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Mendota Heights, Minnesota, 5,293 students in 13 schools

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Mendota Heights.
The West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan playbook

How West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan calls a snow day

When the call comes

Typically by 5:30 a.m.; sometimes the night before.

“Due to the often unpredictable winter weather in Minnesota, in most cases, we wait until early morning before notifying families (typically by 5:30 a.m.). However, there may be instances when we make a decision the night before.”
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How families hear

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

“An alert notification will be sent to you by phone, text, and e-mail based on information on file with the school district and any preferences you have selected for notification in cases of emergency.”
Inclement Weather and Emergency School Closings - School District 197

eLearning days

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“If school is canceled, there will be no school expectations for student learning at home during the first three canceled days. E-Learning will begin on the fourth weather-related cancellation during the school year.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 8, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 10, 2027
District calendar

Read from West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is isd197.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan’s snow record

40.5inches of snow a winter
3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.4with 4 in or more
3.8 ina big snow morning in West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4.4Nov
8.6Dec
6.3Jan
8.8Feb
7.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11.1 in on January 4, 2023
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 74.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 5.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.1 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 West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
St. Paul Public School DistrictSaint Paul40.5 in1.4
South St. Paul Public School DistrictSouth Saint Paul50.3 in2.2
Inver Grove Heights SchoolsInver Grove Heights57.9 in3.6
South Washington County School DistrictCottage Grove35.9 in2.2
Richfield Public School DistrictRichfield53.6 in2.2
Roseville Public School DistrictRoseville49.8 in2
The schools

13 schools

Every school in West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Two Rivers High School
  • Branch Out Transitional Services, West Saint Paul
  • Aspen House Education Program
  • W St. Paul Area Learning Cntr.

Middle

  • Heritage E-Stem Magnet School, West Saint Paul
  • Friendly Hills Middle

Elementary

  • Somerset Elementary
  • Garlough Environmental Magnet, West Saint Paul
  • Moreland Art/Health Science Magnet, West Saint Paul
  • Pilot Knob Stem Magnet School, Eagan
  • Mendota Elementary

Other schools

  • Early Learning Resource Center, West Saint Paul
  • Special Education
Questions

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-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.