Durham-Chapel Hill, NC School Schedules 2025-2026

The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area has 7 public school districts serving 64K students. This page covers the 2025-2026 school year with day-level calendar data for every district in the metro.

7
Districts
64K
Students
2025-2026
School Year

Key Dates

Earliest First Day
August 1, 2025
Latest Last Day
June 11, 2026
Peak Spring Break
March 13, 2026
School Year
2025-2026

Schools on Break This Week

In session <1K 5K-10K 20K-50K 100K+

Largest Districts in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

The 10 largest school districts by enrollment, with their 2025-2026 calendar dates:

DistrictEnrollmentFirst DayLast DaySchool Days
Durham Public Schools31,339Aug 18May 29181
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools11,386Aug 1Jun 11187
Chatham County Schools9,023Aug 25May 22195
Orange County Schools7,067Aug 25Jun 10173
Person County Schools4,374Aug 11May 21188
Durham Charter School777Aug 11Jun 5186
Chatham Charter0Aug 7May 14171

Spring Break in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

The peak spring break day in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro is March 13, 2026, when 1 districts (31K students) are on break.

Break Types

Breakdown of non-school days across all Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro districts (excludes weekends and summer):

Break TypeStudent-DaysDistricts
Spring Break262K student-days6
Thanksgiving Break252K student-days6
Winter Break207K student-days5
Teacher Workday170K student-days2
Faculty Professional Development63K student-days1
Memorial Day36K student-days2

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