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North Saint Paul, Minnesota, 10,633 students in 23 schools

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale, measured against North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in North Saint Paul.
The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale playbook

How North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale calls a snow day

When the call comes

By approximately 5:30 a.m.

“District 622 will notify parents by approximately 5:30 a.m. on the day of the late start, cancellation, or early dismissal”
Source

How families hear

By social media, the district website and local TV.

“Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram posts District and school website posts, and Local media outlets including the WCCO, KARE, KSTP, and KMSP on-screen scrolling messages”
Weather Alert Information

eLearning days

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“In the event that there is a need to close school due to a weather-related closure, ISD622 has chosen to provide an equitable educational experience at home to our K-5 students through the use of academic choice boards.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 4
  • Last day June 3, 2027
District calendar

Read from North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is isd622.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale’s snow record

50inches of snow a winter
4.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.9with 4 in or more
3.8 ina big snow morning in North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4.6Nov
12.1Dec
7.6Jan
10Feb
9.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11.8 in on January 23, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 82.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 7.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a 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 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 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Mahtomedi Public School DistrictMahtomedi50 in1.9
White Bear Lake School DistrictWhite Bear Lake50 in1.9
Roseville Public School DistrictRoseville49.8 in2
Mounds View Public School DistrictShoreview33.8 in1.7
St. Paul Public School DistrictSaint Paul40.5 in1.4
Stillwater Area Public School DistrictStillwater53.1 in2.22
The schools

23 schools

Every school in North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Tartan Senior High, Oakdale
  • North Senior High
  • 622 Online High School
  • The Next Step
  • Therapeutic Education Collective (T, Oakdale
  • 622 Alternative Middle/High School
  • Phoenix Academy, Maplewood

Middle

  • John Glenn Middle, Maplewood
  • Skyview Community Middle, Oakdale
  • 622 Online Middle School

Elementary

  • Carver Elementary, Maplewood
  • Justice Alan Page Elementary School, Maplewood
  • Eagle Point Elementary, Oakdale
  • Richardson Elementary
  • Castle Elementary, Oakdale
  • Weaver Elementary, Maplewood
  • Cowern Elementary
  • 622 Online Elementary School

Other schools

  • Early Childhood Special Education, Maplewood
  • Harmony Learning Center, Maplewood
  • Fairview Adolescent Education Progr, Maplewood
  • Beaver Lake Voluntary Pre-K, Maplewood
  • PrairieCare Maplewood, Maplewood
Questions

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale 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.