Is the flu going around Evanston, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed the flu activity has been reported at Evanston, 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 23, 2026 31 Evanston schools and daycares tracked
How Evanston parents can tell
- Sudden high fever
- Body aches and chills
- Dry cough and sore throat
- Unusual fatigue
Flu spreads from a day before symptoms start until about a week after, and kids shed the virus longer than adults.
Everything on this page comes from Evanston 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 flu guideOther illnesses in Evanston
Evanston schools and daycares we watch for the flu
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment the flu is logged there.
- Dawes Elementary School
- Dewey Elementary School
- Evanston Township High School
- Guidepost Montessori
- Haven Middle School
- Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center
- Lincolnwood Elementary School
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Laboratory School
- Oakton Elementary School
- One River School of Art and Design
- Pope John XXIII School
- Orrington Elementary School
- Roycemore School
- Toddler Town Day Care
- Chiaravalle Montessori School
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Saint Anthanasius School
- Chute Middle School
- Kingsley Elementary School
- Washington Elementary School
- Kids STEM Studio Evanston
- Nichols Middle School
- Kingsway Preparatory School
- T & E
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Evanston school and get a heads up when the flu shows up.