2026-2027

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Updated 2026-07-23

Watauga County Schools Calendar 2026-2027

Complete holiday schedule and key dates for Watauga County Schools for the 2026-2027 academic year. Official district website

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District Overview

Total Schools 11

Students 4,504 (2024–2025)

County Watauga County

Grades Served PK–12

Key Dates — School Calendar

Event	Date(s)	Status
First Day of School	August 17, 2026 (Mon)	School Opens
Labor Day Holiday	September 7, 2026 (Mon)	No School
Veterans Day Holiday	November 11, 2026 (Wed)	No School
Thanksgiving Holidays	November 26, 2026 - November 27, 2026	No School
Christmas Holidays	December 23, 2026 - December 25, 2026	No School
New Year's Day	January 1, 2027 (Fri)	No School
Martin Luther King Jr. Day	January 18, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Spring Holiday	March 29, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Last Day of School	May 25, 2027 (Tue)	School Closes

No-School Periods

Period	Date(s)	Length
Thanksgiving Holidays Window	Nov 25–29, 2026Districtwide no-school: Nov 25–27, 2026 · Adjacent weekend: Nov 28–29, 2026	5 days
Christmas Holidays Window	Dec 19, 2026–Jan 3, 2027Districtwide no-school: Dec 21–25, 2026; Dec 28, 2026–Jan 1, 2027 · Adjacent weekend: Dec 19–20, 2026; Dec 26–27, 2026; Jan 2–3, 2027	16 days
Spring Holiday Window	Mar 27–Apr 4, 2027Districtwide no-school: Mar 29–Apr 2, 2027 · Adjacent weekend: Mar 27–28, 2027; Apr 3–4, 2027	9 days

Other Important Dates — School Calendar

Event	Date(s)
End of First Quarter	Oct 16, 2026
Parent Conferences	Oct 28, 2026
Parent Conferences	Oct 29, 2026
End of 2nd Nine Weeks / End of First Semester	Dec 18, 2026
End of Third Quarter	Mar 19, 2027
End of Fourth Quarter / End of Second Semester	May 25, 2027

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Watauga County Schools: Enrollment & Schools

North Carolina public education enrollment snapshot for 2024–2025, reported as of 2025 School Report Cards.

Schools by grades served

8Pre-K serving

9Elementary serving

9Middle grades serving

2High school serving

Counts use the reported grade spans in the 2024–2025 North Carolina School Report Card dataset. Grade-band counts may overlap when one school serves more than one band.

Schools in the state enrollment report

11 schools

School	Grades reported	Enrollment
Bethel Elementary	PK–8	120
Blowing Rock Elementary	PK–8	390
Cove Creek Elementary	PK–8	272
Green Valley Elementary	PK–8	281
Hardin Park Elementary	PK–8	834
Mabel Elementary	PK–8	132
Parkway Elementary	PK–8	597
Valle Crucis Elementary	PK–8	322
Watauga High	9–12	1,262
Watauga Innovation Academy	9–12	282
Watauga Virtual Academy	K–8	12

Sources: 2024–2025 public school enrollment source Official school directory State district ID 950 Last verified 2026-07-23

Compared With North Carolina Districts

This comparison uses the default instance shown in statewide summaries: School Calendar.

Earlier regional startAugust 17, 2026

Watauga County starts on this date; Transylvania County (August 24, 2026) and Rutherford County (August 11, 2026) use different first-day dates in the related calendar set.

Early-release dates6 items

Watauga County lists 6 early-release or half-day items that may affect pickup times even when school is in session.

Earlier last dayMay 25, 2027

Watauga County ends on this date; Transylvania County (June 4, 2027) and Yancey County (May 28, 2027) close on different dates in the related calendar set.

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