Prior Lake, Minnesota, 8,777 students in 13 schools

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Prior Lake-Savage switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Prior Lake-Savage has eLearning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: When is the last day of school for Prior Lake-Savage?

June 9, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Prior Lake get?

About 50 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Prior Lake-Savage?

16.6 inches on January 23, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 88.5 inches.

Q: How does the Prior Lake-Savage snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Prior Lake 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 Prior Lake-Savage’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Prior Lake-Savage close tomorrow?

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

The Prior Lake-Savage playbook

How Prior Lake-Savage calls a snow day

How families hear

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

“A phone call will be delivered to all phone numbers on file for all students”

School Closing Information

eLearning days

Prior Lake-Savage has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“Unlike the 2025-26 school year, the first inclement weather day in 2026–27 will be an E-Learning Day for both teachers and students, rather than a traditional snow day.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 8, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 9, 2027

District calendar

Read from Prior Lake-Savage’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is plsas.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Prior Lake-Savage’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 Prior Lake-Savage: 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 1.9 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 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 Prior Lake-Savage

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Lakeville Public School DistrictLakeville	50 in	1.8	1
Shakopee Public School DistrictShakopee	55.5 in	2.5
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School DistrictBurnsville	57.9 in	3.6
Bloomington Public School DistrictBloomington	53.6 in	2.2
Eden Prairie Public School DistrictEden Prairie	55.5 in	2.5
Jordan Public School DistrictJordan	43.3 in	1.4

The schools

13 schools

Every school in Prior Lake-Savage follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Prior Lake High School, Savage
Prior Lake-Savage Area Alc
Laker Online
ALC Independent Study

Middle

Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Elementary

Hamilton Ridge Elementary School, Savage
Redtail Ridge Elementary School, Savage
Glendale Elementary, Savage
Jeffers Pond Elementary
WestWood Elementary
Five Hawks Elementary
La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood

Other schools

Edgewood ECSE

Questions

Prior Lake-Savage snow day questions

How does Prior Lake-Savage announce a snow day?

Does Prior Lake-Savage switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Prior Lake-Savage?

How much snow does Prior Lake get?

What was the biggest snow day near Prior Lake-Savage?

How does the Prior Lake-Savage snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

More winter

More for Minnesota snow days

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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.