School start dates for Champaign-Urbana area school districts
Mark your calendars for the first day back to school at the school near you!
Why is it important for the public to know school start dates? For one thing, the start of school also means the time when drivers need to be extra careful on the roads, with many more children out and about walking and biking to school. And it’s also when yellow buses return to our streets, which may disrupt some traffic patterns that we’ve come to forget about during the last few months.
This article contains a listing of public school district start dates for communities in and around Champaign County, including Champaign, Urbana, Mahomet, Monticello, Fisher, St. Joseph, Rantoul and more.
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Check out our entire Back to School Series, presented by Christie Clinic:
- Celebrating the First Day of School in Champaign-Urbana
- Back to School: 9 Tips to Prepare for the School Routine
- Champaign-Urbana Area School Start Dates
- Champaign-Urbana Area School Registration Information for 2022-23
- Money-Saving Tips for Back-to-School Shopping
- Back to School: Dental, Vision Exams Required for Illinois Students
- Back to School: Immunizations Required for Illinois Students
- School Physicals: What’s Required for Illinois Students in 2022
School Start Dates have been collected using information provided by school districts’ websites. Please contact the schools directly with questions.
Champaign and Urbana appear first; all other districts appear below them in alphabetical order.
The school start date listed is the first day of attendance for the vast majority of students in that district; kindergarten students often start on a different day and there may be other exceptions, too.
Champaign Unit 4 Schools
Regular calendar – Thursday, Aug. 18
Balanced calendar – Thursday, July 21
Urbana School District 116
Thursday, Aug. 18: First Day for Student Attendance for grades 1-5 (elementary), grade 6 (middle school) and grade 9 (high school). Half of kindergarten in attendance.
Friday, Aug. 19: All grades 1-12 in attendance. First Day for Student Attendance for grades 7-8 and 10-12; other half of kindergarten in attendance; first day for Urbana Early Childhood.
Fisher CUSD 1
Tuesday, Aug. 16: 2:05 p.m. dismissal, all schools
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley
Wednesday, Aug. 17: early dismissal at 2:20 p.m., all schools
Gifford Grade School 188
Tuesday, Aug. 16: early dismissal at 11:45 a.m.
Heritage CUSD 8
Wednesday, Aug. 17: early dismissal at 1:15 p.m. (all students grades 1-12)
Friday, Aug. 19: First full day of student attendance for kindergarten students
Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day of attendance for all students
Monticello CUSD 25
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day of attendance for all students.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day of attendance for all students.
Prairieview-Ogden District 197
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day of attendance for all students.
Rantoul City Schools 137
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day for all students grades K-8
Rantoul Township High School 193
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day of attendance for all students
St. Joseph CCSD 169
Thursday, Aug. 18: first day of attendance, half day
St. Joseph-Ogden High School
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day of attendance, half day
Tuscola 301
Tuesday, Aug 16: early dismissal at 2 p.m.
Unit 7 Schools (Tolono, Sidney, Sadorus, Philo, Pesotum)
Wednesday, Aug. 17: first day of attendance
University Laboratory High School “Uni” (Urbana)
Tuesday, Aug 17: first day of attendance
Villa Grove
Tuesday, Aug. 16: early dismissal at 1:30 p.m.