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October

Fall Break Planning Calendars

A short autumn pause between Labor Day and Thanksgiving — usually one to three days in mid-October.

Pick a school year

2020-2021 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 12 – Oct 14, 2020
K–5 6–8 9–12
2021-2022 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 11 – Oct 13, 2021
K–5 6–8 9–12
2022-2023 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 10 – Oct 12, 2022
K–5 6–8 9–12
2023-2024 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 9 – Oct 11, 2023
K–5 6–8 9–12
2024-2025 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 14 – Oct 16, 2024
K–5 6–8 9–12
2025-2026 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 13 – Oct 15, 2025
K–5 6–8 9–12
2026-2027 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 12 – Oct 14, 2026
K–5 6–8 9–12
2027-2028 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 11 – Oct 13, 2027
K–5 6–8 9–12
2028-2029 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 9 – Oct 11, 2028
K–5 6–8 9–12
2029-2030 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 8 – Oct 10, 2029
K–5 6–8 9–12
2030-2031 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 14 – Oct 16, 2030
K–5 6–8 9–12
2031-2032 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 13 – Oct 15, 2031
K–5 6–8 9–12
2032-2033 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 11 – Oct 13, 2032
K–5 6–8 9–12
2033-2034 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 10 – Oct 12, 2033
K–5 6–8 9–12
2034-2035 Academic Year
School year
Window: Oct 9 – Oct 11, 2034
K–5 6–8 9–12

About Fall Break

Most US districts schedule fall break for one to three weekdays in the second or third week of October. Many districts pair the closure with the federal Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day holiday on the second Monday of October to create a four- or five-day weekend; others use the days for staff professional development without the federal-holiday anchor.

Fall break is most common in the South, the Mountain West, and parts of the Midwest. Northeastern and West Coast districts more often skip a separate fall break and rely on the Columbus Day federal holiday alone. Fall break is the only major recess between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, so it tends to be the lowest-cost weekend for family travel and the most common professional-development window for teachers.

Federal holidays typically inside the Fall Break window

  • Columbus Day — federal holiday observed during this break window in most years.

Printing tips for letter-size paper

To plan a specific school year's Fall Break, open the year-specific page above and print the relevant monthly grid in portrait orientation on US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) paper at 100% scale. The federal holidays in the window are pre-shaded; mark your district's actual closure days by hand for a personal planning sheet.