With summer break winding down, classrooms across the region are preparing to welcome students back. With the new school year fast approaching, The Sacramento Bee compiled the first day for elementary, middle and high schools in the Sacramento area.
When is the first day?
Here’s when students are set to go back to school, according to district academic calendars and websites:
Center Joint Unified School District — Thursday, Aug. 6Davis Joint Unified School District — Tuesday, Aug. 25El Dorado Union High School District — Monday, Aug. 10Elk Grove Unified School District — Thursday, Aug. 13Folsom Cordova Unified School District — Thursday, Aug. 6Galt Joint Union Elementary School District — Thursday, Aug. 13Galt Joint Union High School District — Thursday, Aug. 6Lake Tahoe Unified School District — Monday, Aug. 24Natomas Unified School District — Thursday, Aug. 13Placer Union High School District — Friday, Aug. 7Rocklin Unified School District — Wednesday, Aug. 12Roseville City School District — Thursday, Aug. 6Roseville Joint Union High School District — Thursday, Aug. 6Sacramento City Unified School District — Tuesday, Aug. 11San Juan Unified School District — Thursday, Aug. 13Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District — Wednesday, Aug. 26Twin Rivers Unified School District — Tuesday, Aug. 18Washington Unified School District — Wednesday, Aug. 5 (except Washington Middle College High School — Friday, Aug. 14)Western Placer Unified School District — Thursday, Aug. 20Winters Joint Unified School District — Wednesday, Aug. 12Woodland Joint Unified School District — Wednesday, Aug. 12 
Students follow fourth-grade teacher Dominique Antennuci Neil, right, toward their classroom on the first day of school at Williamson Elementary School in Rancho Cordova in 2024. BAILEY STOVER Sacramento Bee file
This story was originally published August 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM.
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