Is the common cold going around Waukegan, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed the common cold activity has been reported at Waukegan, 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 31 Waukegan schools and daycares tracked
How Waukegan 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 Waukegan 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 Waukegan
Waukegan 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.
- Miguel Juarez Middle School
- North Elementary School
- Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School
- Robbie M. Lightfoot Early Learning Center
- Jack Benny Middle School
- John S Clark Elementary School
- Robert E. Abbott Middle School
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- Washington Elementary School
- Oakdale Elementary School
- Saint Anastasia School
- Lake County Christian Academy
- Saint Joseph School
- Glenwood Elementary School
- Shimer College
- Lyon Magnet Elementary School
- Whittier Elementary School
- Waukegan High School - Brookside Campus
- Hyde Park Elementary School
- Little Fort School
- John R. Lewis Middle School
- Waukegan High School - Washington Campus
- Greenwood Elementary School
- Clearview Elementary School
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Waukegan school and get a heads up when the common cold shows up.