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Analysis, guides, and insights from the School Schedules Database.

April 13, 2026 4 min read Weekly

This Week in School Breaks: April 13–April 17, 2026

3.3M students are out of school at some point this week across 1,058 districts in 51 states.

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April 06, 2026 4 min read Weekly

This Week in School Breaks: April 6–April 10, 2026

25.0 million students are out of school at some point this week across 6,610 districts in 53 states.

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April 14, 2026 12 min read Tutorial

School Calendar Data for Demand Forecasting: A Practical Guide

How to integrate district-level school calendar data into demand forecasting models. Python examples, API walkthrough, and feature engineering techniques for tourism, retail, and transportation.

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April 10, 2026 10 min read Analysis

How School Breaks Drive Theme Park Crowds: A Data Analysis

Spring break isn't one week — it's a six-week rolling wave of demand as 13,700 districts take breaks at different times. We analyzed the data to show exactly how school calendars shape theme park attendance.

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April 7, 2026 8 min read Product

The US School Calendar Dataset: What It Is and Why It Matters

There are 13,700 public school districts in the United States, each setting their own calendar. There has never been a clean, structured, machine-readable dataset covering all of them — until now.

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