Montgomery County Public Schools School Calendar 2026-2027

At a Glance

MCPS is a suburban school district with 211 schools. For the 2026-2027 school year, classes begin August 25 and end June 11. The calendar sets aside 3 additional days (April 22–June 14) that may be used as weather makeup days if needed. This calendar includes 2 professional development days, 8 early-release or half days — useful to know when planning childcare.

Source: Montgomery County Public Schools

Also known as MCPS.

Schools in Montgomery County Public Schools

Rosa M. Parks Middle (Middle)
Lois P. Rockwell Elementary (Elementary)
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary (Elementary)
Thurgood Marshall Elementary (Elementary)
Argyle Middle (Middle)
Roberto W. Clemente Middle (Middle)
Stephen Knolls School (Other)
Forest Oak Middle (Middle)
Rocky Hill Middle (Middle)
Neelsville Middle (Middle)
Albert Einstein High (High)
Ashburton Elementary (Elementary)
Bannockburn Elementary (Elementary)
Bel Pre Elementary (Elementary)
Bells Mill Elementary (Elementary)
Belmont Elementary (Elementary)
Benjamin Banneker Middle (Middle)
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High (High)
Bethesda Elementary (Elementary)
Beverly Farms Elementary (Elementary)
Bradley Hills Elementary (Elementary)
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary (Elementary)
Brookhaven Elementary (Elementary)
Brown Station Elementary (Elementary)
Burning Tree Elementary (Elementary)
Burtonsville Elementary (Elementary)
Candlewood Elementary (Elementary)
Cannon Road Elementary (Elementary)
Carderock Springs Elementary (Elementary)
Carl Sandburg Center (Elementary)
Cashell Elementary (Elementary)
Cedar Grove Elementary (Elementary)
Chevy Chase Elementary (Elementary)
Clarksburg Elementary (Elementary)
Odessa Shannon Middle (Middle)
Col. Zadok Magruder High (High)
Cold Spring Elementary (Elementary)
College Gardens Elementary (Elementary)
Cresthaven Elementary (Elementary)
Damascus Elementary (Elementary)
Darnestown Elementary (Elementary)
Diamond Elementary (Elementary)
DuFief Elementary (Elementary)
Earle B. Wood Middle (Middle)
East Silver Spring Elementary (Elementary)
Fairland Elementary (Elementary)
Fallsmead Elementary (Elementary)
Farmland Elementary (Elementary)
Fields Road Elementary (Elementary)
Flower Valley Elementary (Elementary)
Forest Knolls Elementary (Elementary)
Fox Chapel Elementary (Elementary)
Gaithersburg Elementary (Elementary)
Gaithersburg Middle (Middle)
Gaithersburg High (High)
Galway Elementary (Elementary)
Garrett Park Elementary (Elementary)
Georgian Forest Elementary (Elementary)
Germantown Elementary (Elementary)
Glen Haven Elementary (Elementary)
Glenallan Elementary (Elementary)
Greenwood Elementary (Elementary)
Harmony Hills Elementary (Elementary)
Herbert Hoover Middle (Middle)
Highland Elementary (Elementary)
Highland View Elementary (Elementary)
Jackson Road Elementary (Elementary)
John F. Kennedy High (High)
Julius West Middle (Middle)
Kemp Mill Elementary (Elementary)
John H. Poole Middle (Middle)
Lakewood Elementary (Elementary)
Kingsview Middle (Middle)
Laytonsville Elementary (Elementary)
Longview School (Other)
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary (Elementary)
Luxmanor Elementary (Elementary)
Maryvale Elementary (Elementary)
Flora M. Singer Elementary (Elementary)
Meadow Hall Elementary (Elementary)
Mill Creek Towne Elementary (Elementary)
Monocacy Elementary (Elementary)
Montgomery Blair High (High)
Montgomery Knolls Elementary (Elementary)
Montgomery Village Middle (Middle)
New Hampshire Estates Elem (Elementary)
Oak View Elementary (Elementary)
Oakland Terrace Elementary (Elementary)
Olney Elementary (Elementary)
Paint Branch High (High)
Parkland Middle (Middle)
Kensington Parkwood Elementary (Elementary)
Pine Crest Elementary (Elementary)
Piney Branch Elementary (Elementary)
Poolesville Elementary (Elementary)
Poolesville High (High)
Potomac Elementary (Elementary)
Redland Middle (Middle)
Richard Montgomery High (High)
Ridgeview Middle (Middle)
Ritchie Park Elementary (Elementary)
Rock Creek Forest Elementary (Elementary)
Rock View Elementary (Elementary)
Rock Creek Valley Elementary (Elementary)
Rockville High (High)
Rolling Terrace Elementary (Elementary)
Rosemary Hills Elementary (Elementary)
Rosemont Elementary (Elementary)
Seneca Valley High (High)
Seven Locks Elementary (Elementary)
Sherwood Elementary (Elementary)
Sherwood High (High)
Somerset Elementary (Elementary)
South Lake Elementary (Elementary)
Springbrook High (High)
Stedwick Elementary (Elementary)
Stonegate Elementary (Elementary)
Strathmore Elementary (Elementary)
Summit Hall Elementary (Elementary)
Takoma Park Elementary (Elementary)
Takoma Park Middle (Middle)
Thomas S. Wootton High (High)
Travilah Elementary (Elementary)
Twinbrook Elementary (Elementary)
Viers Mill Elementary (Elementary)
Walt Whitman High (High)
Walter Johnson High (High)
Washington Grove Elementary (Elementary)
Watkins Mill Elementary (Elementary)
Wayside Elementary (Elementary)
Weller Road Elementary (Elementary)
Beall Elementary (Elementary)
Westbrook Elementary (Elementary)
Westland Middle (Middle)
Westover Elementary (Elementary)
Wheaton High (High)
Wheaton Woods Elementary (Elementary)
Whetstone Elementary (Elementary)
White Oak Middle (Middle)
William Tyler Page Elementary (Elementary)
Winston Churchill High (High)
William H. Farquhar Middle (Middle)
Wood Acres Elementary (Elementary)
Woodfield Elementary (Elementary)
Woodlin Elementary (Elementary)
Wyngate Elementary (Elementary)
Northwest High (High)
James Hubert Blake High (High)
Thomas Edison High School of Technology (Ungraded)
North Bethesda Middle (Middle)
Sligo Creek Elementary (Elementary)
Shady Grove Middle (Middle)
Silver Spring International Middle (Middle)
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary (Elementary)
Newport Mill Middle (Middle)
MCPS Transitions School (Ungraded)
Northwood High (High)
John L Gildner Regional Inst for Children & Adol (High)
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle (Middle)
Lakelands Park Middle (Middle)
A. Mario Loiederman Middle (Middle)
Robert Frost Middle School (Middle)
Lake Seneca Elementary (Elementary)
Tilden Middle (Middle)
Alternative Programs (Secondary)
North Chevy Chase Elementary (Elementary)
Flower Hill Elementary (Elementary)
Damascus High (High)
John T. Baker Middle School (Middle)
Eastern Middle (Middle)
Sligo Middle (Middle)
Rock Terrace School (High)
Clopper Mill Elementary (Elementary)
Waters Landing Elementary (Elementary)
Quince Orchard High (High)
Greencastle Elementary (Elementary)
Goshen Elementary (Elementary)
Strawberry Knoll Elementary (Elementary)
Stone Mill Elementary (Elementary)
Clearspring Elementary (Elementary)
Captain James E. Daly Elementary (Elementary)
Cloverly Elementary (Elementary)
Watkins Mill High (High)
Cabin John Middle (Middle)
Sargent Shriver Elementary (Elementary)
Clarksburg High (High)
Little Bennett Elementary (Elementary)
Great Seneca Creek Elementary (Elementary)
Roscoe R Nix Elementary (Elementary)
PEP - Itinerant (Prekindergarten)
Arcola Elementary (Elementary)
William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary (Elementary)
Wilson Wims Elementary School (Elementary)
Hallie Wells Middle (Middle)
Silver Creek Middle (Middle)
Bayard Rustin Elementary (Elementary)
Snowden Farm Elementary (Elementary)
Thomas W. Pyle Middle (Middle)
S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary (Elementary)
Jones Lane Elementary (Elementary)
Briggs Chaney Middle (Middle)
Brooke Grove Elementary (Elementary)
Burnt Mills Elementary (Elementary)
Francis Scott Key Middle (Middle)
Rachel Carson Elementary (Elementary)
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary (Elementary)
Sequoyah Elementary (Elementary)
Judith A. Resnik Elementary (Elementary)
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary (Elementary)
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary (Elementary)
Cabin Branch Elementary

