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Pickerington, Ohio, 11,549 students in 15 schools

Pickerington Local School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Pickerington, measured against Pickerington's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pickerington close tomorrow?

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

How Pickerington calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:30 a.m. or earlier.

“We do our best to decide whether to delay, close, or shift to virtual learning by 5:30 a.m. or earlier.”
Source

How families hear

By phone call, email, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.

“Information about delayed starts and calamity days will be posted on the home page of the district’s website, Facebook page, and Twitter.”
Calamity & Snow Days FAQ

Virtual learning days

Pickerington has virtual learning days in its winter plan.

“We do our best to decide whether to delay, close, or shift to virtual learning by 5:30 a.m. or earlier.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 18, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Dec 31
  • Last day May 27, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“The superintendent makes the final decision, with recommendations from our transportation and facilities teams. Decisions are based on road conditions, weather forecasts, safety concerns, and the well-being of our students and staff.”
Board policy

Read from Pickerington’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is plsd.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Pickerington’s snow record

19.5inches of snow a winter
1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.5with 4 in or more
2.5 ina big snow morning in Pickerington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1Nov
4.4Dec
6.9Jan
5.3Feb
1.4Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11.9 in on January 25, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 33.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.9 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.

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The Ohio rule

How Ohio counts a lost day

Ohio requires hours, not days: 910 hours for full day kindergarten through grade 6, 1,001 hours for grades 7 to 12, 455 for half day kindergarten. Only hours that drop a school below the state minimum must be made up, by extending the school year.

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

Next door

Districts near Pickerington

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Canal Winchester Local School DistrictCanal Winchester19.5 in0.5
Reynoldsburg City School DistrictReynoldsburg19.5 in0.5
Southwest Licking Local School DistrictPataskala19.5 in0.5
Bloom-Carroll Local School DistrictCarroll19.5 in0.5
Groveport Madison Local School DistrictGroveport19.5 in0.5
Licking Heights Local School DistrictPataskala19.5 in0.5
The schools

15 schools

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

High

  • Pickerington High School Central
  • Pickerington High School North
  • Pickerington Academy

Middle

  • Pickerington Lakeview Junior High
  • Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School
  • Harmon Middle School
  • Toll Gate Middle School
  • Diley Middle School

Elementary

  • Toll Gate Elementary
  • Sycamore Creek Elementary School
  • Tussing Elementary School, Reynoldsburg
  • Violet Elementary School
  • Pickerington Elementary School
  • Fairfield Elementary School
  • Heritage Elementary School
Questions

Pickerington 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.