SJUSD Calendar 2026-27: Winter Break Dec. 21-Jan. 1, Spring April 5-9

The San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD) 2026-27 student calendar has New Year recess from Monday, Dec. 21, 2026 to Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, winter recess on Feb. 15-19, 2027 and spring recess on April 5-9, 2027, according to the district’s “2026-2027 Student Calendar” PDF. School starts Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 and the last day of the regular school year is Thursday, May 27, 2027. The PDF prints no approval date.

SJUSD New Year recess 2026: the December break

The district’s wording matters here. It calls Dec. 21 to Jan. 1 “New Year recess,” and it calls the February week “Winter recess.” Families who search for “winter break” in December want the New Year recess: Monday, Dec. 21 to Friday, Jan. 1, ten weekdays. The grid shows Monday, Jan. 4, 2027 as a regular student day, so students return that day. Before the break, the list says “14-17 December Secondary schools out 2 hours early” and “18 December All schools out 2 hours early.” The December 2026 calendar shows the weeks.

Every SJUSD no-school and early-release day

Rows marked “list” come from the district’s “Important Dates for Students.” Rows marked “grid” are read from the calendar grid, where an X means “No student activities at all schools due to holiday”; the PDF has no text layer, so those were read by eye.

Dates	Weekdays	Type	What the calendar says
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026	1	Start (list)	“First day of regular school year”
Mon., Sept. 7, 2026	1 off	Holiday (grid)	X; Labor Day
Mon., Sept. 28 to Fri., Oct. 2, 2026	5 off	Break (list)	“Fall recess”
Mon.-Fri., Oct. 26-30, 2026	5 early	Early release (list)	“Elementary schools out 2 hours early”
Wed., Nov. 11, 2026	1 off	Holiday (grid)	X; Veterans Day
Wed.-Fri., Nov. 25-27, 2026	3 off	Break (list)	“Thanksgiving recess”
Mon.-Thu., Dec. 14-17, 2026	4 early	Early release (list)	“Secondary schools out 2 hours early”
Fri., Dec. 18, 2026	1 early	Early release (list)	“All schools out 2 hours early”
Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Fri., Jan. 1, 2027	10 off	Break (list)	“New Year recess”
Mon., Jan. 18, 2027	1 off	Holiday (grid)	X; Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon.-Fri., Feb. 15-19, 2027	5 off	Break (list)	“Winter recess” (includes Presidents Day, Feb. 15)
Thu.-Fri., March 11-12, 2027	2 early	Early release (list)	“Elementary schools out 2 hours early”
Mon.-Fri., April 5-9, 2027	5 off	Break (list)	“Spring recess”
Mon.-Wed., May 24-26, 2027	3 early	Early release (list)	“Secondary schools out 2 hours early”
Tue.-Wed., May 25-26, 2027	2	Event (list)	“High school graduation ceremonies”
Thu., May 27, 2027	1 early	Last day (list)	“Last day of regular school year”; “All schools out 2 hours early”
Thu., June 3 to Wed., June 30, 2027	n/a	Optional (list)	“Optional extended school year window” (listed as “3-30 June”)

Counting weekdays from Aug. 6 to May 27 when every student is out, the total is 31: 1 (Sept. 7) + 5 (fall recess) + 1 (Nov. 11) + 3 (Thanksgiving recess) + 10 (New Year recess) + 1 (Jan. 18) + 5 (Feb. 15-19) + 5 (spring recess). The three single holidays come from the grid, so a reader who counts only the list gets 28. The district does not state a number of instructional days, and this story does not give one. Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, falls after the last day.

When is SJUSD spring break 2027?

“5-9 April Spring recess” is Monday, April 5 to Friday, April 9, 2027, five weekdays. The calendar does not mark Cesar Chavez Day, Wednesday, March 31, so it is a regular day on this calendar. February has its own week: “15-19 February Winter recess” runs Monday to Friday and includes Presidents Day on Feb. 15. See it on the February 2027 calendar.

SJUSD last day of school 2027

“27 May Last day of regular school year” is Thursday, May 27, 2027, and the list adds “27 May All schools out 2 hours early.” Secondary schools are also out two hours early on May 24-26, and high school graduation ceremonies are listed for May 25-26. The list also shows “3-30 June Optional extended school year window.”

How does SJUSD compare with Oakland and San Francisco?

Dates for the other two districts come from our stories on the Oakland Unified calendar and the San Francisco Unified calendar, which cite each district’s own calendar PDF.

Break	San Jose Unified	Oakland Unified	San Francisco Unified
Thanksgiving week	Wed.-Fri., Nov. 25-27	Mon.-Fri., Nov. 23-27	Mon.-Fri., Nov. 23-27
December break	Dec. 21 to Jan. 1	Dec. 21 to Jan. 4	Dec. 21 to Jan. 1
Spring break	April 5-9	March 29 to April 2	March 26 to April 2
Last day	Thu., May 27, 2027	Thu., May 27, 2027	Wed., June 2, 2027

San Jose is the only one of the three with a week off in September and another in February. Its Thanksgiving recess covers three days, against five in the other two. Oakland and San Francisco also start spring break a week or more earlier. Other districts are in our winter break 2026 roundup.

Print the SJUSD calendar

The printable shows the first day, the five recess weeks, the early-release days and the last day on an 11-month sheet from August 2026 to June 2027, with room for conferences and back-to-school night. It leaves off the three grid-only holidays, which are in the table above. Districts can change dates; confirm on the district’s calendar page before booking travel, and use the printable school-year calendar for a blank year.