Ector County ISD Winter Break 2026

Ector County ISD students are off from Friday, December 18, 2026 through Tuesday, January 5, 2027: 19 days in a row, 11 of them school days (the district also has no school Fri, Dec 18 before it and Tue, Jan 5 after it). School resumes Wed, Jan 6, 2027.

winter breakDecember 21, 2026 to January 4, 202711 school days

Last day beforeThu, Dec 17, 2026

School resumesWed, Jan 6, 2027

Days off in a row19Dec 18 to Jan 5

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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 Fri, Dec 18, 2026 and Tue, Jan 5, 2027, which makes the time off 19 days long.

Verified against Ector County ISD’s official 2026-2027 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved on February 17, 2026). Confidence: High.

Source: Ector County Independent School District 2026-2027 Academic Year Calendar (Academic Calendar D-1, Approved 2/17/2026) (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: Academic Calendar D-1, approved by the Board of Trustees on February 17, 2026. First day of school: PK-6 and 9th grade on Tuesday, August 11, 2026; grades 7-8 and 10-12 start Wednesday, August 12. Professional development and teacher work days with no school for students: Sept. 8, Oct. 13, Nov. 30, Dec. 18, Jan. 5 and Mar. 5 (students return January 6 after the Winter Holiday). February 15 (Presidents' Day) and May 24 are inclement weather make-up days: no school unless they are needed to make up closures; they are not counted in the 175 instructional days (sum of the stated nine-week counts 42 + 41 + 40 + 52, which the grid reproduces). Veterans Day is a school day. Memorial Day (May 31) is after the last day. The district's online calendar on its calendar page shows the same dates but does not list the December 18 teacher work day; the PDF marks December 18 as a teacher workday in both the grid and the key dates (the first semester ends December 17), so it is kept. Graduations from the district's online calendar: New Tech Odessa on May 26, Permian High School on May 27 and Odessa High School on May 28, 2027. Odessa Collegiate Academy and OCTECHS (early college high schools) have their own calendar (next entry).

Winter break in nearby districts

82 of the other 83 Texas districts we track have winter break the same week.

District	Winter break	Back to school
Ector County ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 4, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027
Midland ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027
Fort Stockton ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Hobbs Municipal Schools	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Thu, Jan 7, 2027

Frequently asked questions

When does Ector County ISD winter break start and end?

Winter break starts Monday, December 21, 2026 and ends Monday, January 4, 2027.

When do Ector County ISD students go back to school after winter break?

Wednesday, January 6, 2027.

How many days off is winter break?

eleven school days. With the weekends and the no-school days next to it, students are off 19 days in a row (Fri, Dec 18, 2026 to Tue, Jan 5, 2027).

Could Ector County 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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Ector County ISD Winter Break 2026

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