North Kansas City 74 School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Kansas City 74, measured against North Kansas City 74's own big snow morning of 4 inches.
Will North Kansas City 74 close tomorrow?
How North Kansas City 74 calls a snow day
How families hear
By the district website, email, phone call, text message, social media, radio and local TV.
“Email, Phone Call & Text Message: Phone, email and optional text messages are sent to school families and employees when classes are canceled, delayed or students are released early.”Inclement Weather - North Kansas City School District
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“In a two-hour delayed start, all K-12 schools start exactly two hours later than usual.”Delay schedule
1 built in snow day
On the 2025 to 2026 calendar, listed as “Traditional Snow Day”.
“The first inclement weather day will be a traditional “snow day" with no in-person or virtual classes.”Source
Remote learning days
North Kansas City 74 has remote learning days in its winter plan, up to 6 a year.
“Beginning with the second inclement weather day, if needed, we will shift to virtual learning. This is sometimes referred to as AMI, or Alternative Methods of Instruction. We can use up to six virtual learning days if needed.”Source
Making up a lost day
Make-up days if needed on June 1 to 4, after the last day of school.
Make up dates: Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4.
“1-4 Make Up Days, If Needed”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 25, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
- Last day May 28, 2027
Recent snow days
- 2025 to 2026: 3 days. Three inclement weather days, on December 2, January 26 and March 16.
“The district has used three inclement weather days during the 2026-2027 school year: December 2, January 26, and March 16.”
District notice
Read from North Kansas City 74’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is nkcschools.org.
North Kansas City 74’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 8.5 in on January 6, 2025
- Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 26 in
- 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
- 1 in mornings 3.3 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 5 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.
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
Districts near North Kansas City 74
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City 33 School DistrictKansas City | 13.9 in | 0.6 |
| Liberty 53 School DistrictLiberty | 13.9 in | 0.6 |
| Park Hill School DistrictKansas City | 14.9 in | 0.2 |
| Independence 30 School DistrictIndependence | 15.3 in | 0.9 |
| Raytown C-2 School DistrictRaytown | 15.3 in | 0.9 |
| Fort Osage R-I School DistrictIndependence | 15.3 in | 0.9 |
34 schools
Every school in North Kansas City 74 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Staley High
- Oak Park High
- North Kansas City High
- Winnetonka High
Middle
- New Mark Middle
- Antioch Middle, Gladstone
- Gateway 6th Grade Center
- Northgate Middle
- Eastgate 6th Grade Center
- Maple Park Middle
Elementary
- Bell Prairie Elementary
- Northview Elementary
- Gracemor Elementary
- Fox Hill Elementary
- Chapel Hill Elementary, Gladstone
- Davidson Elementary
- Meadowbrook Elementary, Gladstone
- Linden West Elementary, Gladstone
- Clardy Elementary
- West Englewood Elementary
- Rising Hill Elementary
- Crestview Elementary
- Chouteau Elementary
- Nashua Elementary
- Topping Elementary
- Ravenwood Elementary
- Briarcliff Elementary
- Maplewood Elementary
- Winnwood Elementary
- Oakwood Manor Elementary, Gladstone
- Gashland Elementary
- Lakewood Elementary
Other schools
- Early Education Center, Gladstone
- Ctr. for Educ. Development
North Kansas City 74 snow day questions
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The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.