Indiana school holidays
Term dates for Indiana's largest school districts. Most Indiana districts take a fall break in October.
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Indianapolis Public Schools
Indianapolis
Next break
Fall Break
Starts Oct 12, 2026
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2026-27 · 62 days until next break
Fort Wayne Community Schools
Fort Wayne
Next break
Fall Break
Starts Oct 16, 2026
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2026-27 · 65 days until next break
Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Fishers (Indianapolis)
Next break
Fall Break
Starts Oct 19, 2026
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How the Indiana school calendar works
Indiana runs an early, balanced-leaning calendar. Hamilton Southeastern Schools in Fishers goes back on August 5, 2026, Indianapolis Public Schools on August 10 and Fort Wayne Community Schools on August 12. In exchange, Hamilton Southeastern finishes on May 21, 2027, Fort Wayne on May 25 and Indianapolis on May 27, so Indiana families are out of school before Memorial Day while much of the Northeast still has a month to run.
The state requires 180 days and leaves the shape to districts. Within Indianapolis Public Schools, the Innovation Network Schools publish their own calendars, which can differ from the district dates shown here, so an IPS family with children at two schools should check both.
When the breaks fall in 2026-27
Fall break is a proper holiday in Indiana and it lands in three different weeks. Indianapolis Public Schools takes October 12 to 16, 2026. Fort Wayne takes October 16 to 19, a long weekend rather than a week. Hamilton Southeastern takes October 19 to 23.
Thanksgiving is uniform: November 25 to 27, 2026 in all three districts, three days rather than the full week common further south.
Winter break differs at the start. Indianapolis begins earliest on December 18, 2026, and Fort Wayne and Hamilton Southeastern on December 21. All three run to January 1, 2027, with Fort Wayne students returning on January 5.
Spring break is the widest spread on this page. Indianapolis takes March 15 to 19, 2027. Fort Wayne takes March 26 to April 2, including Good Friday. Hamilton Southeastern waits until April 2 to 9. Three weeks separate the earliest and the latest, and two of those districts are in the same metro area.
What it means for planning
The Indianapolis metro spring break split is genuinely useful. Indianapolis Public Schools is off in mid-March and Hamilton Southeastern in early April, so the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the zoo and the Indiana Dunes each get two moderate waves rather than one crush. If you have flexibility, the last week of March is the quiet gap between them.
The May finish is the other advantage. Indiana families can take a beach or theme park trip in the last week of May, ahead of the national summer peak, at rates that have not yet climbed.
October is where the three-week fall break stagger helps most. Brown County State Park at peak color is busy for three consecutive weekends rather than one, which spreads the load noticeably.
This page covers Indianapolis Public Schools, Fort Wayne Community Schools and Hamilton Southeastern Schools.