Montgomery County Public Schools 2026-2027 School Calendar

All schools

2026-07-03 — Holiday (closed)
2026-08-17 to 2026-08-21 — Preservice Days (closed)
2026-08-24 — Student Transition Day / Non-Instructional Day (partial)
2026-08-25 — First Day of School (in session)
2026-09-07 — Labor Day (closed)
2026-09-18 — Early Release (partial)
2026-09-21 — Non-Instructional Day (closed)
2026-10-16 — Professional Development (closed)
2026-10-30 — Quarter 1 End (in session)
2026-11-02 — Grading and Planning (closed)
2026-11-03 — Election Day (closed)
2026-11-23 — Early Release (partial)
2026-11-24 — Early Release (partial)
2026-11-25 — Early Release (partial)
2026-11-26 to 2026-11-27 — Holidays (closed)
2026-12-23 — Early Release (partial)
2026-12-24 to 2026-12-25 — Holidays (closed)
2026-12-28 to 2026-12-29 — Non-Instructional Day (closed)
2026-12-30 to 2026-12-31 — Systemwide Closure (closed)
2027-01-01 — Holiday (closed)
2027-01-18 — Holiday (closed)
2027-01-22 — Quarter 2 End / Grading and Reporting (in session)
2027-01-25 — Grading and Reporting (closed)
2027-02-15 — Holiday (closed)
2027-02-26 — Early Release (partial)
2027-03-09 — Professional Development (closed)
2027-03-29 — Holiday (closed)
2027-03-26 to 2027-03-28 — Holidays (closed)
2027-03-30 to 2027-03-31 — Non-Instructional Days (closed)
2027-04-01 to 2027-04-02 — Systemwide Closures (closed)
2027-04-09 — Quarter 3 End (in session)
2027-04-12 — Grading and Planning (closed)
2027-04-22 — Non-Instructional Day AND Designated Make-Up Day (closed)
2027-05-17 — Non-Instructional Day AND Designated Make-Up Day (closed)
2027-05-31 — Holiday (closed)
2027-06-11 — Quarter 4 End / Last Day of School, Early Release (partial)
2027-06-14 — Grading and Planning (closed)
2027-06-14 to 2027-06-17 — Designated Make-Up Days (closed)
2027-06-17 — Grading and Planning (closed)
2027-06-18 — Systemwide Closure (closed)