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Oak Creek, Wisconsin, 6,527 students in 11 schools

Oak Creek-Franklin School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Oak Creek-Franklin, measured against Oak Creek-Franklin's own big snow morning of 3.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Oak Creek-Franklin close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Oak Creek.
The Oak Creek-Franklin playbook

How Oak Creek-Franklin calls a snow day

When the call comes

As early as possible but typically by 5:30 a.m.

“Whenever possible, the decision to close school will be made as early as possible but typically by 5:30 a.m., or to dismiss early by 11:30 a.m.”
Source

How families hear

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

“Fourth, major media outlets (TV and Radio) will be notified, including:”
School Closing Information

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“When school is delayed by two hours, the middle schools will begin at 10:30 A.M., the elementary schools will begin at 10:00 A.M., and the high school will begin at 9:30 A.M. The morning session for 4 year old kindergarten (4K) is cancelled.”
Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Possible make-up days on Feb 19, Mar 5 and Apr 30, 2027, more at the end of the year if needed.

“Possible School Make-Up Days February 19, 2027 March 5, 2027 April 30, 2027 Additional make-up days may be added at the end of the school year if necessary”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 9, 2027
District calendar

Read from Oak Creek-Franklin’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is ocfsd.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Oak Creek-Franklin’s snow record

41.3inches of snow a winter
3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.6with 4 in or more
3.7 ina big snow morning in Oak Creek-Franklin: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
2.9Nov
5.4Dec
12.9Jan
10.1Feb
6.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8.9 in on March 25, 2023
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 56.1 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 6.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.6 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 Wisconsin rule

How Wisconsin counts a lost day

Wisconsin requires hours, not days: 437 for kindergarten, 1,050 for grades 1 to 6 and 1,137 for grades 7 to 12.

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

Next door

Districts near Oak Creek-Franklin

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
South Milwaukee School DistrictSouth Milwaukee31.9 in1.8
Cudahy School DistrictCudahy41.3 in1.6
Greendale School DistrictGreendale37.8 in2
Greenfield School DistrictGreenfield37.8 in2
Franklin Public School DistrictFranklin37.8 in21
St. Francis School DistrictSaint Francis41.3 in1.6
The schools

11 schools

Every school in Oak Creek-Franklin follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Oak Creek High

Middle

  • Oak Creek East Middle
  • Oak Creek West Middle

Elementary

  • Forest Ridge Elementary
  • Shepard Hills Elementary
  • Carollton Elementary
  • Edgewood Elementary
  • Deerfield Elementary
  • Meadowview Elementary
  • Cedar Hills Elementary

Other schools

  • Early Learning Academy
Questions

Oak Creek-Franklin 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.