I'm in the uk. There are 192 teaching days plus 5 training days for staff. All schools start the week of the august bank holiday so on or around the 1st september. The school year end varies greatly depending on which half terms they choose to take and also if they close for additional religious holidays such as eid and divali. Some schools close as early as 15th July whilst others are open until around the 27th July. The school year is broken into 3 terms separated by a 2 week break at Christmas and easter. Each term has a one week half term holiday so the term isn't too long. So we have an additional week at october, february and end of may. My school are taking 2 weeks at October so we stay later in July.

In Minnesota it depends on district.. My son starts school on September 6th and ends June 8th.

It goes by school district. When I lived in Missouri we started mid August and got out mid May.

Here in Washington I believe they start closer to September and get out in June.

In California, where I am, the state is broken up into many school districts which may cover a very large city or several smaller cities. Generally, the schools in the school district start on the same day but this day can differ district to district.

My daughter's elementary school starts August 8th, but neighboring school districts have different start dates throughout August. Her cousins, in Washington State, don't start until early September. My daughter's last day of school is June 1st. So they get a 2 month summer break and the extra weeks are given for time off at Christmas, Thanksgiving, Presidents Day, and Spring Break.

School districts here can elect different schedules entirely. Most do traditional (with a 2-3 month summer break), some do Year Round (no summer break, but extra winter and spring break time off), and some do variations in between. When I lived in Yuma, Arizona, I went to an elementary school that had year round school, because summers there got up to 120+ degrees Fahrenheit (48+ degrees Celsius) so it made no sense to have a summer off when kids were safer staying indoors during summer and that could be done at school (not all families there have air conditioning), and they could have more time off during winter when it was more tolerable outside. Since there are so many different factors affecting each school district, they have the ability to set a schedule that makes sense for them and their area.

In NY it's after Labor Day & they get out late June.

In NC you can't start before August 25th now & school ends June 9,10,11. . So early June

180 days is pretty standard for the US

The length of the school year varies from state to state (the minimum # of days is set by a state law). Usually it's between 175-185 days. Where I am, we start mid-August and get out at the end of May.

Thanks for all the answers! It's interesting to see that while it's slightly different by state/province but not much for everybody. Except in Australia of course! :)

I'm in central Alberta sangria and we always start before labour day. We go back on the Thursday this year. I hate it, back for 2 school days and then the long weekend. I'm a teacher so I have to go back on the Monday, August 29. We usually have around 190 school days.

When I was in school it started early September to early june. College is late august or early September- early may or late may.

I'm in Alberta. The town I live in has public and private schools, where the start date differs slightly. It's usually the last week of August, always before labour day. This year, Sept 1 is the start date.

Here it's based on the school district

My DD starts on the 11th but a friend's kids start on the 17 in a different district

The kids have 180 days of school all around

Parents vote on a schedule a couple of years ahead of time and that's how they decide when to start and end school and what type of vacation schedule works for more families

School starts August 22, ends the first week of June.

Mon, Tue, thur, Friday 9:15 am to 3

Wed 9:30 to 3

School starts around August 20th and will get over around May 20th. With a 2 week break in December and 1 week break in march. School is about 180 days- they just switched it to hours... But its the equivalent to whatever 180 days was. School begins at 8:25 in the morning and is over at 3:15 for pre-k - 12th. And im from a very small town in Iowa

I'm in California and every school district is different. In my county alone we have 6 districts. All the kids in our district will start on August 18 and school will be out the first week of June.

Here each school can start late, whenever the District decides. We start August 17th while the rest of the schools around us starts August 11. We go for 172 days others go for 174 sometimes more.

I live in Germany and different states start at different times. The summer holiday is also staggered so schools start them at different times. My state went back this week. August 1st.

In Kansas public schools start August 24, 2016 and ends May 17, 2016. The school day has been extended for 30 minutes each day in order to save money (school year has been shortened).

Private schools begin August 17th.

No one else starts the Tuesday after Labor Day?! It was always like this when I was a kid and still is.

In CA is really depends on the district. My kids start August 10, my sister's kids start the 8th, a friends kids start sometime in the 20s, and another friends kids start the first week of September.

Many places in Texas start in late August and get out in late May or early June. We don't have a minimum number of days, it's now calculated in minutes of instruction to give districts more control. So many places added five minutes to the day to shave off days at the end of the year and get out a little sooner. It's left up to individual districts and school boards to decide.

I am in Mass. The city my niece's live in starts late August and the city we live in starts the Wednesday after labor day. So all places are usually back in the same 2 weeks but the end date varies. Everyone goes 180 days but depending on when they start and how many snow days.

I live in Australia. We start in early February n end in December. Public n private schools have different dates. We have 4 terms each year. Each term is 10 weeks with 2 weeks breaks in between. In the end of the year we have our summer holidays in december which is about 6 weekspp

Aug.29 - june 9th (graduation is the 10th).

We used to start the 1st week of Aug and get out the 3rd week of May. The state declined this early waiver.

NY as well. This year we start September 6th and end June 22nd.

It's always interesting to hear about how it is elsewhere! Thanks ladies!

I'm in Indiana & most of the schools in our county start within a week of each other. Not all schools call the same amount of snow days. & Some of the schools like the district we are in utilize e-learning on some of those snow days so they aren't required to make them up at year end. So ending times can vary. I think in general most schools in our state start within a 2 week window roughly.

I'm in New York. The first day is always in the beginning of September in my area, but different schools start on different dates. Not sure the exact number of days, but it always ends in mid June.