When is spring break for Florida schools? When is Lake County on spring break?
The big one is spring break, but schedules vary around the state, with most taking the week-long holiday in March. Others have to wait until April.
Students in nine counties are the "lucky" ones.
Spring break for them comes today, the day after the switch to daylight saving time, giving them a week to adjust to the time change.
These nine Florida counties began spring break today, including Lake County:
Collier: March 10-14
DeSoto: March 10-14
Gadsden: March 10-14
Hardee: March 10-14
Highlands: March 10-14
Jefferson: March 10-14
Lake: March 10-14
Leon: March 10-14
Madison: tentative spring break March 10-14
March 17-21 was the week chosen for spring break for the majority — 45 — of Florida's 67 counties.
Alachua: March 17-21
Baker: March 17-21
Bay: March 17-21
Bradford: March 17-21
Brevard: March 17-21
Calhoun: March 17-21
Charlotte: March 17-21
Clay: March 17-24
Columbia: March 17-21
Duval: March 17-21
Escambia: March 17-21
Flagler: March 14-21
Franklin: March 17-21
Glades: March 17-21
Gulf: March 17-21
Hendry: March 17-21
Hernando: March 17-21
Hillsborough: March 17-21
Holmes: March 17-21
Indian River: March 17-21
Jackson: March 17-21
Lee: March 17-21
Liberty: March 17-21
Manatee: March 17-21
Marion: March 17-21
Martin: March 17-21
Monroe: March 14-21
Nassau: March 17-24
Okaloosa: March 14-24
Okeechobee: March 17-24
Orange: March 17-21
Osceola: March 17-24
Pasco: March 17-21
Pinellas: March 17-21
Polk: March 17-21
Putnam: March 17-21
Santa Rosa: March 17-21
Sarasota: March 17-21
Seminole: March 17-21
St. Johns: March 17-21
St. Lucie: March 17-24
Volusia: March 17-21
Wakulla: March 17-21
Walton: March 17-21
Washington: March 17-21
Broward: March 24-28
Citrus: March 24-28
Miami-Dade: March 24-28
Palm Beach: March 24-28
Union: March 24-28
Most of the counties scheduling spring break for April, including Good Friday — on April 18 — during the week students will have off.
Dixie: April 14-18
Gilchrist: April 14-18
Hamilton: April 14-21
Lafayette: April 14-18
Levy: April 14-18
Suwannee: April 14-18
Taylor: April 7-11
Alachua: March 17-21
Baker: March 17-21
Bay: March 17-21
Bradford: March 17-21
Brevard: March 17-21
Broward: March 24-28
Calhoun: March 17-21
Charlotte: March 17-21
Citrus: March 24-28
Clay: March 17-24
Collier: March 10-14
Columbia: March 17-21
DeSoto: March 10-14
Dixie: April 14-18
Duval: March 17-21
Escambia: March 17-21
Flagler: March 14-21
Franklin: March 17-21
Gadsden: March 10-14
Gilchrist: April 14-18
Glades: March 17-21
Gulf: March 17-21
Hamilton: April 14-21
Hardee: March 10-14
Hendry: March 17-21
Hernando: March 17-21
Highlands: March 10-14
Hillsborough: March 17-21
Holmes: March 17-21
Indian River: March 17-21
Jackson: March 17-21
Jefferson: March 10-14
Lafayette: April 14-18
Lake: March 10-14
Lee: March 17-21
Leon: March 10-14
Levy: April 14-18
Liberty: March 17-21
Madison: tentative spring break March 10-14
Manatee: March 17-21
Marion: March 17-21
Martin: March 17-21
Miami-Dade: March 24-28
Monroe: March 14-21
Nassau: March 17-24
Okaloosa: March 14-24
Okeechobee: March 17-24
Orange: March 17-21
Osceola: March 17-24
Palm Beach: March 24-28
Pasco: March 17-21
Pinellas: March 17-21
Polk: March 17-21
Putnam: March 17-21
Santa Rosa: March 17-21
Sarasota: March 17-21
Seminole: March 17-21
St. Johns: March 17-21
St. Lucie: March 17-24
Sumter: March 3-7
Suwannee: April 14-18
Taylor: April 7-11
Union: March 24-28
Volusia: March 17-21
Wakulla: March 17-21
Walton: March 17-21
Washington: March 17-21
Yes. Some counties have scheduled a holiday for Good Friday on April 18.
The next holiday is Memorial Day. For students in some counties, the school year ends before the holiday on May 26. For those still going, they will have the day off school on the Monday.
Here are the remaining 2025 federal holidays:
May 26: Memorial Day
June 19: Juneteenth
July 4: Independence Day
Sept. 1: Labor Day
Oct. 13: Columbus Day
Nov. 11: Veterans Day
Nov. 27: Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 25: Christmas Day
When are the remaining 2025 Florida state holidays?
The Florida Department of Management Services lists the following days observed as paid holidays by state agencies:
May 26, Monday: Memorial Day
July 4, Friday: Independence Day
Sept. 1, Monday: Labor Day
Nov. 11, Tuesday: Veterans Day
Nov. 27, Thursday: Thanksgiving
Nov. 28: Friday after Thanksgiving
Dec. 25, Thursday: Christmas Day
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: School today in Florida? See list of schools on spring break 2025
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