Kansas School Calendar 2026-2027: Spring Break & Winter Break Dates
Kansas has 285 public school districts, and each adopts its own school calendar. Together they enroll 479,379 students; the largest, Wichita, enrolls 46,073 (NCES, 2024-25).
The dates below are statewide planning windows for 2026-27 and 2027-28: our estimate of when most Kansas schools take each break. They are not any one district's official calendar, so check your own district's calendar before booking travel.
Last updated: · Next review: January 2027
Dates vary by district. Use the statewide windows below for planning, then confirm with your local school district calendar before booking travel. Read how we source these dates.
Largest school districts in Kansas
5 districts enroll 30% of Kansas's district students. The other 280 districts each set a calendar of their own, so two schools a few miles apart can break in different weeks.
| District | Students | Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| WichitaWichita | 46,07381 schools | Check the district's website |
| OlatheOlathe | 28,19552 schools | Check the district's website |
| Shawnee Mission Pub SchShawnee Mission | 26,51345 schools | Check the district's website |
| Blue ValleyOverland Park | 22,25237 schools | Check the district's website |
| Kansas CityKansas City | 21,53843 schools | Check the district's website |
Enrollment and district counts: NCES Common Core of Data, LEA directory 2024-25 (via Urban Institute Education Data API). Counts cover regular local school districts; enrollment is fall 2024.
How Kansas law shapes the school calendar
- Start and end dates
- District option.
- Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-3115
- Minimum instructional time
- Grades 1-11: 186 days
- Grade 12: 181 days
- Kindergarten: 465 hours
- Grades 1-11: 1,116 hours
- Grade 12: 1,086 hours
- Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-3115
Source: Education Commission of the States 50-state comparison, published January 2020 (days and hours, start and finish dates). Calendar statutes change, so check the cited section for the current text. Every state side by side: school calendar laws by state.
Good to know in Kansas
Most districts follow this calendar pattern, though private schools may vary a bit on start dates and religious holidays.
Kansas school calendars typically follow a mid-August to late May cycle with a standard one-week spring break in March.
Kansas's 2027-2028 academic year follows the established mid-August start and March spring break pattern.
Kansas school breaks: quick answers
The most searched Kansas dates for 2026-27 at a glance.
When is winter break in Kansas 2026-27?
Winter break in Kansas (2026-27) is December 21, 2026 - January 1, 2027.
When is spring break in Kansas 2026-27?
Spring break in Kansas (2026-27) is March 15 - 19, 2027.
When is summer break in Kansas 2026-27?
Summer break in Kansas (2026-27) is May 23, 2027 - August 10, 2027. Exact dates vary by district — confirm with your local school calendar.
When does school start and end in Kansas 2026-27?
School in Kansas (2026-27) starts August 13 - 17, 2026 and ends May 20 - 22, 2027.
Sources & verification
The statewide windows are our planning estimates, not transcribed from a single official calendar. District pages linked above are transcribed from each district's own published calendar. Official sources for Kansas:
Compare with other states
Planning guides:
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- When does school end in America? Last day of school by state
- US summer break 2027 dates by state
- Spring break 2027 & 2028 dates by state
- Winter break dates by state
- Thanksgiving break dates by state
- Easter school holidays and the spring break overlap
- Back-to-school planning guide
- Easter and Good Friday dates 2027-2036
- Thanksgiving dates 2027-2036
Research from our own calendar data: