Is strep throat going around Springfield, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed strep throat 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 18, 2026 21 Springfield schools and daycares tracked
How Springfield 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 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 strep throat guideOther illnesses in Springfield
Springfield schools and daycares we watch for strep throat
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment strep throat 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 strep throat shows up.