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Download United Independent School District's 2025–2026 academic calendar PDF — holidays, breaks, and key dates.
For the 2025–2026 school year, the district serves 42,000 students across 45 schools in South Texas, Texas. The school year starts August 13, 2025, with 180 instructional days planned. All dates listed below are sourced from the district's official publications. Verify with United Independent School District before scheduling around them.
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Common Questions
United Independent School District Calendar 2025–2026 — important dates and answers.
The first day of class is August 13, 2025[cite: 10].
Christmas break begins after the early release on December 19, 2025, with a staff/student holiday on December 22, 2025, through January 6, 2026[cite: 11, 46, 51]. [cite_start]Classes resume on January 7, 2026[cite: 30, 51].
Spring Break is from March 16 to March 20, 2026[cite: 55]. [cite_start]Students return on March 23, 2026[cite: 55].
Thanksgiving break is from November 24 to November 28, 2025, and classes resume on December 1, 2025[cite: 11, 44, 46].
The last day of class is an early release day on May 28, 2026[cite: 13, 30, 35, 56].
High school graduations are scheduled for the following dates: [cite_start]John B. Alexander High: Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. [cite: 21] [cite_start]United South High: Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 2:00 P.M. [cite: 22] [cite_start]United High: Friday, May 29, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. [cite: 23] L.B. [cite_start]Johnson High: Friday, May 29, 2026, at 2:00 P.M. [cite: 24] [cite_start]All high school graduations will be held at the Sames Arena[cite: 20].
STAAR/EOC exams for high school students are scheduled for the following dates in December 2025: U.S. [cite_start]History and Biology on December 3 [cite: 8] [cite_start]Algebra I on December 4 [cite: 8] [cite_start]English I & II on December 9 [cite: 8] [cite_start]English II on December 10 [cite: 8] The spring STAAR/EOC exams are scheduled in April 2026: [cite_start]English I and II on April 14 [cite: 8] [cite_start]Biology and U.S. History on April 22 [cite: 8] [cite_start]Algebra I on April 29 [cite: 8]
STAAR testing for elementary and middle school students is scheduled on the following dates: [cite_start]April 14: 5th grade Reading and 6th-8th grade ELAR [cite: 28] [cite_start]April 15: 3rd & 4th grade Reading and 8th grade Science [cite: 28] [cite_start]April 21: 5th grade Science [cite: 31] [cite_start]April 22: 5th grade Math and 8th grade Social Studies [cite: 32, 33] [cite_start]April 23: 3rd & 4th grade Math [cite: 33] [cite_start]April 28: 6th & 7th grade Math [cite: 33] [cite_start]April 29: 8th grade Math and Algebra I [cite: 33]
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