North East ISD Calendar 2026-27: Winter Break Dec. 21 to Jan. 4, Spring Break March 8-12

North East Independent School District (NEISD) in San Antonio, Texas, lists Thanksgiving break for Nov. 23-27, 2026, winter break as “12/21/2026-1/4/2027” and spring break for March 8-12, 2027, on its “Calendars” page. Traditional campuses started Aug. 17 and the last day of classes is Thursday, May 27, 2027.

The page says “Academic Calendars are Subject to Change.” It gives no board approval date, so every date here is as posted by the district on Nov. 5, 2026. This story adds what the page does not: weekdays off by month, school days between breaks, the three NEISD calendars side by side, early release dates from a second district page, and a comparison with Northside Independent School District (NISD).

NEISD breaks at a glance

Weekday counts and return days are our arithmetic from the district’s dates.

Break	District’s dates	Weekdays off	School resumes
Student holiday plus Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day	Fri., Oct. 9 and Mon., Oct. 12, 2026	2	Tue., Oct. 13, 2026
Thanksgiving Break	Mon.-Fri., Nov. 23-27, 2026	5	Mon., Nov. 30, 2026
Winter Break	“12/21/2026-1/4/2027,” Mon., Dec. 21 to Mon., Jan. 4	11	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027
Spring Break	Mon.-Fri., March 8-12, 2027	5	Mon., March 15, 2027

The district prints no return day for any of these. We use the next weekday its list does not show as off. The winter break dates mean 17 days in a row without school, from Saturday, Dec. 19 through Monday, Jan. 4, and the December 2026 printable calendar shows the weeks.

The list also shows Labor Day on Sept. 7, Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18, 2027 and Presidents’ Day on Feb. 15, 2027, all Mondays. Good Friday on March 26 and Battle of Flowers on April 23, 2027, both Fridays, are listed too. Battle of Flowers is a San Antonio Fiesta holiday.

Is there a fall break at NEISD?

The district lists no fall break week. For traditional campuses it lists “Student Holiday: 10/9/2026” and “Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day: 10/12/2026,” a Friday and a Monday, so the weekend becomes four days. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, is on the same list. Both dates have passed. Castle Hills Elementary, the year-round campus, has a student intersession Oct. 5-16, 2026.

Every NEISD day off on the traditional calendar

Date	What the district lists
Mon., Aug. 17, 2026	First Day of Classes for Traditional Campuses
Mon., Sept. 7, 2026	Labor Day
Fri., Oct. 9, 2026	Student Holiday
Mon., Oct. 12, 2026	Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Tue., Nov. 3, 2026	Election Day
Mon.-Fri., Nov. 23-27, 2026	Thanksgiving-Break
Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Mon., Jan. 4, 2027	Winter Break
Mon., Jan. 18, 2027	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon., Feb. 15, 2027	Presidents’ Day
Mon.-Fri., March 8-12, 2027	Spring Break
Fri., March 26, 2027	Good Friday
Fri., April 23, 2027	Battle of Flowers
Thu., May 27, 2027	Last Day of Classes for Traditional Campuses

The page lists these as “Important Dates” and does not say “schools closed” next to each. We count every date after the first day and before the last day as a day off, which is our reading.

How many weekdays off does NEISD have each month?

Counting those dates, traditional campuses have 29 weekdays off between Aug. 17, 2026 and May 27, 2027. Winter break takes nine December weekdays; Jan. 1 and Jan. 4 fall in January.

Month	Weekdays off
August 2026	0
September 2026	1 (Sept. 7)
October 2026	2 (Oct. 9 and 12)
November 2026	6 (Nov. 3 and 23-27)
December 2026	9 (Dec. 21-25 and 28-31)
January 2027	3 (Jan. 1, 4 and 18)
February 2027	1 (Feb. 15)
March 2027	6 (March 8-12 and 26)
April 2027	1 (April 23)
May 2027	0
Total	29

That leaves 175 weekdays with school from Aug. 17 to May 27, our count. The district page does not give an instructional-day number for traditional campuses. It does say Castle Hills has 180 instructional days.

How many school days fall between NEISD breaks?

