Minneapolis Public Schools Calendar 2026-27: Winter Break to Jan. 1

Minneapolis Public Schools starts grades 1-12 on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, breaks from Monday, Dec. 21 through Friday, Jan. 1 and from Monday through Friday, April 5-9, 2027, and ends on Friday, June 11, 2027, according to the district’s “2026-2027 Student School Year Calendar” and its calendars page. The calendar’s header counts 168 instructional days.

Pre-K and kindergarten start Thursday, Sept. 10. The calendar adds that grades 10-12 should check with their school for a late start time to allow for freshman orientation. The district’s calendars page says: “At times, we modify the school calendar which requires school board action,” so check that page again before you book travel. This story adds a table of every no-school day with its weekday, a count of weekdays off, what the conference days are and a printable school-year sheet.

Minneapolis Public Schools breaks at a glance

Weekday counts are our arithmetic from the district’s dates. The district prints no return dates and no early-release days.

Break	District’s dates	Weekdays off
Fall break	Thu.-Fri., Oct. 15-16, 2026	2
Thanksgiving break	Wed.-Fri., Nov. 25-27, 2026	3
Winter Break	Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Fri., Jan. 1, 2027	10
Spring Break	Mon.-Fri., April 5-9, 2027	5

The calendar grid shows Monday, Jan. 4, 2027 as the first school day after winter break; the district prints no return date. Friday, April 2 is a record keeping day with no school, so spring break is preceded by a day off and students are out from Friday, April 2 through Sunday, April 11, 10 days counting weekends (our count). The December 2026 printable calendar and the April 2027 printable calendar show those weeks.

Every Minneapolis Public Schools no-school day in 2026-27

Date	What the district lists
Mon., Sept. 21, 2026	Yom Kippur
Wed., Oct. 14, 2026	Family-Teacher Conference
Thu.-Fri., Oct. 15-16, 2026	Fall break, no school
Tue., Nov. 3, 2026	Professional development / Election Day (no school)
Fri., Nov. 13, 2026	Record keeping (no school: staff record keeping day)
Wed.-Fri., Nov. 25-27, 2026	Thanksgiving break (no school)
Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Fri., Jan. 1, 2027	Winter Break
Mon., Jan. 18, 2027	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Fri., Jan. 29, 2027	Record keeping
Fri., Feb. 12, 2027	Family-Teacher Conference
Mon., Feb. 15, 2027	Presidents’ Day
Wed., March 10, 2027	Eid al-Fitr
Fri., April 2, 2027	Record keeping
Mon.-Fri., April 5-9, 2027	Spring Break
Mon., May 31, 2027	Memorial Day

The calendar’s fall break label for Oct. 15-16 is an abbreviation that the district’s pages do not spell out, so this story calls it the fall break. Veterans Day and Juneteenth are not marked as days off on the calendar.

How many weekdays off does Minneapolis have in 2026-27?

Counting every weekday in the table between the first day, Sept. 8, 2026, and the last day, June 11, 2027, there are 31 weekdays off by our count. Winter break accounts for 10 of them, and the 12 after the new year are Jan. 18, Jan. 29, Feb. 12, Feb. 15, March 10, April 2, April 5-9 and May 31.

Period	Weekdays off
Sept. 2026	1
Oct. 2026	3
Nov. 2026	5
Dec. 21-Jan. 1	10
Jan. 18 to May 31, 2027	12
Total	31

The 168 instructional days are the district’s own figure from the calendar header; we did not recompute it.

Why does Minneapolis have no school on Nov. 3 and Nov. 13?

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 is Election Day. The calendars page lists it as “No school,” and the student calendar labels it Professional development/Election Day. Friday, Nov. 13 is a staff record keeping day, which the calendars page lists as “No school: Staff record keeping day.” Two more Fridays carry the record keeping label: Jan. 29 and April 2, 2027.

What are the Family-Teacher Conference days?

The calendar lists two: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 and Friday, Feb. 12, 2027, both without school. The calendar does not say how conferences are scheduled; ask your child’s school. Oct. 14 sits right before the Oct. 15-16 fall break, so students are out Wednesday through Friday, then the weekend.

Which religious holidays are days off in Minneapolis?

The district’s calendars page says the school board sets one non-school day for each of Rosh Hashanah, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Yom Kippur. On the 2026-27 student calendar, two are printed as days off: Yom Kippur on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026 and Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday, March 10, 2027. We give no dates for Rosh Hashanah or Eid al-Adha because the list of days off we have does not include them.

What does the rest of the Minneapolis calendar include?

Summer school runs June 28 to July 22, 2027, according to the student calendar. The calendars page also lists a 2027-28 calendar, which we have not opened. The calendar grid shades Monday, Sept. 7, 2026 without a label.

Print the Minneapolis Public Schools school-year calendar

The printable puts the first and last day, the breaks, the holidays, the conference days and the record keeping days on one sheet, with space to write in your own conferences. It uses only the district’s dates. Our printable school-year calendar has a blank layout. For other districts, see winter break 2026 dates for school districts, Thanksgiving break 2026 and spring break 2027.