Is pink eye going around Chicago, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed pink eye activity has been reported at Chicago, 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 September 15, 2026, based on 7 parent reports in the last 14 days 1472 Chicago schools and daycares tracked
How Chicago parents can tell
- Red or pink eye whites
- Itchy or gritty feeling
- Watery or yellow discharge
- Crusty lashes after sleep
Viral pink eye spreads as long as the eye is watering; most schools ask for 24 hours of drops before a return.
Everything on this page comes from Chicago 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 pink eye guideEverything reported in Chicago (past 14 days)
- Cough4 logs
- Runny nose3 logs
- Sore throat3 logs
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Chicago schools and daycares we watch for pink eye
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment pink eye is logged there.
- St. Nicholas Cathedral School
- Family Room
- Kids Academy, LLC
- Luke O'toole Elementary School
- Avalon Park Elementary School
- Evergreen Academy Middle School
- Mariano Azuela Elementary School
- Just Like Grannys Learning Center
- Inspire U Community Center
- Ivy Garden Learning Center
- Children's Land On Belmont Ave., INC.
- Concordia Place
- James B Mcpherson Elementary School
- Out On Faith Learning Center, INC.
- Children's Creative Center
- Christopher House-Uptown
- Centro Infantil Consuelo Lee Corretjer
- Joseph Lovett Elementary School
- Children International Academy
- Family Focus
- It Takes a Village
- Cornerstone Child Care Center
- Early Start Daycare Center
- Drew's Place
Pink Eye in nearby Illinois towns
Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Chicago school and get a heads up when pink eye shows up.