It may only be July, but to some students and parents, it feels like school is right around the corner.
From Milwaukee to the metro area, here’s what to know about the return to the classroom this fall.
When does the 2025-26 school year begin for MPS?
All Milwaukee Public School students return to class on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Some MPS staff will arrive as early as Organization Day on Aug. 25 or Professional Development Days, Aug. 26-28, with a break Aug. 29−Sept. 1 for Labor Day.
This year’s singular schedule follows last year’s shift from two calendars to a districtwide calendar that includes high schools, International Baccalaureate and year-round schools. The School Board voted in December 2023 to adopt the single calendar after receiving feedback from families, staff and students that supported the change.
When do suburban schools in the Milwaukee metro area start?
Arrowhead Union High School District
All students: Sept. 2
School District of Brown Deer
All students: Sept. 2
Cedarburg School District
All students: Sept. 2
School District of Cudahy
All students: Sept. 2
School District of Elmbrook
All students: Sept. 2
Fox Point-Bayside School District
All students: Sept. 2
Franklin Public Schools
4K through sixth grades: Sept. 2
Ninth grade: Sept. 2
Seventh and eighth grades: Sept. 3
10th through 12th grades: Sept. 3
Germantown School District
5K through 12th grades: Sept. 2
4K: Sept. 5
Glendale-River Hills School District
Early Childhood through 5K: Sept. 2
Fourth through sixth grades: Sept. 2
First through third grades: Sept. 3
Seventh and eighth grades: Sept. 3
Grafton School District
Sixth and ninth grades: Sept. 2 at 7:30 a.m.
10th through 12th grades: Sept. 2 at 11:30 a.m.
Fifth, seventh and eighth grades: Sept. 3 at 7:30 a.m.
Early childhood through fourth grades: Sept. 3 at 8:25 a.m.
School District of Greenfield
4K: Staggered start: Half of the students attend Sept. 2 and half attend Sept. 3. The first combined day for all 4K students is Sept. 4. Parents can contact the district office at 414-855-2050 for more information about their child’s start date.
5K through 12th grades: Sept. 2
Hamilton School District
Seventh through 12th grades: Sept. 2
5K through sixth grades: Sept. 4
4K: Sept. 8
Hartland Lakeside School District
All students: Sept. 2
Kettle Moraine School District
5K: Aug. 28 (half day)
Sixth and ninth grades: Aug. 28 (half day)
Sixth through 12th-grade students new to Kettle Moraine School District: Aug. 28 (half day)
All other students: Sept. 2 (first full day)
Lake Country School District
All students: Sept. 2
Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District
All students: Sept. 2
School District of Menomonee Falls
Sixth through 12th grades: Sept. 2
5K through fifth grades: Sept. 3
4K: Sept. 4
Merton Community School District
All students: Sept. 2
Mequon-Thiensville School District
5K through 12th grades: Sept. 2
4K: Sept. 4
Milwaukee Public Schools
All students: Sept. 2
Mukwonago Area School District
4K through seventh grades: Sept. 2
Ninth grade: Sept. 2
Eighth grade: Sept. 3
10th through 12th grades: Sept. 3
Muskego-Norway Schools
All students: Sept. 2
School District of New Berlin
All students: Sept. 2
Nicolet High School District
All students: Sept. 2
Norris School District
All students: Sept. 2
North Lake School District
All students: Sept. 2
Oak Creek – Franklin Joint School District
All students: Sept. 2
Oconomowoc Area School District
5K through ninth grades: Sept. 2
4K: Sept. 3
10th through 12th grades: Sept. 3
Pewaukee School District
Sixth through 12th grades: Sept. 2
5K through fifth grades: Sept. 4
4K: Sept. 5
Port Washington-Saukville School District
Fifth grade: Sept. 2 (PM only)
Ninth grade: Sept. 2 (PM only)
10th through 12th grades: Sept. 2 (PM only)
All other students: Sept. 2 (full day)
Richmond School District
All students: Sept. 2
Shorewood School District
All students: Sept. 2
School District of South Milwaukee
All students: Sept. 2
St. Francis Public School District
All students: Sept. 2
Stone Bank School District
All students: Sept. 2
Swallow School District
All students: Sept. 2
School District of Waukesha
All students: Sept. 2
Wauwatosa School District
Senior Kindergarten through sixth grades: Sept. 2 (full day)
Ninth grade: Sept. 2 (full day)
Seventh and eighth grades: Sept. 2 (PM only)
10th through 12th grades: Sept. 2 (PM only)
Junior kindergarten: Sept. 8
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
All students: Sept. 2
Whitefish Bay School District
4K through eighth grades: Sept. 2
Ninth grade: Sept. 2 (full day)
10th through 12th grades: Sept. 2 at noon
Whitnall School District
All students: Sept. 2
Contact Mia Thurow at mia.thurow@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: When does the 2025-26 school year start for Milwaukee Public Schools, suburban districts?
Reporting by Mia Thurow, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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