Is head lice going around Des Plaines, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed head lice 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
- Persistent scalp itching
- Tickling feeling in the hair
- Tiny white eggs near the scalp
- Red bumps on the neck or behind the ears
Lice do not jump or fly. They pass through head-to-head contact and shared hats or brushes.
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 head lice guideOther illnesses in Des Plaines
Des Plaines schools and daycares we watch for head lice
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment head lice 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 head lice shows up.