Blue Springs, Missouri, 14,744 students in 21 schools

Blue Springs R-IV School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Blue Springs R-IV?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Blue Springs get?

About 15.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Blue Springs R-IV?

12.5 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 24.4 inches.

Q: Does Blue Springs R-IV get more snow days than other Missouri districts?

Blue Springs R-IV averages 0.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 98 percent of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Blue Springs R-IV snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Blue Springs 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 Blue Springs R-IV’s own big snow morning: 4 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 Blue Springs R-IV, measured against Blue Springs R-IV's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Blue Springs R-IV close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Blue Springs.

The Blue Springs R-IV playbook

How Blue Springs R-IV calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 25, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 6
February break Feb 15 to Feb 16
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Read from Blue Springs R-IV’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is bssd.net.

Ten winters of school mornings

Blue Springs R-IV’s snow record

15.3inches of snow a winter

2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Blue Springs R-IV: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 98% of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.

0.6Nov

1.9Dec

6.6Jan

4.4Feb

1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.5 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 24.4 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 3.9 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 Missouri rule

How Missouri counts a lost day

Missouri requires at least 1,044 hours of actual pupil attendance, plus 36 make-up hours built into the calendar for bad weather. A district must make up the first 36 weather hours and half of any hours beyond that, but never more than 60 make-up hours in total; anything past that is excused.

The Missouri rules in the agency’s own words, and every Missouri district

Next door

Districts near Blue Springs R-IV

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Grain Valley R-V School DistrictGrain Valley	10.9 in	0.6
Lee's Summit R-VII School DistrictLee's Summit	10.9 in	0.6
Fort Osage R-I School DistrictIndependence	15.3 in	0.9
Independence 30 School DistrictIndependence	15.3 in	0.9
Raytown C-2 School DistrictRaytown	15.3 in	0.9
Hickman Mills C-1 School DistrictKansas City	13.1 in	0.4

The schools

21 schools

Every school in Blue Springs R-IV follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Blue Springs High
Blue Springs South High
Valley View High

Middle

Paul Kinder Middle School
Moreland Ridge Middle
Brittany Hill Middle
Delta Woods Middle, Lee's Summit

Elementary

Cordill-Mason Elem.
Chapel Lakes Elem., Lee's Summit
Voy Spears Jr. Elem., Lee's Summit
Lucy Franklin Elem.
Sunny Pointe Elem.
William Bryant Elem.
James Lewis Elem.
John Nowlin Elem.
James Walker Elem.
William Yates Elem., Independence
Thomas J. Ultican Elem.
Franklin Smith Elem.
Daniel Young Elem.

Other schools

Liggett Trail Education Center

Questions

Blue Springs R-IV snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Blue Springs R-IV?

How much snow does Blue Springs get?

What was the biggest snow day near Blue Springs R-IV?

Does Blue Springs R-IV get more snow days than other Missouri districts?

How does the Blue Springs R-IV snow day predictor work?

How does Missouri handle snow days?

More winter

More for Missouri snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Missouri winter forecastThe season ahead for Missouri: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.