Mask Status of Chicagoland's Schools

We're trying to track the mask status for all of Chicagoland's School Districts. Please help us update with the latest from your district and let us know if you see a mistake.

Chicago Journal

8 Feb 2022 — 6 min read

Update: As of March 1, at least 94% of the school districts below have opted to go mask optional.

We're trying to track the mask status for all of Chicagoland's School Districts.

Please help us update with the latest from your district and let us know if you see a mistake.

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Cook County

District	County	Mask Status
ACE Amandla Charter School	Cook	Required
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn SD 126	Cook
Arbor Park SD 145	Cook
Argo CHSD 217	Cook	Required
Arlington Heights SD 25	Cook	Optional
Atwood Heights SD 125	Cook
Bellwood SD 88	Cook
Berkeley SD 87	Cook
Berwyn North SD 98	Cook
Berwyn South SD 100	Cook
Betty Shabazz Int'l Charter	Cook
Bloom Township HSD 206	Cook
Bremen CHSD 228	Cook
Bronzeville Academy Charter	Cook
Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95	Cook
Brookwood SD 167	Cook
Burbank SD 111	Cook	Optional
Burnham SD 154-5	Cook
Calumet City SD 155	Cook
CCSD 62	Cook	Optional
CCSD 146	Cook
CCSD 168	Cook
Central Stickney SD 110	Cook
CHSD 218	Cook	Required
Cicero SD 99	Cook	Required
City of Chicago SD 299	Cook	Required
Chicago Heights SD 170	Cook
Chicago Ridge SD 127-5	Cook
Community Consolidated SD 181	Cook	Optional
Cons HSD 230	Cook	Optional
CooK County SD 130	Cook
Country Club Hills SD 160	Cook
Dolton SD 148	Cook
Dolton SD 149	Cook
East Maine SD 63	Cook
East Prairie SD 73	Cook
Elmwood Park CUSD 401	Cook
ESD 159	Cook
Evanston CCSD 65	Cook	Required
Evanston Township HSD 202	Cook
Evergreen Park CHSD 231	Cook
Evergreen Park ESD 124	Cook
Fairview SD 72	Cook
Flossmoor SD 161	Cook
Ford Heights SD 169	Cook
Forest Park SD 91	Cook
Forest Ridge SD 142	Cook
Franklin Park SD 84	Cook	Required
Gen George Patton SD 133	Cook
Glencoe SD 35	Cook	Optional
Glenview CCSD 34	Cook
Golf ESD	Cook
Harvey SD 152	Cook
Hazel Crest SD 152-5	Cook
Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233	Cook
Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157	Cook
Horizon Science Academy-Belmont Charter	Cook
Horizon Science Academy-McKinley Park	Cook
Indian Springs SD 109	Cook
Intrinsic 2 Charter	Cook
J S Morton HSD 201	Cook
Kenilworth SD 38	Cook
Kirby SD 140	Cook
Komarek SD 94	Cook
La Grange SD 102	Cook
La Grange SD 105	Cook
La Grange Highlands SD 106	Cook
Lansing SD 158	Cook
Lemont Township HSD 210	Cook
Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A	Cook
Leyden CHSD 212	Cook	Optional
Lincoln ESD 156	Cook
Lincolnwood SD 74	Cook
Lindop SD 92	Cook
Lyons SD 103	Cook	Required
Lyons Township HSD 204	Cook	Required
Mannheim SD 83	Cook
Matteson ESD 162	Cook
Maine Township HSD 207	Cook	Required
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	Cook
Midlothian SD 143	Cook
Morton Grove SD 70	Cook
Mount Prospect SD 57	Cook	Optional
New Trier Township HSD 203	Cook	Required
Niles ESD 71	Cook
Niles Township HSD 219	Cook	Required
Norridge SD 80	Cook	Required
North Palos SD 117	Cook	Optional
Northbrook ESD 27	Cook
Northbrook SD 28	Cook
Northbrook/Glenview SD 30	Cook
Northfield Township HSD 225	Cook
Oak Lawn CHSD 229	Cook
Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	Cook
Oak Park-River Forest SD 200	Cook	Required
Oak Park ESD 97	Cook	Required
Orland SD 135	Cook
Palatine CCSD 15	Cook
Palos CCSD 128	Cook
Palos Heights SD 128	Cook
Park Forest SD 163	Cook
Park Ridge CCSD 64	Cook	Required
Pennoyer SD 79	Cook
Pleasantdale SD 107	Cook
Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	Cook
Prairie-Hills ESD 144	Cook
Proviso Township HSD 209	Cook
Reavis Township HSD 220	Cook	Required
Rhodes SD 84-5	Cook
Rich Township HSD 227	Cook
Ridgeland SD 122	Cook
Ridgewood CHSD 234	Cook
River Forest SD 90	Cook
River Grove SD 85-5	Cook
Riverside SD 96	Cook
Riverside-Brookfield Township SD 208	Cook	Required
River Trails SD 26	Cook	Required
Rosemont ESD 78	Cook
Sandridge SD 172	Cook
Schiller Park SD 81	Cook
Skokie SD 68	Cook
Skokie SD 69	Cook
Skokie SD 73-5	Cook
Schaumburg CCSD 54	Cook	Optional
South Holland SD 150	Cook
South Holland SD 151	Cook
Southland College Prep Charter	Cook
Steger SD 194	Cook
Summit SD 104	Cook
Sunnybrook SD 171	Cook
Sunset Ridge SD 29	Cook
Thornton Fractional Township HSD 215	Cook	Required
Thornton SD 154	Cook
Thornton Township HSD 205	Cook
Township HSD 211	Cook	Optional
Township HSD 214	Cook	Optional
Union Ridge SD 86	Cook
Urban Prep West Charter	Cook
W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	Cook
West Northfield SD 31	Cook
Westchester SD 92-5	Cook
Western Springs SD 101	Cook
Wheeling CCSD 21	Cook	Required
Willow Springs SD 108	Cook
Wilmette SD 39	Cook	Required
Winnetka SD 36	Cook	Optional
Worth SD 127	Cook

