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Devils Lake, North Dakota, 1,769 students in 5 schools

Devils Lake Public School District 1 Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Devils Lake, read from the National Weather Service forecast for Devils Lake.

The next three school mornings

Will Devils Lake close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Devils Lake.
The Devils Lake playbook

How Devils Lake calls a snow day

How families hear

By radio, local TV, text message and email.

“Local radio stations will make announcements regarding storm related school closings. Listen to Radio Works, KABU, or watch WDAZ TV. **Alerts are also texted and/or emailed if the parent/guardian has updated their Infinite Campus information.”
Devils Lake High School Student Handbook 2026-2027: School Cancellations

Delayed openings

“When school must start one or two hours late due to inclement weather, the Devils Lake High School will use the following policy:”
Delay schedule

2 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Storm Make-Up Days”.

“Possible Storm Make-Up Days: 2 days built in; plus February 12, March 29, April 14”
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Making up a lost day

After the 2 built-in days, possible make-up days on February 12, March 29 and April 14.

“Possible Storm Make-Up Days: 2 days built in; plus February 12, March 29, April 14”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 20, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 27, 2027
District calendar

Read from Devils Lake’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is dlschools.org.

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The North Dakota rule

How North Dakota counts a lost day

North Dakota requires at least 962.5 hours of instruction for elementary students and 1,050 hours for middle and high school students. When weather cancels or cuts short a day, only the lost hours have to be made up, and only if losing them would put the school under its yearly hours.

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

Next door

Districts near Devils Lake

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Belcourt Public School District 7Belcourt31.2 in1.3
Jamestown Public School District 1Jamestown46.7 in2.12
Grand Forks Public School District 1Grand Forks56.5 in1.92
Minot Public School District 1Minot1
West Fargo Public School District 6West Fargo46.5 in1.31
Bismarck Public School District 1Bismarck50.2 in1.52
The schools

5 schools

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

High

  • Devils Lake High School

Middle

  • Central Middle School

Elementary

  • Sweetwater Elementary School
  • Prairie View Elementary School

Other schools

  • Minnie H Kindergarten Center
Questions

Devils Lake snow day questions

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More winter

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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.