Waterboro, Maine, 2,935 students in 7 schools

School Administrative District 57 Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for School Administrative District 57?

June 11, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Waterboro get?

About 63.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near School Administrative District 57?

17 inches on April 5, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 104.4 inches.

Q: How does the School Administrative District 57 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Waterboro 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 School Administrative District 57’s own big snow morning: 7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in School Administrative District 57, measured against School Administrative District 57's own big snow morning of 7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will School Administrative District 57 close tomorrow?

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

The School Administrative District 57 playbook

How School Administrative District 57 calls a snow day

Making up a lost day

Added to the end of the calendar.

“Note: School closures will be added to the end of the calendar. Check the district webpage for updates and the current last student and staff days.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 1, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

Read from School Administrative District 57’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is rsu57.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

School Administrative District 57’s snow record

63.2inches of snow a winter

7.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.7with 4 in or more

7 ina big snow morning in School Administrative District 57: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2.3Nov

14.9Dec

15.5Jan

16.7Feb

10.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17 in on April 5, 2024
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 104.4 in
6 in mornings 2.1 a winter
1 in mornings 11 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.2 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 Maine rule

How Maine counts a lost day

Maine requires a 180 day school year with at least 175 days of instruction. The Commissioner may waive the minimum days on a school board's written application, but only after the district has tried every reasonable way to make the days up.

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

Next door

Districts near School Administrative District 57

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Sanford Public SchoolsSanford	63.2 in	3.7
School Administrative District 06Buxton	79 in	4.3	5
Regional School Unit 21Kennebunk	56.9 in	3.6
Biddeford Public SchoolsBiddeford	48.7 in	3.3
Saco Public SchoolsSaco	48.7 in	3.3
School Administrative District 60North Berwick	56 in	3	5

The schools

7 schools

Every school in School Administrative District 57 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Massabesic High School

Middle

Massabesic Middle School, East Waterboro

Elementary

Waterboro Elementary School, East Waterboro
Line Elementary, West Newfield
Lyman Elementary School, Lyman
Alfred Elementary School, Alfred
Shapleigh Memorial School, Shapleigh

Questions

School Administrative District 57 snow day questions

When is the last day of school for School Administrative District 57?

How much snow does Waterboro get?

What was the biggest snow day near School Administrative District 57?

How does the School Administrative District 57 snow day predictor work?

How does Maine handle snow days?

More winter

More for Maine 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.Maine winter forecastThe season ahead for Maine: 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.