For the 2025–2026 school year, the district serves 30,000 students across 30 schools in Dallas-Fort Worth Area, Texas. Classes begin August 13, 2025 and end May 22, 2026, with 180 instructional days planned. All dates listed below are sourced from the district's official publications. Verify with Northwest ISD before scheduling around them.
Visual Calendar
Official Calendar Images
Official calendar scans for Northwest ISD. Click any page to open the full-size image.
School Calendar
Interactive Calendar
Northwest ISD's 2025–2026 academic calendar — holidays, breaks, and key dates.
Month by Month Calendar
About the District
School Information
Details and contact information for Northwest ISD.
Who This Calendar Applies To
Schools Covered by This Calendar
The 2025–2026 Northwest ISD academic calendar applies district-wide to all 43 campuses — expand a category to see every school.
Early Childhood & Pre-K Centers4
- New Early Childhood Center 1 (EE–PK)
- New Early Childhood Center 2 (EE–PK)
- New Early Childhood Center 3 (EE–PK)
- New Early Childhood Center 4 (EE–PK)
Elementary Schools23
- Alan and Andra Perrin Elementary School (EE–05)
- Berkshire Elementary School (EE–05)
- Carl E Schluter Elementary School (EE–05)
- Clara Love Elementary School (EE–05)
- Haslet Elementary School (EE–05)
- J C Thompson Elementary School (EE–05)
- J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School (EE–05)
- Johnie R Daniel Elementary School (EE–05)
- Justin Elementary School (EE–05)
- Kay Granger Elementary School (EE–05)
- Lakeview Elementary School (EE–05)
- Lance Thompson Elementary School (EE–05)
- Lizzie Curtis Elementary School (EE–05)
- Molly Livengood Carter Elementary School (EE–05)
- O A Peterson (EE–05)
- Prairie View Elementary School (EE–05)
- Roanoke Elementary School (EE–05)
- Samuel Beck Elementary School (EE–05)
- Sendera Ranch Elementary School (EE–05)
- Seven Hills Elementary School (EE–05)
- Sonny & Allegra Nance Elementary School (EE–05)
- W R Hatfield Elementary School (EE–05)
- Wayne A Cox Elementary School (EE–05)
Middle & Junior High Schools8
- Chisholm Trail Middle School (06–08)
- Cw Worthington Middle School (06–08)
- Floyd Barksdale Middle School (06–08)
- Gene Pike Middle School (06–08)
- John M Tidwell Middle School (06–08)
- Leo Adams Middle School (06–08)
- Medlin Middle School (06–08)
- Truett Wilson Middle School (06–08)
High Schools6
- Byron Nelson High School (09–12)
- James M Steele Early College High School (09–12)
- Legacy Learning Center (09–12)
- New High School 4 (09–12)
- Northwest High School (09–12)
- V R Eaton High School (09–12)
Combined & Specialized Campuses1
- Denton Co JJAEP (06–12)
Alternative & Specialized Campuses1
- Tarrant County JJAEP (06–12)
Campus list from the Texas Education Agency school directory. Individual campuses set their own bell schedules, and schools on an alternative or extended-year calendar may adjust specific dates — confirm with the school before planning around a date.
Sources and Checks
Where these dates come from
How the 2025–2026 Northwest ISD calendar on this page was compiled and what to re-check before you rely on it.
- ✓District publication. Dates are taken from the calendar Northwest ISD published for 2025–2026, shown as images on this page.
- ✓Official website. Cross-checked against nisdtx.org.
- ✓Board-approved version is used where the district marks one.
- ✓First and last day match the published calendar.
- ✓Breaks and holidays are listed with their full date ranges.
- ✓Teacher / no-school days are included where the district lists them.
- ✓Changes happen. Districts amend calendars mid-year — confirm with Northwest ISD before booking around a date.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Northwest ISD Calendar 2025–2026 — important dates and answers.
The first day of school is Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
Spring break is a student and staff holiday from March 16 to March 20, 2026.
Christmas break is part of the winter holiday, which runs from December 19 to December 31, 2025.
Winter break for students and staff is from December 19, 2025, to January 2, 2026.
Thanksgiving break includes a student and staff holiday from November 26 to November 28, 2025. There are also student holidays with a teacher flex day on November 24 and 25, 2025.
The last day of school is Friday, May 22, 2026, which is an Early Release day.
Early Release days are on October 10, 2025, December 18, 2025, March 13, 2026, and May 22, 2026.
Yes, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a student and staff holiday on January 19, 2026.
Memorial Day is a holiday on Monday, May 25, 2026.
STAAR testing dates are December 2-12, 2025, April 7-30, 2026, and May 1, 2026.
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