| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 10, 2027 (Tue) | School Opens |
| Labor Day | September 6, 2027 (Mon) | No School |
| Veterans Day | November 11, 2027 (Thu) | No School |
| Fall Break | November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027 | No School |
| Winter Break | December 20, 2027 - January 1, 2028 | No School |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 17, 2028 (Mon) | No School |
| Florida State Fair Day | February 18, 2028 (Fri) | No School |
| Presidents' Day | February 21, 2028 (Mon) | No School |
| Strawberry Festival Day | March 6, 2028 (Mon) | No School |
| Spring Break | March 20, 2028 - March 24, 2028 | No School |
| Student Holiday | April 14, 2028 (Fri) | No School |
| Last Day of School | May 24, 2028 (Wed) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Hillsborough County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) has not published a final adopted 2027-2028 student academic calendar in this data set. The official HCPS calendar page checked on May 28, 2026 lists 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 student calendars, so this page is a historical-pattern projection until the district releases 2027-2028.
Hillsborough is one of the few districts where local holidays are central to the calendar. This projection keeps Florida State Fair Day and Strawberry Festival Day because they recur in HCPS calendars and reflect Tampa/Plant City traditions. Non-student days, teacher planning days, grading-period dates, early-release schedules, students-return markers, and tentative hurricane make-up days are not projected without an HCPS source.
County context: Hillsborough County Public Schools serves families in Tampa, Plant City, and surrounding communities. For 2027-2028, students are scheduled to start on August 10, 2027 and finish on May 24, 2028. The main family planning blocks are Fall Break (November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027), Winter Break (December 20, 2027 - December 31, 2027), and Spring Break (March 20, 2028 - March 24, 2028). 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 Fall Break (November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027), Florida State Fair Day (February 18, 2028), Strawberry Festival Day (March 6, 2028), and Good Friday / Non-Student Day (April 14, 2028). 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: Projected from HCPS's official 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 student academic calendars, the HCPS calendar documents page checked on May 28, 2026, Florida school-start rules, stable public holidays, and recurring Hillsborough local holidays tied to the Florida State Fair and Florida Strawberry Festival. 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 projected, it should be used for early planning until the district releases a final adopted calendar. User-submitted corrections are checked against official district sources before this page is updated.
The projected first day for HCPS students is Tuesday, August 10, 2027. Hillsborough's latest official calendar starts on the earliest Florida-allowed date, and August 10, 2027 is a Tuesday.
Florida State Fair Day is projected for Friday, February 18, 2028. HCPS traditionally places this local non-student day on the Friday leading into the Presidents' Day weekend during the Tampa fair season.
Strawberry Festival Day is projected for Monday, March 6, 2028. HCPS moved the 2027 date to align with the Plant City festival, so the 2028 projection uses the festival-opening-week Monday pattern rather than a simple date shift.
Spring Break is projected for Monday, March 20 through Friday, March 24, 2028, following HCPS's latest late-March Spring Break pattern.
Yes. HCPS recent calendars include a spring Friday non-student day aligned with Good Friday, so Friday, April 14, 2028 is included as a projected family-planning closure.
No. Tentative hurricane make-up days, teacher planning days, grading markers, students-return dates, and early-release schedules are excluded until HCPS publishes a 2027-2028 calendar.
Data Source: Projected from HCPS's official 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 student academic calendars, the HCPS calendar documents page checked on May 28, 2026, Florida school-start rules, stable public holidays, and recurring Hillsborough local holidays tied to the Florida State Fair and Florida Strawberry Festival.
Official Source: Visit the Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County Public Schools 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: May 28, 2026