Austin ISD Winter Break 2026

Name: Austin ISD Winter Break 2026
Start: 2026-12-21
End: 2027-01-01
Location: Austin ISD

The 2026-2027 Austin ISD calendar puts winter break on Mon, Dec 21, 2026 to Fri, Jan 1, 2027, the same week as neighboring Round Rock ISD. Plan around Fri, Dec 18, 2026 as the last day of classes and Tue, Jan 5, 2027 as the first day back.

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.

Verified against Austin ISD’s official 2026-2027 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: Austin Independent School District 2026 - 2027 Calendar - Revised & Final (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Calendar titled "Revised & Final". Austin ISD calls the Thanksgiving week (Nov 23-27) "Fall Break"; there is no separate fall break. The English date list prints Winter Break as "December 21-January 4"; the grid and the Spanish version show the break as Dec 21-Jan 1 and January 4 as a Staff Development / Student Holiday, so students return Tuesday, January 5. Campus staff development days with no school for students: Oct 12 (Indigenous Peoples' Day, elementary and secondary parent conferences), Nov 3 (Election Day, "Culture of Voting"), Jan 4, Feb 15 (Presidents' Day) and Mar 10 (Eid al-Fitr, elementary and secondary parent conferences). Oct 9 and Mar 26 (Good Friday) are student/staff holidays marked as Bad Weather Makeup Days. Memorial Day (May 31) and the Juneteenth observance (June 21) fall after the last day of school. Eight campuses (Linder, Pecan Springs, Sanchez and Wooldridge elementary; Burnet, Dobie, Mendez and Webb middle schools) follow a separate 2026-27 Additional Day School Year (ADSY) calendar with some different dates. The district calendar page (checked Sept. 26, 2026) links this file as "2026-27 Calendar".

Winter break in nearby districts

29 of the other 29 Texas districts we track have winter break the same week.

District	Winter break	Back to school
Austin ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Round Rock ISD	Dec 21-31, 2026	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Leander ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Killeen ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027
North East ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 4, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
San Antonio ISD	December 18, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027
Northside ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027

Frequently asked questions

When does Austin ISD winter break start and end?

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

When do Austin ISD 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).

Could Austin ISD 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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Austin ISD Winter Break 2026

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