Anne Arundel County School Closings Today — Status & Delays (MD)

Are Anne Arundel County schools closed today? Check live status below — updated every 10 minutes. This Anne Arundel County school closings today page covers AACPS and three neighboring Maryland districts.

Live status monitored for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, and Howard County Public School System.

How Anne Arundel County School Closings Are Announced

Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) posts closure, delay, and early-dismissal decisions on its official website at aacps.org, typically aiming to notify families by 5:30 AM on the morning of a weather event, or the evening before when forecasters are already confident a storm will affect the morning commute. The district also pushes alerts through its automated phone, email, and text messaging system to every family on file, so households who have not updated their contact information with the district can miss a notification even when the closure has already been posted publicly.

Local television remains the fastest secondary source once a decision is made. WBAL-TV 11, WJZ-TV 13, and FOX45 (WBFF) all maintain dedicated closings pages and break into regular programming during active winter weather to read the list of closed and delayed districts across the Baltimore region, including Anne Arundel County. This page automatically monitors AACPS’s official site alongside those three stations, so a closure is typically reflected here within minutes of being confirmed by any one source.

Weather Risks That Trigger School Closings in Anne Arundel County

• Winter storms (snow): Accumulating snow on county roads, especially in rural southern Anne Arundel, is the most common reason for a full-day closure between December and March.
• Ice and black ice: A thin glaze of ice on roads and bridges — sometimes from overnight refreeze after a daytime thaw — can be more disruptive to bus routes than a heavier snowfall.
• Coastal and tidal flooding: Anne Arundel County’s roughly 530 miles of Chesapeake Bay and tributary shoreline mean low-lying roads near Annapolis, Pasadena, and Edgewater can flood during high tides combined with onshore wind, occasionally affecting bus pickup in shoreline communities.
• Tropical storm and hurricane remnants: Late-summer and fall systems moving up the Mid-Atlantic can bring damaging wind gusts and heavy rain that prompt early dismissal or closure, particularly when downed trees threaten bus routes.
• Severe thunderstorms: Fast-moving summer storms with damaging wind or hail can trigger early dismissal if they arrive during the school day.
• Extreme heat: Schools without full air conditioning may shift to early dismissal during prolonged heat advisories in late spring or early fall.

Frequently Asked Questions

How early does Anne Arundel County Public Schools announce school closures?

AACPS aims to announce closures and delays as early as possible — ideally by 5:30 AM on the day of a weather event, or the evening before if a storm’s track and timing are already clear. Decisions are posted on aacps.org and pushed through the district’s automated family notification system at the same time they go to local media.

What’s the difference between a closure and a delayed opening for AACPS?

A closure means no school for students and generally no staff reporting in person; a delayed opening (most commonly a two-hour delay) means buses run later and the school day starts later, but the full instructional day still happens on a compressed schedule. AACPS uses delays when road conditions are expected to improve as temperatures rise through the morning, such as after an overnight glaze of ice.

Do all Anne Arundel County schools close at the same time, or can individual schools close separately?

AACPS makes one countywide decision that applies to all of its schools — the district does not typically close individual schools while keeping others open for weather. However, this page also monitors three neighboring districts (Prince George’s County, Baltimore County, and Howard County Public Schools), each of which makes its own separate, independent decision for its own schools.

Which Baltimore-area TV stations report Anne Arundel County school closings?

WBAL-TV 11, WJZ-TV 13, and FOX45 (WBFF) are the three primary Baltimore-market television stations that maintain dedicated closings pages and break into programming during active weather to list closed and delayed districts in the region, including Anne Arundel County.

How often is this page updated?

Status checks run automatically every 15 minutes under normal conditions, or every 5 minutes during active weather alerts, pulling from official district sites, TV station feeds, and National Weather Service data for Anne Arundel County.

Why does Anne Arundel County sometimes close for flooding instead of snow?

Because much of the county borders the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, a combination of high tide, onshore wind, and heavy rain can flood low-lying roads near the water even without any snow falling. AACPS monitors tidal forecasts alongside winter weather forecasts for exactly this reason.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools — School Roster

High Schools

• Annapolis High School
• Anne Arundel Evening High School
• Arundel High School
• Broadneck High School
• Chesapeake High School
• Crofton High School
• Glen Burnie High School
• Meade High School
• North County High School
• Northeast High School
• Old Mill High School
• Severna Park High School
• Severn Run High School
• South River High School
• Southern High School

Middle Schools

• Annapolis Middle School
• Arundel Middle School
• Brooklyn Park Middle School
• Central Middle School
• Chesapeake Bay Middle School
• Corkran Middle School
• Crofton Middle School
• Lindale Middle School
• MacArthur Middle School
• Magothy River Middle School
• Marley Middle School
• Meade Middle School
• Northeast Middle School
• Old Mill Middle School North
• Old Mill Middle School South
• Severna Park Middle School
• Severn River Middle School
• Southern Middle School
• Wiley H. Bates Middle School

Elementary Schools

• Annapolis Elementary School
• Arnold Elementary School
• Belvedere Elementary School
• Benfield Elementary School
• Bodkin Elementary School
• Broadneck Elementary School
• Brock Bridge Elementary School
• Cape St. Claire Elementary School
• Central Elementary School
• Crofton Elementary School
• Crofton Meadows Elementary School
• Crofton Woods Elementary School
• Davidsonville Elementary School
• Deale Elementary School
• Eastport Elementary School
• Edgewater Elementary School
• Folger McKinsey Elementary School
• Fort Smallwood Elementary School
• Four Seasons Elementary School
• Frank Hebron-Harman Elementary School
• Freetown Elementary School
• George T. Cromwell Elementary School
• Georgetown East Elementary School
• Germantown Elementary School
• Glen Burnie Park Elementary School
• Glendale Elementary School
• High Point Elementary School
• Hillsmere Elementary School
• Hilltop Elementary School
• Jacobsville Elementary School
• Jessup Elementary School
• Jones Elementary School
• Lake Shore Elementary School
• Linthicum Elementary School
• Lothian Elementary School
• Manor View Elementary School
• Marley Elementary School
• Maryland City Elementary School
• Mayo Elementary School
• Meade Heights Elementary School
• Millersville Elementary School
• Nantucket Elementary School
• North Glen Elementary School
• Oak Hill Elementary School
• Oakwood Elementary School
• Odenton Elementary School
• Overlook Elementary School
• Walter S. Mills-Parole Elementary School

AACPS operates 126 schools in total, including charter, special education, and centers of applied technology not itemized above. For the complete, current list, visit aacps.org.