue, Oct 5 to Fri, Oct 22, 2027	Tracked out · 14 school days off
Tue, Nov 2, 2027	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Nov 11, 2027	Vacation Day
Wed, Nov 24 to Fri, Nov 26, 2027	Thanksgiving break · 3 school days off
Wed, Dec 22, 2027 to Mon, Jan 3, 2028	Winter break · 9 school days off
Tue, Jan 4 to Fri, Jan 14, 2028	Tracked out · 9 school days off
Mon, Jan 17, 2028	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tue, Jan 18 to Fri, Jan 21, 2028	Tracked out · 4 school days off
Tue, Mar 7, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Tue, Mar 28 to Thu, Apr 13, 2028	Tracked out · 13 school days off
Fri, Apr 14, 2028	Vacation Day
Mon, Apr 17 to Tue, Apr 18, 2028	Tracked out · 2 school days off
Mon, May 29, 2028	Memorial Day
Mon, Jun 19, 2028	Teacher workday, no school for students
Thu, Jun 29, 2028	Last day of school

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Verified against Wake County Public School System’s official 2027-2028 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: 27-28 Year-Round Multi-Track Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Year-round Track 4: starts July 30, 2027, last day June 29, 2028. Track 4 students are off Dec. 22 through Jan. 21 (winter vacation days, then a track-out) and return Jan. 24. The district has not posted a separate 2027-28 calendar for single-track (Track 4 only) year-round schools. Read from the district's 2027-28 multi-track year-round calendar; the Board approved the 2027-28 year-round calendar on April 7, 2026, and the district has not posted separate 2027-28 track calendars (checked Sep 26, 2026; the Board's approved draft matches this calendar day for day). On May 19, 2026 the Board also moved Heritage ES and MS, Holly Grove ES and MS, Holly Springs ES, Pleasant Grove ES and Rex Road ES to a Track 4-only calendar from 2027-28.Track-out periods are the blank cells in the track's row (not named in the legend; the district's 2026-27 track calendars call them 'Tracked out'); a teacher workday printed inside a track-out is counted as part of it. The calendar marks holidays and breaks only as vacation days and does not name them. It states 177 student days for each track. Weather make-up: the superintendent may use scheduled teacher workdays, banked instructional hours, scheduled vacation days or Saturdays (holidays only in extreme cases).

Frequently asked questions

When does Wake County Public School System start school in 2027?

Monday, August 23, 2027, the same week and weekday as in 2026.

When is spring break 2028 for Wake County Public School System?

Mar 27-31, 2028. Students return Tuesday, April 4, 2028.

When is winter break 2027 for Wake County Public School System?

December 22, 2027 to January 3, 2028, nine school days off; back Tuesday, January 4, 2028.

When is the last day of school in 2028 for Wake County Public School System?

Thursday, June 8, 2028.

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