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Rosemount, Minnesota, 29,115 students in 40 schools

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan, measured against Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Rosemount.
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan playbook

How Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district website.

“For updates on potential schedule changes due to weather, check District196.org.”

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 9, 2027
District calendar

Read from Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is district196.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan’s snow record

57.9inches of snow a winter
5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.6with 4 in or more
6 ina big snow morning in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 97% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

3.7Nov
11.2Dec
10.5Jan
15.7Feb
10.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 14 in on December 11, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 97.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.9 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 9.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.3 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 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington57.9 in3.6
Lakeville Public School DistrictLakeville50 in1.81
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School DistrictBurnsville57.9 in3.6
Inver Grove Heights SchoolsInver Grove Heights57.9 in3.6
Bloomington Public School DistrictBloomington53.6 in2.2
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-EaganMendota Heights40.5 in1.4
The schools

40 schools

Every school in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Rosemount Senior High
  • Eastview Senior High, Apple Valley
  • Eagan Senior High, Eagan
  • Apple Valley Senior High, Apple Valley
  • School of Environmental Studies, Apple Valley
  • Rosemount Area Learning Center, Eagan
  • Transition Plus, Apple Valley
  • 196Online High School
  • ABE Diploma Program, Apple Valley
  • Cooperative Area Learning Prg., Apple Valley

Middle

  • Scott Highlands Middle, Apple Valley
  • Rosemount Middle
  • Dakota Hills Middle, Eagan
  • Valley Middle School of STEM, Apple Valley
  • Falcon Ridge Middle, Apple Valley
  • Black Hawk Middle, Eagan
  • 196Online Middle School
  • Middle School ALC

Elementary

  • East Lake Elementary School, Lakeville
  • Rosemount Elementary
  • Echo Park Leadership Engineer/Tech, Burnsville
  • Greenleaf Elementary, Apple Valley
  • Cedar Park Elementary STEM School, Apple Valley
  • Red Pine Elementary, Eagan
  • Woodland Elementary, Eagan
  • Parkview Elementary
  • Glacier Hills School - Arts/Science, Eagan
  • Highland Elementary, Apple Valley
  • Diamond Path El Sch of Intl Studies, Apple Valley
  • Thomas Lake Elementary, Eagan
  • Oak Ridge Leadershipenviron/Health, Eagan
  • Southview Elementary, Apple Valley
  • Deerwood Elementary, Eagan
  • Shannon Park Elementary
  • Pinewood Community Elementary, Eagan
  • Westview Elementary, Apple Valley
  • Northview Elementary, Eagan
  • 196Online Elementary

Other schools

  • Dakota Valley Learning Center, Apple Valley
  • Dakota Ridge School, Apple Valley
Questions

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan 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.