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Elgin, Illinois, 34,553 students in 56 schools

School District U-46 Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in School District U-46, measured against School District U-46's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will School District U-46 close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Elgin.
The School District U-46 playbook

How School District U-46 calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:15 a.m. if possible, for both closings and late starts.

“The Superintendent will make the decision to close schools for the day, if possible, by 5:15 a.m.”
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How families hear

By phone call, email, text message, the district website, social media, the district app, local TV and radio.

“A phone, email, and text message to parents and employees in both English and Spanish.”
School Safety: Emergency Closing Procedures

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Bus pick up times will also be pushed back by two hours from their original schedule”
Delay schedule

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency days”.

“16 - Last Day for Students if 5 “emergency days” are used”
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Making up a lost day

The last day moves from June 9 out to as late as June 16 as emergency days are used.

Make up dates: Jun 10, Jun 11, Jun 14, Jun 15, Jun 16.

“9 - Last Day for students if no Emergency Days used”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 27, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 9, 2027
District calendar

Read from School District U-46’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is u-46.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

School District U-46’s snow record

27.1inches of snow a winter
2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
3.4 ina big snow morning in School District U-46: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 65% of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

3.5Nov
4.2Dec
9.8Jan
6.1Feb
2.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 7.8 in on January 31, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 42.8 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 5.3 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.

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The Illinois rule

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

Next door

Districts near School District U-46

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
St. Charles Community Unit School District 303Saint Charles35.4 in1.1
Community Unit School District 300Algonquin26.7 in0.65
Community Consolidated School District 93Bloomingdale32.3 in0.9
Geneva Community Unit School District 304Geneva25.9 in0.1
Huntley Consolidated School District 158Algonquin26.7 in0.6
Barrington Community Unit School District 220Barrington25.4 in0.8
The schools

56 schools, the 40 largest here

Every school in School District U-46 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • South Elgin High School, South Elgin
  • Elgin High School
  • Larkin High School
  • Bartlett High School, Bartlett
  • Streamwood High School, Streamwood

Middle

  • Kenyon Woods Middle School, South Elgin
  • Eastview Middle School, Bartlett
  • Tefft Middle School, Streamwood
  • Abbott Middle School
  • Larsen Middle School
  • Canton Middle School, Streamwood
  • Ellis Middle School
  • Kimball Middle School

Elementary

  • Lords Park Elem School
  • Prairieview Elementary School, Bartlett
  • Coleman Elem School
  • Highland Elem School
  • Huff Elem School
  • Clinton Elem School, South Elgin
  • Bartlett Elem School, Bartlett
  • Fox Meadow Elementary School, South Elgin
  • Century Oaks Elem School
  • Centennial School, Bartlett
  • Channing Memorial Elem School
  • Hilltop Elementary School
  • Hillcrest Elem School
  • Spring Trail Elementary School, Carol Stream
  • Creekside Elem
  • Nature Ridge Elem School, Bartlett
  • Lincoln Elementary School, Hoffman Estates
  • Otter Creek Elem School
  • Ronald D O Neal
  • Glenbrook Elem School, Streamwood
  • Harriet Gifford Elem School
  • Washington Elem School
  • Oakhill Elem School, Streamwood
  • Sycamore Trails Elementary School, Bartlett
  • Horizon Elem School, Hanover Park
  • Laurel Hill Elem School, Hanover Park
  • Ontarioville Elem School, Hanover Park
Questions

School District U-46 snow day questions

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A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle
The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.