Is strep throat going around Highland Park, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed strep throat activity has been reported at Highland Park, 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 15 Highland Park schools and daycares tracked
How Highland Park parents can tell
- Sudden sore throat without a cough
- Painful swallowing
- Fever over 100.4 F
- Swollen neck glands or white patches on the tonsils
Kids are no longer contagious after 12 to 24 hours on antibiotics, so most schools allow a return the next day.
Everything on this page comes from Highland Park 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 strep throat guideOther illnesses in Highland Park
Highland Park schools and daycares we watch for strep throat
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment strep throat is logged there.
- Ravinia Nursery School
- Northwood Jr. High School
- Immaculate Conception School
- Highland Park High School
- Ravinia Elementary School
- Sherwood Elementary School
- North Shore Academy
- Red Oak Elementary School
- Edgewood Middle School
- Wayne Thomas Elementary School
- Indian Trail Elementary School
- Elm Place School
- Braeside Elementary School
- Green Bay School
- George W Lutz Family Center
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Highland Park school and get a heads up when strep throat shows up.