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Lakeville, Minnesota, 12,021 students in 20 schools

Lakeville Public School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Lakeville, measured against Lakeville's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lakeville close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Lakeville.
The Lakeville playbook

How Lakeville calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 6 a.m.

“Day-of-school weather decisions will be announced by 6 a.m.”
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How families hear

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

“A phone call, text message and email (if opted in) will be sent to all families and staff.”
School Delays and Closings Information

1 built in snow day

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “snow day”.

“The first inclement weather day will be used as a snow day. After that, the Superintendent may call a FLEX Day where students continue learning from home.”
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Remote learning days

Lakeville has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“After the first "snow day" of the school year, the Superintendent may call a Flexible Learning Day (Flex Day) for K-12 students and early childhood special education students.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 8, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 8, 2027
District calendar

Read from Lakeville’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is isd194.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Lakeville’s snow record

50inches of snow a winter
4.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.8with 4 in or more
3.9 ina big snow morning in Lakeville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4.7Nov
10.9Dec
10.3Jan
9.6Feb
8.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 16.6 in on January 23, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 88.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 7.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.8 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 Minnesota rule

How Minnesota counts a lost day

Minnesota requires at least 165 days for grades 1 to 11, plus 935 hours for grades 1 to 6 and 1,020 hours for grades 7 to 12.

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

Next door

Districts near Lakeville

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington57.9 in3.6
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School DistrictBurnsville57.9 in3.6
Prior Lake-Savage Area SchoolsPrior Lake50 in1.8
Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganRosemount57.9 in3.6
Bloomington Public School DistrictBloomington53.6 in2.2
Richfield Public School DistrictRichfield53.6 in2.2
The schools

20 schools

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

High

  • Lakeville South High
  • Lakeville North High
  • Lakeville Online Academy-High
  • Lakeville Pathways Academy
  • Children's MN - Lakeville

Middle

  • Century Middle School
  • McGuire Middle
  • Kenwood Trail Middle School
  • Lakeville Online Academy-Middle

Elementary

  • Cherry View Elementary
  • Lake Marion Elementary
  • Eastview Elementary
  • Oak Hills Elementary
  • Kennedy Elementary
  • Lakeview Elementary
  • Huddleston Elementary
  • Orchard Lake Elementary
  • Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary

Other schools

  • Lakeville Early Childhood Program
  • Lakeville Shared Time Services
Questions

Lakeville snow day questions

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