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Independence, Missouri, 14,168 students in 31 schools

Independence 30 School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Independence 30, measured against Independence 30's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Independence 30 close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Independence.
Ten winters of school mornings

Independence 30’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 Independence 30: 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 7.7 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 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 Independence 30

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Raytown C-2 School DistrictRaytown15.3 in0.9
Kansas City 33 School DistrictKansas City13.9 in0.6
North Kansas City 74 School DistrictKansas City13.9 in0.61
Fort Osage R-I School DistrictIndependence15.3 in0.9
Blue Springs R-IV School DistrictBlue Springs15.3 in0.9
Liberty 53 School DistrictLiberty13.9 in0.6
The schools

31 schools

Every school in Independence 30 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Truman High
  • William Chrisman High
  • Van Horn High, Independnce
  • Independence Academy

Middle

  • Clifford H. Nowlin Middle
  • Pioneer Ridge Middle
  • Bingham Middle
  • Bridger Middle

Elementary

  • Sycamore Hills Elem.
  • Korte Elem.
  • William Southern Elem.
  • Thomas Hart Benton Elem.
  • Glendale Elem.
  • Ott Elem.
  • Cassell Park Elementary
  • Blackburn Elem.
  • Santa Fe Trail Elem.
  • Three Trails Elem.
  • John W. Luff Elem.
  • Fairmount Elem.
  • Little Blue Elementary
  • Randall Elem.
  • Abraham Mallinson Elementary, Sugar Creek
  • Mill Creek Elem.
  • Spring Branch Elem.
  • Bryant Elem.
  • Procter Elem.
  • Sugar Creek Elem., Sugar Creek

Other schools

  • Sunshine Center
  • Hanthorn Early Education
  • Day Treatment
Questions

Independence 30 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.