Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Indian Prairie, measured against Indian Prairie's own big snow morning of 3 inches.
Will Indian Prairie close tomorrow?
How Indian Prairie calls a snow day
When the call comes
Announced by 6 a.m. on the homepage and by phone call.
“If the district holds an e-learning day, cancels school completely, or designates a late arrival or early dismissal, the information will be announced by 6 AM on the District's Homepage .”Source
How families hear
By the district website and phone call.
“the information will be announced by 6 AM on the District's Homepage . The district will also make a 204 Connect phone call by 6 AM to alert parents and guardians of the information.”Inclement Weather
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“A delayed opening means schools will begin two hours later than normal.”Delay schedule
5 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency days”.
“06/01/27 - 06/07/27 Emergency Days (if needed)”Source
eLearning days
Indian Prairie has eLearning days in its winter plan.
“For the 2026-27 school year, District 204 will follow the 3-year e-Learning program that was approved by the board of education at their August 4, 2025 meeting, and goes through 2028.”Source
Making up a lost day
Emergency days after the May 28 tentative last day, June 1 to 7 if needed.
Make up dates: Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4, Jun 7.
“06/01/27 - 06/07/27 Emergency Days (if needed)”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 17, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
- Last day May 28, 2027
The board policy
“E-Learning days are district-wide days that permit student instruction to be received remotely while students are not physically present in lieu of the district's scheduled emergency days.”Board policy
Read from Indian Prairie’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is ipsd.org.
Indian Prairie’s snow record
- Biggest day 6 in on January 31, 2021
- Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 36.8 in
- 6 in mornings 0 a winter
- 1 in mornings 4.4 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.
How Illinois counts a lost day
Illinois requires a calendar of at least 185 days to guarantee 176 days of actual student attendance, each of at least 5 clock hours. The extra calendar days are emergency days used first; after they are gone, the State Superintendent may excuse days lost to an act of God or a hazard beyond the district's control without cutting state aid.
The Illinois rules in the agency’s own words, and every Illinois district
Districts near Indian Prairie
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naperville Community Unit District 203Naperville | 20.9 in | 0.8 | 5 |
| Aurora East Unit School District 131Aurora | 25.6 in | 0.8 | |
| Aurora West Unit School District 129Aurora | 25.6 in | 0.8 | |
| Oswego Community Unit School District 308Oswego | 23.8 in | 0.4 | 5 |
| Batavia Unit School District 101Batavia | 30.7 in | 0.5 | |
| West Chicago School District 33West Chicago | 32.3 in | 0.9 |
34 schools
Every school in Indian Prairie follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville
- Metea Valley High School
- Waubonsie Valley High School
- Gail McKinzie High School, Naperville
- Steps, Naperville
Middle
- Francis Granger Middle School
- Scullen Middle School, Naperville
- Fischer Middle School
- Clifford Crone Middle School, Naperville
- Gordon Gregory Middle School, Naperville
- Thayer J Hill Middle School, Naperville
- Still Middle School
Elementary
- Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary
- Reba O Steck Elementary School
- May Watts Elementary School, Naperville
- Nancy Young Elementary School
- Arlene Welch Elementary School, Naperville
- Owen Elementary School, Naperville
- White Eagle Elementary, Naperville
- Fry Elementary School, Naperville
- Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School, Naperville
- Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary, Naperville
- Danielle-Joy Peterson Elem Sch, Naperville
- Spring Brook Elementary School, Naperville
- McCarty Elementary School
- Patterson Elementary School, Naperville
- Brookdale Elementary School, Naperville
- Georgetown Elementary School
- Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch
- Longwood Elem School, Naperville
- Robert Clow Elem Sch, Naperville
- Wayne Builta Elementary School, Bolingbrook
- V Blanche Graham Elementary, Naperville
Other schools
- Prairie Children Preschool
Indian Prairie snow day questions
More for Illinois snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.