Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 3,758 students in 7 schools

Lawrence Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Lawrenceville get?

About 19.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lawrence Township School District?

9.2 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 42.6 inches.

Q: How does the Lawrence Township School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Lawrenceville 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 Lawrence Township School District’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away.

Q: Can New Jersey schools hold a remote day instead?

A virtual or remote day counts toward the 180 days only when schools close for more than three consecutive days because of a declared state of emergency, a declared public health emergency or a health agency directive, under a program the commissioner approved.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Lawrence Township School District, measured against Lawrence Township School District's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lawrence Township School District close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lawrence Township School District’s snow record

19.4inches of snow a winter

1.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Lawrence Township School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.5Nov

3Dec

5.9Jan

6.8Feb

3.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.2 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 42.6 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3 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 New Jersey rule

How New Jersey counts a lost day

New Jersey requires at least 180 days of school, or the district loses state aid.

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

Next door

Districts near Lawrence Township School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Ewing Township School DistrictEwing	19.4 in	0.8
Trenton City School DistrictTrenton	19.4 in	0.8	2
Hamilton Township School DistrictHamilton	19.2 in	1.3	3
Hopewell Valley Regional School DistrictPennington	20 in	0.9
Robbinsville Township School DistrictRobbinsville	19.2 in	1.3
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School DistrictWest Windsor	19.2 in	1.3

The schools

7 schools

Every school in Lawrence Township School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Lawrence High School

Middle

Lawrence Intermediate School
Lawrence Middle School

Elementary

Ben Franklin Elementary
Lawrenceville Elementary School
Slackwood Elementary School
Eldridge Park School

Questions

Lawrence Township School District snow day questions

How much snow does Lawrenceville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lawrence Township School District?

How does the Lawrence Township School District snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

Can New Jersey schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for New Jersey 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.New Jersey winter forecastThe season ahead for New Jersey: 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.