Is head lice going around Lake Forest, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed head lice activity has been reported at Lake Forest, 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 18 Lake Forest schools and daycares tracked
How Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest
Lake Forest schools and daycares we watch for head lice
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment head lice is logged there.
- Banner Day Camp
- Montessori School of Lake Forest
- Cherokee Elementary School
- Rondout School
- Saint Mary's School
- Lake Forest High School
- Lake Forest Academy
- Lake Forest Country Day School
- Barat Campus DePaul University
- School of St. Mary
- Sheridan Elementary School
- Everett Elementary School
- The Grove School
- Woodland Academy of the Sacred Heart
- Deerpath Middle School
- Lake Forest Academy
- Lake Forest Country Day School
- Dearhaven Child Care and Learning Center
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Lake Forest school and get a heads up when head lice shows up.