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.
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.
- Tot Learning Center
- East Prairie Elementary School
- Highland Elementary School
- Jane Stenson Elementary School
- John Middleton Elementary School
- Madison Elementary School
- Walker Elementary School
- Fairview South Elementary School
- Devonshire Elementary School
- Niles North High School
- Niles West High School
- Fasman Yeshiva High School
- Lincoln Junior High School
- Oliver McCracken Middle School
- Old Orchard Junior High School
- Niles Township Community Day Care
- Elizabeth Meyer School
- The Goddard School of Skokie (Evanston/Wilmette)
- Mosaic Early Childhood Center
- Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School
- MCC Academy
- Saint Lambert School
- Arie Crown Hebrew Day School
- Saint Peter's School
Strep Throat in nearby Illinois towns
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