Is head lice going around Wilmette, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed head lice activity has been reported at Wilmette, 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 Wilmette parents can tell
- Persistent scalp itching
- Tickling feeling in the hair
- Tiny white eggs near the scalp
- Red bumps on the neck or behind the ears
Lice do not jump or fly. They pass through head-to-head contact and shared hats or brushes.
Everything on this page comes from Wilmette 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 head lice guideOther illnesses in Wilmette
Wilmette schools and daycares we watch for head lice
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment head lice is logged there.
- McKenzie Elementary School
- Romona Elementary School
- Central Elementary School
- Harper Elementary School
- Regina Dominican High School
- Marie Murphy Junior High School
- Highcrest Middle School
- Wilmette Junior High School
- Ronald Knox Montessori School
- Loyola Academy
- Saint Francis Xavier School
- Baker Demonstration School
- Beth Hillel Hebrew School
- Saint Joseph School
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