Is the common cold going around Skokie, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed the common cold activity has been reported at Skokie, 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 30 Skokie schools and daycares tracked
How Skokie parents can tell
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Sneezing and mild cough
- Scratchy throat
- Low-grade fever
Colds spread for the first two to three days, when the runny nose is at its worst.
Everything on this page comes from Skokie 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 common cold guideOther illnesses in Skokie
Skokie schools and daycares we watch for the common cold
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment the common cold is logged there.
- Devonshire Elementary School
- Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School
- East Prairie Elementary School
- Fairview South Elementary School
- Highland Elementary School
- Jane Stenson Elementary School
- John Middleton Elementary School
- Lincoln Junior High School
- Madison Elementary School
- MCC Academy
- Niles West High School
- Saint Lambert School
- Saint Peter's School
- Seymour J. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School
- Symbol Training Institute
- Niles Township Community Day Care
- Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School
- Niles North High School
- Fasman Yeshiva High School
- Oliver McCracken Middle School
- Elizabeth Meyer School
- Orchard School
- The Goddard School of Skokie (Evanston/Wilmette)
- Ida Crown Jewish Academy
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Skokie school and get a heads up when the common cold shows up.