Is head lice going around Gary, Indiana?
Not right now. No confirmed head lice 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
- 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 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 head lice guideOther illnesses in Gary
Gary schools and daycares we watch for head lice
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment head lice 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 head lice shows up.