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Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 9,427 students in 25 schools

Sheboygan Area School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Sheboygan, measured against Sheboygan's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Sheboygan close tomorrow?

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

How Sheboygan calls a snow day

How families hear

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

“Families with students in the Sheboygan Area School District will receive an automated phone call, email, and/or text message through our communications system. This information is also posted on the Sheboygan Area School District's Facebook and Instagram accounts.”
School Closings & Delays - Sheboygan Area School District

1 built in snow day

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “snow day”.

“The first snow day will NOT be made up. All subsequent days will be virtual.”
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Virtual learning days

Sheboygan has virtual learning days in its winter plan.

“The first snow day will NOT be made up. All subsequent days will be virtual.”
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Making up a lost day

The first snow day is not made up; later ones become virtual days.

“The first snow day will NOT be made up. All subsequent days will be virtual.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 1, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 3, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“All official school closings due to weather will be determined by the Superintendent's office.”
Board policy

Read from Sheboygan’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sheboygan.k12.wi.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Sheboygan’s snow record

32.9inches of snow a winter
4.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.8with 4 in or more
5 ina big snow morning in Sheboygan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
8.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1.4Nov
5.5Dec
8.4Jan
9.6Feb
6.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10.5 in on February 23, 2023
  • Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 48.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 6.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.9 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 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 Sheboygan

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Sheboygan Falls School DistrictSheboygan Falls45.8 in2.1
Oostburg School DistrictOostburg37.4 in1.9
Plymouth School DistrictPlymouth41.8 in2
Northern Ozaukee School DistrictFredonia44.3 in1.5
Port Washington-Saukville School DistrictPort Washington33.3 in1.7
Kiel Area School DistrictKiel47 in1.8
The schools

25 schools

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

High

  • North High
  • South High
  • Central High
  • George D Warriner High School for Personalized Learning
  • Etude High

Middle

  • Horace Mann Middle
  • Urban Middle
  • Farnsworth Middle
  • Etude Middle
  • George D Warriner Middle

Elementary

  • Wilson Elementary
  • Lake Country Academy - Charter
  • Lincoln-Erdman Elementary
  • Grant Elementary
  • James Madison Elementary
  • Jackson Elementary
  • Cooper Elementary
  • Sheridan Elementary
  • Pigeon River Elementary
  • Jefferson Elementary
  • Longfellow Elementary
  • Sheboygan Leadership Academy
  • Etude Elementary
  • Cleveland Elementary, Cleveland

Other schools

  • Early Learning Center
Questions

Sheboygan snow day questions

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