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