| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 14, 2025 (Thu) | School Opens |
| Student Holiday | August 14, 2025 - August 15, 2025 | No School |
| Labor Day | September 1, 2025 (Mon) | No School |
| Student Holiday | October 17, 2025 (Fri) | 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 5, 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 20, 2026 - March 27, 2026 | No School |
| Memorial Day | May 25, 2026 (Mon) | No School |
| Last Day of School | June 4, 2026 (Thu) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the third-largest public school district in the United States and the largest in Florida, with approximately 345,000 students enrolled across more than 500 schools and centers. The district spans over 2,000 square miles of urban and suburban neighborhoods in Southeast Florida, serving one of the most culturally diverse communities in the nation — over 60% of students speak Spanish at home, and more than 100 languages are represented district-wide.
M-DCPS is renowned for its magnet school programs — one of the largest magnet systems in the country — along with career academies, dual-language immersion (Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin), and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs offered at multiple schools. The district also provides School Choice options and a growing number of STEM-focused academies.
As one of the most hurricane-exposed metro areas in the U.S., M-DCPS maintains detailed inclement weather policies, with designated makeup days built into the calendar. Schools may double as emergency shelters during storms, which can affect building availability even after a hurricane passes. Parents should monitor the district's official website and emergency notification system for real-time updates.
County context: Miami-Dade County Public Schools serves families across Miami-Dade County, where the district calendar is the practical baseline for school-year planning. For 2025-2026, students are scheduled to start on August 14, 2025 and finish on June 4, 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 23, 2026 - March 27, 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: The most important local differences from a generic statewide calendar are the district's own break placement, board-approved student holidays, and any campus-facing schedule notes published by the district. No recurring early-release entry is listed in the student-facing data used for this page. Teacher workdays, planning days, or student holidays are separated from regular school days, including Teacher Pre-Planning Day (August 14, 2025), Teacher Pre-Planning Day (August 15, 2025), Teacher Planning Day (No School) (October 17, 2025), and Teacher Planning Day (No School) (January 5, 2026). 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 Miami-Dade County Public Schools academic calendar published on dadeschools.net. 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 M-DCPS students is Thursday, August 14, 2025. Teachers report for pre-planning days starting August 11.
Spring Break for M-DCPS runs from Monday, March 23 through Friday, March 27, 2026. Students return on Monday, March 30.
Yes. M-DCPS elementary schools typically observe early release every Wednesday throughout the school year, allowing teachers dedicated time for professional collaboration and lesson planning.
M-DCPS has a detailed hurricane makeup day policy. If schools are closed due to tropical weather, the district designates specific Teacher Planning Days or other non-student days as makeup days. The district may also extend the school year if multiple days are lost. Parents should monitor the official M-DCPS website and local news for real-time closure and reopening announcements.
The last day of school for the 2025-2026 year is Thursday, June 4, 2026.
Yes. M-DCPS schedules several Teacher Planning Days throughout the year when students do not attend school. For 2025-2026, these include September 23, October 2, November 3, January 16, and March 20. Some of these are District-wide Professional Learning Days.
Florida’s FAST assessments are administered in three testing windows throughout the school year: one in early fall (September), one at midyear (January), and one in the spring (April–May). M-DCPS follows the statewide testing calendar set by the Florida Department of Education, with specific school-level schedules communicated to families in advance.
Data Source: This calendar is compiled from the official Miami-Dade County Public Schools academic calendar published on dadeschools.net.
Official Source: Visit the Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade 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: March 18, 2026