Is head lice going around Downers Grove, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed head lice activity has been reported at Downers Grove, 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 17, 2026 23 Downers Grove schools and daycares tracked
How Downers Grove 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 Downers Grove 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.
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Downers Grove schools and daycares we watch for head lice
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment head lice is logged there.
- St. Mary's Learning Resource Center
- Henry Puffer School
- First Baptist Christian School
- Bright Horizons
- Kingsley Elementary School
- Tutor Time of Downers Grove
- The Avery Coonley School
- Kindercare
- Belle Aire Elementary School
- Lester Elementary School
- El Sierra Elementary School
- Hillcrest Elementary School
- Indian Trail Elementary School
- Herrick Middle School
- Highland Elementary School
- Prairieview Elementary School
- O'Neill Middle School
- Pierce Downer Elementary School
- Fairmount Elementary School
- Downers Grove South High School
- Whittier Elementary School
- Downers Grove North High School
- Lakeview Junior High School
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Downers Grove school and get a heads up when head lice shows up.