2026-2027

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Updated 2026-07-27

Hanover County Public Schools Calendar 2026-2027

Complete holiday schedule and key dates for Hanover County Public Schools for the 2026-2027 academic year.

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District Overview

Total Schools 22

Students 16,770 (2024–2025)

County Hanover County

Grades Served PK–12

Key Dates — Traditional Calendar

Event	Date(s)	Status
First Day of School	August 24, 2026 (Mon)	School Opens
Labor Day	September 7, 2026 (Mon)	No School
Election Day	November 3, 2026 (Tue)	No School
Thanksgiving Holiday	November 25, 2026 - November 27, 2026	No School
Winter Break	December 21, 2026 - January 1, 2027	No School
Martin Luther King Jr. Day	January 18, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Presidents' Day	February 15, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Spring Break	March 29, 2027 - April 2, 2027	No School
Memorial Day	May 31, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Last Day of School (Early Release K-12)	June 4, 2027 (Fri)	School Closes

No-School Periods

Continuous periods when students in this calendar are not in class, including weekends and adjacent districtwide no-school dates.

Period	Date(s)	Length
Labor Day Window	Sep 4–7, 2026	4 days
Election Day Window	Oct 31–Nov 3, 2026	4 days
Thanksgiving Holiday Window	Nov 21–29, 2026	9 days
Winter Break Window	Dec 19, 2026–Jan 3, 2027	16 days
Spring Break Window	Mar 27–Apr 4, 2027	9 days

Other Important Dates — Traditional Calendar

Event	Date(s)
Interim Report Day	Sep 25, 2026
End of First Nine Weeks	Oct 23, 2026
Parent-Teacher Conferences	Nov 2, 2026
Report Card Distribution (K-12)	Nov 4, 2026
Interim Report Day	Dec 4, 2026
End of First Semester	Jan 22, 2027
Second Semester Begins	Jan 25, 2027
Report Card Distribution (K-12)	Feb 3, 2027
Interim Report Day	Feb 26, 2027
End of Third Nine Weeks	Mar 26, 2027
Report Card Distribution (K-12)	Apr 14, 2027
Interim Report Day	Apr 30, 2027
Graduation	Jun 5, 2027

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Hanover County Public Schools: Enrollment & Schools

Virginia public education enrollment snapshot for 2024–2025, reported as of September 30, 2024 Fall Membership.

Schools by grades served

14Pre-K serving

14Elementary serving

4Middle grades serving

4High school serving

Counts use the school categories and grade spans reported in the 2024–2025 Virginia School Quality Profiles. Grade-band counts may overlap when one school serves more than one band.

Sources: 2024–2025 public school enrollment source Official school directory State district ID 042 Last verified 2026-07-28

Compared With Virginia Districts

This comparison uses the default instance shown in statewide summaries: Traditional Calendar.

Virginia Spring Break splitMarch 29, 2027 - April 2, 2027

Hanover County uses this Spring Break week, while Hampton City (April 5, 2027 - April 9, 2027) uses different windows in the related calendar set.

Later regional startAugust 24, 2026

Hanover County starts on this date; Harrisonburg City (August 19, 2026) and Halifax County (August 12, 2026) use different first-day dates in the related calendar set.

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