Is strep throat going around Skokie, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed strep throat 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
- 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 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 strep throat guideOther illnesses in Skokie
Skokie schools and daycares we watch for strep throat
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment strep throat 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 strep throat shows up.