Champaign-Urbana Area School Start Dates

School start dates for Champaign-Urbana area school districts

Mark your calendars for the first day of the 2023-24 school year!

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 summer.

This article contains a listing of public school district start dates for communities in the Champaign County area, including Champaign, Urbana, Mahomet, Monticello, Fisher, St. Joseph, Rantoul and more.

Thank you to Christie Clinic for presenting our 2023 Champaign-Urbana Area Back to School series

Christie Clinic wants you to give your kids a healthy start to the school year. Parents can currently make back-to-school appointments for their children through their patient portal or by using online scheduling at christieclinic.com.

This summer, the Christie Clinic Department of Pediatrics at Christie Clinic in Champaign on Windsor is offering Saturday physicals. Call your provider for availability and scheduling.

Find more information about school physicals here.

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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.

Champaign Unit 4

Monday, Aug. 14: First regular day of school for grades 1-6 and grade 9, kindergarten students have parent teacher conferences

Tuesday, Aug. 15: Regular day of attendance for grades 1-12. Half of kindergarten is attendance, with the other half attending Wednesday and all students attending Thursday.

Urbana School District 116

Wednesday, Aug. 16: First day for student attendance for grades 1-5 (elementary), grade 6 (middle school) and grade 9 (high school). Half of kindergarten in attendance.

Thursday, Aug. 17: All grades 1-12 in attendance; other half of kindergarten in attendance.

Friday, Aug. 18: First day for Urbana Early Childhood.

Champaign-Urbana Area School Start Dates

School start dates for Champaign-Urbana area school districts

Thank you to Christie Clinic for presenting our 2023 Champaign-Urbana Area Back to School series

Champaign Unit 4

Urbana School District 116

Fisher CUSD 1

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley

Gifford Grade School 188

Heritage CUSD 8

Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3

Monticello CUSD 25

Paxton-Buckley-Loda

Prairieview-Ogden District 197

Rantoul City Schools 137

Rantoul Township High School 193

St. Joseph CCSD 169

St. Joseph-Ogden High School

Tuscola 301

Unit 7 Schools (Tolono, Sidney, Sadorus, Philo, Pesotum)

University Laboratory High School (Urbana)

Villa Grove