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Shakopee, Minnesota, 7,678 students in 14 schools

Shakopee Public School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Shakopee, measured against Shakopee's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Shakopee close tomorrow?

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

How Shakopee calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:00AM.

“In the morning, if weather causes school to be canceled or delayed, the decision will be made by 5:00AM.”
Source

How families hear

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

“News Station of Record: For weather-related changes to the school day, messages will appear on WCCO , the district's news stations of record.”
Winter Weather

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If school is delayed 2 hours, morning preschool/ECFE classes will be canceled.”

Remote learning days

Shakopee has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“In the event we have a school cancellation due to inclement weather or an unforeseen emergency, CoLD help us meet our instructional hour requirements.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 1, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 2, 2027
District calendar

Read from Shakopee’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is shakopee.k12.mn.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Shakopee’s snow record

55.5inches of snow a winter
4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.5with 4 in or more
4.4 ina big snow morning in Shakopee: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
19.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 80% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

5.4Nov
12.5Dec
9.7Jan
11Feb
9.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11 in on January 22, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 102.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 7.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.6 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 Shakopee

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Eastern Carver County Public SchoolsChaska55.5 in2.5
Eden Prairie Public School DistrictEden Prairie55.5 in2.5
Prior Lake-Savage Area SchoolsPrior Lake50 in1.8
Minnetonka Public School DistrictMinnetonka55.5 in2.5
Jordan Public School DistrictJordan43.3 in1.4
Waconia Public School DistrictWaconia58.7 in2.3
The schools

14 schools

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

High

  • Shakopee High School
  • Tokata Learning Center
  • Tokata ALC Independent Study
  • Sabers Online High School

Middle

  • Shakopee West Middle School
  • Shakopee East Middle School
  • Sabers Online Middle School

Elementary

  • Jackson Elementary
  • Eagle Creek Elementary School
  • Sweeney Elementary
  • Sun Path Elementary
  • Red Oak Elementary
  • Special Services
  • Sabers Online Elementary
Questions

Shakopee snow day questions

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