Andover, Kansas, 9,376 students in 11 schools

Andover Unified School District 385 Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Andover?

May 25, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Andover get?

About 12.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Andover?

8 inches on November 26, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 22.1 inches.

Q: Does Andover get more snow days than other Kansas districts?

Andover averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 284 Kansas districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Andover snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Andover through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Andover’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Andover, measured against Andover's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Andover close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Andover.

The Andover playbook

How Andover calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 13, 2026
Winter break Dec 22 to Jan 1
Last day May 25, 2027

District calendar

Read from Andover’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is usd385.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Andover’s snow record

12.3inches of snow a winter

2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Andover: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 284 Kansas districts with a station record.

1.2Nov

0.6Dec

5Jan

5Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on November 26, 2023
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 22.1 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 2.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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.

The Kansas rule

How Kansas counts a lost day

Kansas requires 186 school days (181 for seniors), or by board policy 1,116 school hours for grades 1 to 11 (1,086 for seniors, 465 for kindergarten). Once the board's scheduled snow make-up days are used up, extra weather closures count as school days, up to the number of make-up days scheduled or five days, whichever is smaller.

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

Next door

Districts near Andover

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Wichita Unified School District 259Wichita	12.3 in	0.7
Derby Unified School District 260Derby	4.3 in	0.1	4
Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262Valley Center	10.3 in	0.1
Haysville Unified School District 261Haysville	4.3 in	0.1
Maize Unified School District 266Maize	9.6 in	0.1
Goddard Unified School District 265Goddard	8.8 in	0.2

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Andover High
Andover Central High School

Middle

Andover Middle School
Andover Central Middle School

Elementary

Robert M. Martin Elementary, Wichita
Prairie Creek Elementary
Wheatland Elementary, Wichita
Cottonwood Elementary
Meadowlark Elementary, Wichita
Sunflower Elementary School

Other schools

Andover eCademy

Questions

Andover snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Andover?

How much snow does Andover get?

What was the biggest snow day near Andover?

Does Andover get more snow days than other Kansas districts?

How does the Andover snow day predictor work?

How does Kansas handle snow days?

More winter

More for Kansas snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Kansas winter forecastThe season ahead for Kansas: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.