| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 12, 2025 (Tue) | School Opens |
| Labor Day | September 1, 2025 (Mon) | No School |
| Veterans Day | November 11, 2025 (Tue) | No School |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 24, 2025 - November 28, 2025 | No School |
| Winter Break | December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 | No School |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 19, 2026 (Mon) | No School |
| Presidents' Day | February 16, 2026 (Mon) | No School |
| Spring Break | March 14, 2026 - March 22, 2026 | No School |
| Good Friday | April 3, 2026 (Fri) | No School |
| Memorial Day | May 25, 2026 (Mon) | No School |
| Last Day of School | May 28, 2026 (Thu) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Hardee County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
Hardee County School District serves approximately 4,800 students in Wauchula, Bowling Green, Zolfo Springs, and surrounding rural communities. Hardee County is among Florida's smaller rural districts, centered around Wauchula in the state's phosphate mining and citrus growing region. The district operates 8 schools and emphasizes career readiness alongside traditional academics.
Hardee County's calendar features early release days before each major break (Thanksgiving, Winter, Spring, and the end of the school year). Graduation is scheduled for May 23, 2026, and a summer school session runs from June 2–26, 2026. The district also observes Good Friday and Juneteenth as school holidays.
County context: Hardee County School District serves families in Wauchula, Bowling Green, Zolfo Springs, and surrounding rural communities. For 2025-2026, students are scheduled to start on August 12, 2025 and finish on May 28, 2026. The main family planning blocks are Thanksgiving Break (November 24, 2025 - November 28, 2025), Winter Break (December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026), and Spring Break (March 14, 2026 - March 22, 2026). Parents can use this view for travel windows, shared-custody exchanges, childcare coverage, after-school activities, and comparing district days off with work schedules.
What to watch: Notable local calendar items include Good Friday (April 3, 2026). No recurring early-release entry is listed in the student-facing data used for this page. Teacher planning days and student holidays are separated from regular school days whenever the official source identifies them. Weather or makeup-day language is preserved in the page notes when the district publishes it, which matters for hurricane-season planning and emergency childcare coverage.
Official-source handling: This calendar is compiled from the official Hardee County School District academic calendar published on hardee.k12.fl.us. We manually review first-party district material, screen it for student-facing dates, and organize it into key dates, calendar grids, downloadable files, and printable summaries. Because this page is marked official, families can use it as the main planning view while still checking the district source for late revisions. User-submitted corrections are checked against official district sources before this page is updated.
The first day of school for all Hardee County students is August 12, 2025.
Spring Break runs from March 14, 2026 through March 22, 2026. Students return the following Monday.
The last day of school for the 2025-2026 year is May 28, 2026.
Hardee County School District has designated makeup days built into the calendar. If schools are closed due to tropical weather, the district may convert Teacher Planning Days or extend the school year. Parents should follow the district's official website for real-time updates.
Florida's FAST assessments are administered in three windows: fall (September), midyear (January), and spring (April–May). Hardee County School District follows the statewide testing calendar set by the Florida Department of Education.
Yes. Hardee County observes Juneteenth (June 19, 2026) as an official school holiday, although it falls after the last student day (May 28).
Hardee County High School graduation is scheduled for Saturday, May 23, 2026. Summer school sessions run from June 2–26, 2026.
Data Source: This calendar is compiled from the official Hardee County School District academic calendar published on hardee.k12.fl.us.
Official Source: Visit the Hardee County official calendar source.
How we adapt the calendar: FL School Calendar converts district calendar documents into a parent-friendly view focused on student attendance, holidays, breaks, teacher planning days, early releases, downloadable calendar files, and printable summaries.
Disclaimer: This website is not affiliated with Hardee County School District or the Florida Department of Education. While we strive for accuracy, always verify important dates with the official district website before making travel, childcare, work, or attendance plans.
Last updated: March 18, 2026