El Paso ISD Winter Break 2026

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

Winter break 2026 for El Paso ISD is Mon, Dec 21, 2026 to Fri, Jan 1, 2027. The last day of school before the break is Friday, December 18, 2026, and classes resume Wednesday, January 6, 2027.

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

Last day beforeFri, Dec 18, 2026

School resumesWed, Jan 6, 2027

Days off in a row18Dec 19 to Jan 5

Add winter break to Google Calendar Whole year (.ics) Subscribe

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 and Tue, Jan 5, 2027, which makes the time off 18 days long.

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

Source: El Paso ISD 2026-27 Academic Year Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Approved by the Board of Trustees on March 24, 2026 (file updated June 30, 2026). El Paso ISD uses an Additional Days School Year (ADSY) calendar: the intersession weeks Sep. 28 - Oct. 2 (Fall Accelerated Instruction), Mar. 8-12 (Spring Accelerated Instruction) and June 7 - July 2 (Summer Intersession) are only for students who are required to attend and are not among the 175 instructional days, so most students have no school Sep. 28 - Oct. 12 and Mar. 8-19. Parent-teacher conference early releases apply to one level each: high school Sep. 9 and Feb. 3, elementary Sep. 15 and Feb. 1, middle/PK-8 Sep. 17 and Feb. 9. Jan. 4 (teacher work day) and Jan. 5 (teacher PD) are no-school days; students return Jan. 6. Presidents' Day (Feb. 15) is a school day. The calendars page was read via a Web Archive capture of Sep. 2, 2026 (the live site shows a bot check); the PDF was downloaded directly from the district's file host. The page's printable image version (26-27-Calendar.pdf) shows the same dates.

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
El Paso ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027
Socorro ISD	December 21, 2026 to January 4, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027

Frequently asked questions

When does El Paso ISD winter break start and end?

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

When do El Paso ISD students go back to school after winter break?

Wednesday, January 6, 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 18 days in a row (Sat, Dec 19, 2026 to Tue, Jan 5, 2027).

Could El Paso 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.

More El Paso ISD dates

See a wrong date? Tell us

We check every report against the district's official calendar, usually within two days. You are reporting a date for El Paso ISD.

El Paso ISD Winter Break 2026

Planning notes

Winter break in nearby districts

Frequently asked questions

More El Paso ISD dates

Share