Is the common cold going around Gary, Indiana?
Not right now. No confirmed the common cold activity has been reported at Gary, Indiana 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 25, 2026 15 Gary schools and daycares tracked
How Gary 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 Gary 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 Gary
Gary 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.
- Hattie's Daycare & Preschool
- Ambassador Christian Academy
- Anew Life Child Care Ministry
- Gary Middle College
- Calumet High School
- Thea Bowman Leadership Academy
- Former Dulles Elementary School
- Beveridge Elementary School
- 21st Century Charter High School
- Gary Area Career Center
- Aspire Charter Academy
- Gary Middle College West
- 21st Century Charter School of Gary
- Steel City Academy
- West Side Leadership Academy
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Gary school and get a heads up when the common cold shows up.