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Chesterfield, Virginia, 64,132 students in 73 schools

Chesterfield County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Chesterfield, measured against Chesterfield's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Chesterfield close tomorrow?

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

How Chesterfield calls a snow day

When the call comes

As early as possible.

“Chesterfield County Public Schools officials make decisions as early as possible, but sometimes there is too much uncertainty to make an early determination.”
Source

How families hear

By the district website, social media, text message and email.

“If schools are closed, open late or close early, then announcements will be posted on oneccps.org and social media and will be communicated to families via text and email.”
Inclement Weather

Making up a lost day

Set by the superintendent, no dates published.

“Makeup time: The superintendent determines makeup times. The School Board retains the right to modify the calendar.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 24, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 4, 2027
District calendar

Read from Chesterfield’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is oneccps.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Chesterfield’s snow record

6.7inches of snow a winter
1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
3.4 ina big snow morning in Chesterfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0Nov
2.8Dec
2.1Jan
1.4Feb
0.4Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 14 in on December 10, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 14 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 1.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.3 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.

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The Virginia rule

How Virginia counts a lost day

Virginia requires at least 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours, or state aid is reduced. After 5 closures, only one of every two further days must be made up; the Board of Education can also waive make-up when every reasonable effort is exhausted.

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

Next door

Districts near Chesterfield

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Richmond City Public SchoolsRichmond7.1 in0.2
Hopewell City Public SchoolsHopewell3.2 in0.1
Henrico County Public SchoolsHenrico7.1 in0.2
Petersburg City Public SchoolsPetersburg4.1 in0.1
Prince George County Public SchoolsPrince George3.2 in0.1
Dinwiddie County Public SchoolsDinwiddie4.1 in0.1
The schools

73 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • Thomas Dale High, Chester
  • Cosby High, Midlothian
  • Manchester High, Midlothian
  • Lloyd C. Bird High
  • Midlothian High, Midlothian
  • Meadowbrook High, North Chesterfield
  • James River High, Midlothian
  • Clover Hill High, Midlothian
  • Matoaca High
  • Monacan High, Richmond

Middle

  • Tomahawk Creek Middle, Midlothian
  • Bailey Bridge Middle, Midlothian
  • Falling Creek Middle, North Chesterfield
  • Elizabeth Davis Middle, Chester
  • Midlothian Middle, Midlothian
  • Swift Creek Middle, Midlothian
  • Robious Middle, Midlothian
  • Manchester Middle, North Chesterfield
  • Providence Middle, North Chesterfield
  • Carver Middle, Chester
  • Salem Church Middle, North Chesterfield
  • Matoaca Middle, Matoaca

Elementary

  • Beulah Elementary, North Chesterfield
  • Old Hundred Elementary, Midlothian
  • Moseley Elementary, Moseley
  • Clover Hill Elementary, Midlothian
  • J.G. Hening Elementary, North Chesterfield
  • J.A. Chalkley Elementary
  • Spring Run Elementary, Midlothian
  • J.B. Watkins Elementary, Midlothian
  • Evergreen Elementary, Midlothian
  • Winterpock Elementary
  • Woolridge Elementary, Midlothian
  • Enon Elementary, Chester
  • Falling Creek Elementary, Richmond
  • C.E. Curtis Elementary, Chester
  • Ecoff Elementary, Chester
  • Elizabeth Scott Elementary, Chester
  • Hopkins Road Elementary, North Chesterfield
  • Grange Hall Elementary, Moseley
Questions

Chesterfield 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.