When is spring break for Florida schools? For some it's after the time change. Every county's dates
The end is in sight for the 2024-2025 school year, but before Florida students put away their books, there are a couple of holidays to look forward to.
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.
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Here's the spring break schedule for all 67 Florida counties, but first, here's what you should know about the upcoming time change.
We turned our clocks forward one hour — losing an hour of sleep — at 2 a.m. March 9.
After the change to daylight saving time Sunday, March 9, spring break will begin March 10 for these nine Florida counties:
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
Students in Sumter County will be the first in the state to enjoy spring break.
They'll be out of school from March 3-7, which means they'll return to the classroom after a week holiday, hours after the time change.
March 17-21 was the week chosen for spring break for the majority — 45 — of Florida's 67 counties.
Flagler, Monroe and Okaloosa counties actually will begin the spring holiday the Friday before, March 14.
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.
Daylight saving time for 2025 will begin at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 9, 2025, and we fall back again at 2 a.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.
This means it will be darker in the morning, so watch for school children heading to the bus stop or heading to school.
In 2025, there are 12 instead of the usual 11 federal holidays, although two fell on the same day.
Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area are entitled to a holiday on the day a president is inaugurated. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Jan. 20.
Here are 2025 federal holidays:
Jan. 1: New Year's Day
Jan. 20: Inauguration Day; Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 17: Washington's Birthday. Many state and local governments designation it as Presidents Day.
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 2025 Florida state holidays?
The Florida Department of Management Services lists the following days observed as paid holidays by state agencies:
Jan. 1, Wednesday: New Year's Day
Jan. 20, Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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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