ATLANTA — The new school year is just around the corner, in some cases only a couple weeks away.
Below, find a list of when metro Atlanta and north Georgia students return to the classroom. For a district-by-district alphabetical list, scroll further down:
Metro Atlanta & north Georgia first days of school
- July 29: Chattooga County Schools, Commerce City Schools, Jackson County Schools, Jefferson City Schools, Rome City Schools
- August 1: Atlanta Public Schools, Cherokee County Schools, Cobb County Schools, Fannin County Schools, Greene County Schools, Lumpkin County Schools, Madison County Schools, Morgan County Schools, Newton County Schools, Paulding County Schools, Pickens County Schools, Rockdale County Schools
- August 2: Barrow County Schools, City Schools of Decatur, Haralson County Schools, Polk County Schools, Thomaston-Upson County Schools, Walton County Schools
- August 3: Banks County Schools, Bartow County Schools, Bremen City Schools, Buford City Schools, Butts County Schools, Clarke County Schools, Clayton County Schools, Douglas County Schools, Griffin-Spalding County Schools, Gwinnett County Schools (grades K, 1, 6, 9 and small group), Heard County Schools, Henry County Schools, Marietta City Schools, Oconee County Schools, Putnam County Schools
- August 4: Coweta County Schools, Fayette County Schools, Forsyth County Schools, Gilmer County Schools, Gordon County Schools, Gwinnett County Schools (grades 2-5, 7-8, 10-12), Towns County Schools
- August 5: Calhoun City Schools, Dawson County Schools, Habersham County Schools, Hall County Schools, Rabun County Schools, Troup County Schools, White County Schools
- August 8: DeKalb County Schools, Fulton County Schools, Oglethorpe County Schools (last names A-L)
- August 9: Gainesville City Schools, Oglethorpe County Schools (last names M-Z), Pike County Schools
- August 10: Floyd County Schools
- August 11: Jasper County Schools, Meriwether County Schools
- August 12: Union County Schools
- August 15: Carrollton City Schools
First day of school for metro Atlanta & north Georgia districts
- Atlanta Public Schools: August 1
- Banks County Schools: August 3
- Barrow County Schools: August 2
- Bartow County Schools: August 3
- Bremen City Schools: August 3
- Buford City Schools: August 3
- Butts County Schools: August 3
- Calhoun City Schools: August 5
- Carroll County Schools: August 5
- Carrollton City Schools: August 15
- Chattooga County Schools: July 29
- Cherokee County Schools: August 1
- Clarke County Schools: August 3
- Clayton County Schools: August 3
- Cobb County Schools: August 1
- Commerce City Schools: July 29
- Coweta County Schools: August 4
- Dawson County Schools: August 5
- City Schools of Decatur: August 2
- DeKalb County Schools: August 8
- Douglas County Schools: August 3
- Fannin County Schools: August 1
- Fayette County Schools: August 4
- Floyd County Schools: August 10
- Forysth County Schools: August 4
- Fulton County Schools: August 8
- Gainesville City Schools: August 9
- Gilmer County Schools: August 4
- Gordon County Schools: August 4
- Greene County Schools: August 1
- Griffin-Spalding County Schools: August 3
- Gwinnett County Schools: August 3 (grades K, 1, 6, 9, small group); August 4 (grades 2-5, 7-8, 10-12)
- Habersham County Schools: August 5
- Hall County Schools: August 5
- Haralson County Schools: August 2
- Heard County Schools: August 3
- Henry County Schools: August 3
- Jackson County Schools: July 29
- Jasper County Schools: August 11
- Jefferson City Schools: July 29
- Lumpkin County Schools: August 1
- Madison County Schools: August 1
- Marietta City Schools: August 3
- Meriwether County Schools: August 11
- Morgan County Schools: August 1
- Newton County Schools: August 1
- Oconee County Schools: August 3
- Oglethorpe County Schools: August 8 (names A-L), August 9 (names M-Z)
- Paulding County Schools: August 1
- Pickens County Schools: August 1
- Pike County Schools: August 9
- Polk County Schools: August 2
- Putnam County Schools: August 3
- Rabun County Schools: August 5
- Rockdale County Schools: August 1
- Rome City Schools: July 29
- Thomaston-Upson County Schools: August 2
- Towns County Schools: August 4
- Troup County Schools: August 5
- Union County Schools: August 12
- Walton County Schools: August 2
- White County Schools: August 5