Is head lice going around Hammond, Indiana?
Not right now. No confirmed head lice activity has been reported at Hammond, 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 23 Hammond schools and daycares tracked
How Hammond 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 Hammond 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 Hammond
Hammond schools and daycares we watch for head lice
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment head lice is logged there.
- Montessori Children's Schoolhouse
- Hammond Central High School
- Hammond Career Center
- Bishop Noll Institute
- City Baptist High School
- Columbia Elementary School
- Henry W. Eggers Elementary - Middle School
- Hammond Academy of Science & Technolgy
- Washington Irving Elementary School
- Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
- Scott Middle School
- Morton Senior High School
- Warren G. Harding Elementary School
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
- Kenwood Elementary School
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
- Wallace Elementary School
- Lafayette Elementary School
- Morton Elementary School
- Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School
- Frank O'Bannon Elementary School
- Hess Elementary School
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
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Know before it reaches your house
Follow your Hammond school and get a heads up when head lice shows up.