Is the common cold going around Des Plaines, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed the common cold activity has been reported at Des Plaines, 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 20 Des Plaines schools and daycares tracked
How Des Plaines parents can tell
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Sneezing and mild cough
- Scratchy throat
- Low-grade fever
Colds spread for the first two to three days, when the runny nose is at its worst.
Everything on this page comes from Des Plaines 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 the common cold guideOther illnesses in Des Plaines
Des Plaines schools and daycares we watch for the common cold
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment the common cold is logged there.
- Domowe Przedszkole w Des Plaines
- Saint Zachary School
- Algonquin Middle School
- Cumberland Elementary School
- Maine West High School
- Plainfield Elementary School
- South Elementary School
- Iroquois Community School
- Central Elementary School
- Orchard Place Elementary School
- Devonshire Elementary School
- Friendship Junior High School
- Apollo Elementary School
- Family Resource Center
- Terrace Elementary School
- North Elementary School
- Science & Arts Academy
- First Steps Preschool
- Chippewa Middle School
- Forest Elementary School
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Des Plaines school and get a heads up when the common cold shows up.