Portland Public Schools Winter Break 2026 Portland Public Schools students are off from Saturday, December 19, 2026 through Sunday, January 3, 2027: 16 days in a row, 10 of them school days. School resumes Mon, Jan 4, 2027.
winter break December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027 10 school days
Last day before Fri, Dec 18, 2026
School resumes Mon, Jan 4, 2027
Days off in a row 16 Dec 19 to Jan 3
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Verified against Portland Public Schools’ official 2026-2027 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved on February 10, 2026). Confidence: High .
Source: Portland Public Schools 2026-27 District Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page
We fetch this document again every day and compare it with the version we verified; if the district changes it, the dates here are read again.
Note: The 2026-27 District Calendar linked on the district's calendar page (Google Drive file marked LAST UPDATED 9/9/2026; the page calls it 'Updated August 5, 2026'). The Board of Education adopted the 2026-27 School District Calendar on February 10, 2026 (Resolution 7246, passed 6-1). Every date is printed in the month lists and agrees with the grid. First day Aug 26 for most grades; grades 7-8 and 10-11 at comprehensive middle and high schools begin Aug 27; kindergarten ramp-up days Aug 27-28 (one full-day session; the district's back-to-school page says Aug 26-28) and first full day for kindergarten Aug 31; Pre-K/Head Start begins Sep 3 (Pre-K has its own calendar). Schools are closed Nov 23-24 for day/evening conferences and Nov 25-27 for what PPS calls Fall break, so students are off the whole Thanksgiving week. Statewide Inservice (Oct 9) and staff days for grading and planning (Oct 29-30, Jan 25-26, Apr 8-9) are no-school days. Early release days apply to all schools except high schools. Feb 15 (Presidents Day) and June 9-11 (after the last day) are possible snow make-up days. Student days by quarter are 44, 43, 45 and 41 (173), the same quarter counts as the board memo, which also counts conference days as instructional days (176 with 3 conference days). The district's online event calendar shows the conferences, winter and spring breaks and the June make-up days on the same dates. The religious and cultural observances on page 2 are not school closures.
Winter break in nearby districts 5 of the other 5 Oregon districts we track have winter break the same week.
District Winter break Back to school Portland Public Schools December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027 Mon, Jan 4, 2027 Beaverton School District December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027 Tue, Jan 5, 2027 Tigard-Tualatin School District December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027 Mon, Jan 4, 2027 Evergreen Public Schools December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027 Mon, Jan 4, 2027 Salem-Keizer Public Schools December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027 Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Frequently asked questions When does Portland Public Schools winter break start and end? Winter break starts Monday, December 21, 2026 and ends Friday, January 1, 2027.
When do Portland Public Schools students go back to school after winter break? Monday, January 4, 2027.
How many days off is winter break? ten school days. With the weekends, students are off 16 days in a row (Sat, Dec 19, 2026 to Sun, Jan 3, 2027).
Could Portland Public Schools 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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