With May quickly passing by, many parents and children may be asking: When is the last day of school? It all depends on where you live. Some students will get out of school as early as May 22. Others will have to wait until June 5. Most, though, will leave the classroom sometime in the week following Memorial Day. For counties where school is still in session, all students will be off for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 26. Meanwhile, a state law that required
later start times for middle and high school students beginning in the 2026-2027 school year may not happen.
Last day of school in 16 Florida counties arrives May 22-May 23
Most Florida counties end 2024-2025 school year in week following Memorial Day
Students in 44 of Florida's 67 counties will see the last day of school arrive during the week following Memorial Day on May 26. Students in all districts will not be in school for the holiday.
Students in 7 Florida counties remain in school until June
Students in seven counties will remain in school until June, with the latest end times being June 5 for students in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Students will have off on May 26 for Memorial Day.
When is the last day of school in Florida? See the full list by county
When will middle and high schools start later in Florida?
In 2023, a law was passed in Florida that said
high schools could not start earlier than 8:30 a.m . and
middle schools could not start earlier than 8 a.m. The law is supposed to take effect in the 2026-2027 school year. That new law is now coming under fire and may not happen. "Overwhelming" feedback from school districts revealed that implementing the change could cost the districts big to buy new buses and hire more, already-hard-to-find bus drivers. SB 296 passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate.
Read SB 296 in its entirety
How many federal holidays are there in 2025?
in 2025, there are
12 instead of the usual 11 federal holidays, although two — Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day — fell on the same day.
Florida state holidays for 2025