Is strep throat going around Chicago Heights, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed strep throat activity has been reported at Chicago Heights, Illinois schools and daycares in the past 14 days. That can mean it is quiet, or simply that nobody nearby has logged it yet.
Updated August 25, 2026 14 Chicago Heights schools and daycares tracked
How Chicago Heights parents can tell
- Sudden sore throat without a cough
- Painful swallowing
- Fever over 100.4 F
- Swollen neck glands or white patches on the tonsils
Kids are no longer contagious after 12 to 24 hours on antibiotics, so most schools allow a return the next day.
Everything on this page comes from Chicago Heights parents logging what their kids actually had, stripped of anything identifying. Nothing shows up until at least two families report the same thing, so one sick child never puts a school on the map.
Read the full strep throat guideOther illnesses in Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights schools and daycares we watch for strep throat
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment strep throat is logged there.
- Serena Hills Elementary School
- Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM
- Chicago Heights Middle School
- Marian Catholic High School
- Greenbriar Elementary School
- Kennedy Elementary School
- Normandy Villa School
- Early Childhood Program
- Wilson Elementary School
- Washington-McKinley Elementary School
- Roosevelt Elementary School
- SPEED
- Jefferson Elementary School
- Bloom High School
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Chicago Heights school and get a heads up when strep throat shows up.