The first day of classes is just around the corner for Fort Worth-area school districts.<\/p>\n
Students across Fort Worth will begin heading to school as early as Aug. 10 and as late as Aug. 17.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s when traditional public schools and charter schools in the city are scheduled to begin:<\/p>\n
Aug. 10: Fort Worth ISD, Texas Center for Arts and Academics<\/p>\n
Aug. 11: Crowley ISD, Lake Worth ISD, Everman ISD, Uplift Education, Great Hearts North Texas, Trinity Basin Preparatory, Basis Benbrook<\/p>\n
Aug. 12: Keller ISD, Northwest ISD, Aledo ISD, Burleson ISD, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, Harmony Public Schools, Ignite Community School<\/p>\n
Aug. 13: Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD, Castleberry ISD, White Settlement ISD, International Leadership of Texas<\/p>\n
Aug. 17: IDEA Public Schools<\/p>\n
Jacob Sanchez is education editor for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at jacob.sanchez@fortworthreport.org<\/a> or @_jacob_sanchez<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Disclosure: FWISD manager Pete Geren leads the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, a financial supporter of the Fort Worth Report. FWISD manager Laurie George is a member of the Report\u2019s reader advisory council. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This <a target=”_blank” href=”https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/2026\/07\/20\/when-does-school-start-in-fort-worth-area-districts-here-are-the-dates-students-return\/”>article<\/a> first appeared on <a target=”_blank” href=”https:\/\/fortworthreport.org”>Fort Worth Report<\/a> and is republished here under a <a target=”_blank” href=”https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/”>Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<img src=”https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-favicon.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1″ style=”width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;”><\/p>\n <img id=”republication-tracker-tool-source” src=”https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/?republication-pixel=true&post=682528&ga4=2820184429″ style=”width:1px;height:1px;”><script> PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: “https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/2026\/07\/20\/when-does-school-start-in-fort-worth-area-districts-here-are-the-dates-students-return\/”, urlref: window.location.href }); } } <\/script> <script id=”parsely-cfg” src=”\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/fortworthreport.org\/p.js”><\/script>