Weekdays with school between the dates above, counted by us:

Stretch	Dates	Weekdays of school
Start to Labor Day	Aug. 17 to Sept. 4, 2026	15
Labor Day to Oct. 9	Sept. 8 to Oct. 8, 2026	23
Columbus Day to Election Day	Oct. 13 to Nov. 2, 2026	15
Election Day to Thanksgiving	Nov. 4 to Nov. 20, 2026	13
Thanksgiving to winter break	Nov. 30 to Dec. 18, 2026	15
Winter break to Martin Luther King Jr. Day	Jan. 5 to Jan. 15, 2027	9
Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Presidents’ Day	Jan. 19 to Feb. 12, 2027	19
Presidents’ Day to spring break	Feb. 16 to March 5, 2027	14
Spring break to Good Friday	March 15 to March 25, 2027	9
Good Friday to Battle of Flowers	March 29 to April 22, 2027	19
Battle of Flowers to last day	April 26 to May 27, 2027	24
Total		175

The last stretch is the longest, at 24 weekdays. The March 2027 printable calendar shows how spring break, Good Friday and Battle of Flowers sit in the spring.

NEISD’s three calendars side by side

The same page lists three calendars. Counts of weekdays off for Castle Hills are our arithmetic.

	Traditional campuses	Castle Hills Elementary (year-round)	Academy of Creative Education (ACE)
First day	Mon., Aug. 17, 2026	Wed., July 15, 2026	Mon., July 27, 2026
Thanksgiving	Nov. 23-27, 2026	Nov. 23-27, 2026	Not listed separately
Winter break	12/21/2026-1/4/2027	12/18/2026-1/4/2027	Not listed separately
Spring break	March 8-12, 2027	March 1-12, 2027	Not listed separately
Last day	Thu., May 27, 2027	Tue., May 25, 2027	Tue., June 22, 2027
Other dates	Oct. 9 and 12, Nov. 3	Intersession Oct. 5-16 and holidays Aug. 13 and 14, Sept. 4, Nov. 2 and 3, Feb. 12, March 29, May 7	Student holidays Aug. 4, Aug. 14 and May 31, 2027

Castle Hills adds up to 49 weekdays off by our count, with two intersession breaks. The district says it has “180 instructional days and two intersession breaks throughout the year.” The Academy of Creative Education “provides an extended school year calendar for high school students who are at-risk of dropping out.” Castle Hills lists Good Friday (March 26), Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day and Battle of Flowers as well, but no Labor Day.

What are NEISD’s early release dates?

A second district page, “Campus Start/End Times & Early Release Dates,” lists these early release days for 2026-27. We did not check them against the calendar page.

Campuses	Early release dates
Elementary	Sept. 23 and 24, 2026; Feb. 4 and March 5, 2027
Castle Hills Elementary	Feb. 4 and Feb. 26, 2027
Middle schools	March 5, 2027
High schools	Dec. 17 and 18, 2026; March 5, May 25, 26 and 27, 2027

The Dec. 17 and 18 dates sit just before winter break for high schools. The page lists To Be Announced (TBA) for one more campus group, so those dates are not yet announced.

NEISD vs Northside ISD: how do the two calendars compare?

Both San Antonio districts list the same Thanksgiving and spring break weeks. Northside’s dates come from its own “2026-27 key dates” list and its approved calendar.

	NEISD (traditional)	Northside ISD
First day	Aug. 17, 2026	Aug. 10, 2026
October	Oct. 9 and 12 off	Oct. 9 and 12 holidays, Oct. 13 student holiday/teacher planning day
Thanksgiving	Nov. 23-27	Nov. 23-27
Winter break	Dec. 21 to Jan. 4	Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, plus Jan. 4 student holiday
Spring break	March 8-12	March 8-12, plus March 15 student holiday
Last day	May 27, 2027	May 26, 2027

NISD has one more day off in October and one more after spring break, and starts a week earlier. Our Northside ISD calendar story has the full list. For other Texas cities see Austin ISD and Houston ISD.

How does NEISD choose its calendar?

The district says it gives campuses two calendar options for review. Campuses vote, the option with the most votes goes to the school board, and once the district calendar is approved the other NEISD calendars are presented for approval. Families can apply for School Choice to attend a campus outside their area, and graduation dates are on a separate page the district links.

Where to print the NEISD dates

The district links a 2026-27 Instructional Calendar PDF for traditional campuses from its calendars page, with separate PDFs for Castle Hills Elementary and the Academy of Creative Education. To write the dates in yourself, our printable school-year calendar has a blank August-to-May layout.