Here's when students in Memphis, Shelby County, DeSoto County go back to school
As the hottest parts of summer begin in the month of July, so does back-to-school shopping and soaking in the last bits of summer break.
DeSoto County Schools will head back the earliest in the region on July 31. Most municipal schools will head back to the classroom on the same day, with Memphis-Shelby County Schools heading back the earliest in Shelby County.

Khloe Cooper, a 14-year-old freshmen at White Station High School, looks up at the ceiling of recycled materials during a Mississippi River Institute workshop on Living Lands & Waters’ classroom barge in the Wolf River on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. The workshop aims to teach students about job opportunities available through the Mississippi River.
Here is when public schools in the Memphis area return from summer break.
DeSoto County Schools
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Germantown Municipal School District
Millington Municipal Schools
Lakeland School System
Arlington Community Schools
Bartlett City Schools
Collierville Schools
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Here's when students in Memphis, Shelby County, DeSoto County go back to school