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Fishers, Indiana, 21,299 students in 22 schools

Hamilton Southeastern Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hamilton Southeastern, measured against Hamilton Southeastern's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hamilton Southeastern close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Fishers.
The Hamilton Southeastern playbook

How Hamilton Southeastern calls a snow day

How families hear

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

“Notifications will be sent via ParentSquare (call, text, and email) and posted on: Website: www.hseschools.org X (formerly Twitter): @HSESchools / @HSETransport Facebook/Instagram: HSE Schools Local Media: WTHR, WISH-TV, Fox 59, CBS 4, WRTV”
School Safety - Hamilton Southeastern Schools (Inclement Weather section)

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Buses will run two hours behind regular schedules. School buildings open two hours later than usual. AM Preschool and AM HSF Academy classes will be canceled.”
Delay schedule

Virtual learning days

Hamilton Southeastern has virtual learning days in its winter plan.

“Virtual Learning days will be used if school is canceled.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 5, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
  • Last day May 21, 2027
District calendar

Recent snow days

  • 2025 to 2026. A week of e-learning days and delays in late January 2026, ending with a two-hour delay on Thursday Jan 29.
    “Hamilton Southeastern Schools announced it will operate on a two-hour delay Thursday, Jan. 29, as the district continues to navigate winter weather that has kept students on some form of e-learning throughout the week.”
    News report

Read from Hamilton Southeastern’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is hseschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Hamilton Southeastern’s snow record

11.9inches of snow a winter
0.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
2.8 ina big snow morning in Hamilton Southeastern: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.8Nov
1.8Dec
4.9Jan
2.6Feb
1.3Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 6.4 in on January 6, 2025
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 18.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.7 miles 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 Indiana rule

How Indiana counts a lost day

Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.

The Indiana rules in the agency’s own words, and every Indiana district

Next door

Districts near Hamilton Southeastern

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Carmel Clay SchoolsCarmel11.9 in0.4
Noblesville SchoolsNoblesville11.9 in0.4
Lawrence Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis19.9 in0.3
Washington Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis19.9 in0.32
Westfield-Washington SchoolsWestfield11.9 in0.4
Mount Vernon Community School CorporationFortville14.4 in0.4
The schools

22 schools

Every school in Hamilton Southeastern follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Fishers High School
  • Hamilton Southeastern HS

Middle

  • Hamilton SE Int and Jr High Sch
  • Fall Creek Junior High
  • Riverside Intermediate School
  • Fall Creek Intermediate School
  • Riverside Junior High
  • Fishers Junior High School
  • Sand Creek Intermediate School

Elementary

  • Southeastern Elementary School
  • Brooks School Elementary
  • Geist Elementary School
  • Deer Creek Elementary, Noblesville
  • New Britton Elementary School
  • Thorpe Creek Elementary
  • Harrison Parkway Elementary School
  • Sand Creek Elementary
  • Lantern Road Elementary School
  • Cumberland Road Elem School
  • Fall Creek Elementary School
  • Hoosier Road Elementary School
  • Fishers Elementary School
Questions

Hamilton Southeastern snow day questions

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