Greenville County Schools has released the 2027-28 student calendar. Students will start the school year on Wednesday, August 11, 2027. The last day of school will be Wednesday, May 24, 2028.
As a reminder, GCS releases calendars two school years in advance so families and staff can plan ahead. The 2026-27 student calendar for the upcoming school year was released in December 2024.
- In accordance with state law, the calendar includes 180 scheduled instructional days and ten professional development/teacher workdays.
- The last day of school before Winter Break will be Friday, December 17, 2027, and the first day back will be Tuesday, January 4, 2028. Spring Break is March 20-24, 2028. The day before Winter Break (December 17, 2027) and the last two days of school (May 23/24, 2028) will be half-days for students.
- Other holidays include Labor Day (September 6, 2027), Thanksgiving Break (November 24-26, 2027), Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 17, 2028) and Presidents’ Day (February 21, 2028).
- In addition, students are out of school on October 18, 2027 and April 14, 2028 and three professional development/teacher workdays: October 19, 2027, January 3, 2028, and March 10, 2028.
- High school graduations are scheduled for May 22-25, 2028.
- In accordance with state law, the calendar includes three make-up days. The first is Friday, March 10, 2028. The second is making both half days at the end of the year (May 23/24) into full days. The third is Thursday, May 25, 2028.
The Superintendent finalizes the school calendar after receiving recommendations from the Calendar Committee, which comprises parents, teachers, principals, and district administrators. The Committee meets annually and has a process to gain input from parent groups and school faculties, and its recommendations reflect state requirements and factors such as the required number of instructional days and testing dates set by the State Department of Education and additional considerations such as maximizing academic and instructional time for students, operational functions such as entering grades at the end of each quarter, and assuring professional development days for teachers.