Is the common cold going around Springfield, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed the common cold activity has been reported at Springfield, 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 September 17, 2026 21 Springfield schools and daycares tracked
How Springfield 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 Springfield 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 Springfield
Springfield 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.
- Central Middle School
- Washington Elementary School
- Tiny Tots Learning Center
- First Steps Kindergarten
- Little Scholars Daycare
- Bright Beginnings Daycare
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Madison Elementary School
- Rainbow Kids Daycare
- Little Angels Daycare
- Westside Middle School
- Happy Hearts Childcare
- Montessori Preschool Academy
- Jefferson Elementary School
- Learning Tree Preschool
- Discovery Preschool
- Roosevelt Elementary School
- Sunshine Childcare Center
- Eastview Middle School
- Little Learners Kindergarten
- Creative Kids Preschool
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Springfield school and get a heads up when the common cold shows up.