DuPage County

District	County	Mask Status
Benjamin SD 25	DuPage
Bensenville SD 2	DuPage	Required
Bloomingdale SD 13	DuPage
Butler SD 53	DuPage	Required
Cass SD 63	DuPage
CCSD 89	DuPage	Required
CCSD 93	DuPage
CCSD 180	DuPage	Required
Center Cass Sd 66	DuPage
CHSD 94	DuPage	Required
CHSD 99	DuPage
CUSD 201	DuPage
Darien SD 61	DuPage
Downers Grove GSD 58	DuPage	Required
Fenton CHSD 100	DuPage
Glen Ellyn SD 41	DuPage	Required
Glenbard Township HSD 87	DuPage	Required
Gower SD 62	DuPage	Required
Hinsdale Township HSD 86	DuPage
Indian Prairie CUSD 204	DuPage	Required
Itasca SD 10	DuPage
Keeneyville SD 20	DuPage	Required
Lake Park CHSD 108	DuPage	Required
Lisle CUSD 202	DuPage	Required
Maercker SD 60	DuPage
Marquardt SD 15	DuPage
Medinah SD 11	DuPage
Naperville CUSD 203	DuPage	Optional
Queen Bee SD 16	DuPage	Required
Roselle SD 12	DuPage
Salt Creek 48	DuPage
West Chicago ESD 33	DuPage	Required
Winfield SD 34	DuPage
Wood Dale SD 7	DuPage
Woodridge SD 68	DuPage	Required

Kane County

District	County	Mask Status
Aurora East USD 131	Kane	Required
Aurora West USD 129	Kane	Required
Batavia USD 101	Kane	Optional
Central CUSD 301	Kane	Required
CUSD 300	Kane	Required
Geneva CUSD 302	Kane	Optional
Elgin Math & Science Academy Charter	Kane
Kaneland CUSD 302	Kane
SD U-46	Kane	Required
St. Charles CUSD 303	Kane	Optional

Lake County

District	County	Mask Status
Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125	Lake	Required
Antioch CCSD 34	Lake	Optional
Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102	Lake
Bannockburn SD 106	Lake
Barrington CUSD 220	Lake	Optional
Beach Park CCSD 3	Lake
Big Hollow SD 38	Lake
CHSD 117	Lake	Optional
CHSD 128	Lake	Required
Diamond Lake SD 76	Lake
Deerfield SD 109	Lake
Emmons SD 33	Lake
Fox Lake GSD 114	Lake
Fremont SD 79	Lake
Gavin SD 37	Lake
Grant CHSD 124	Lake
Grass Lake SD 36	Lake
Grayslake CCSD 46	Lake
Grayslake CHSD 127	Lake
Gurnee SD 56	Lake
Hawthorn CCSD 73	Lake
Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	Lake
Lake Bluff ESD 65	Lake
Lake Forest SD 67	Lake	Optional
Lake Forest CHSD 115	Lake	Optional
Lake Villa CCSD 41	Lake
Lake Zurich	Lake
LEARN Charter 9 Campus in Waukegan	Lake
Libertyville SD 70	Lake
Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103	Lake
Millburn CCSD 24	Lake
Mundelein Cons HSD 120	Lake
Mundelein ESD 75	Lake
North Chicago SD 187	Lake
Oak Grove SD 68 Green Oaks	Lake
Prairie Crossing Charter	Lake
Rondout SD 72	Lake
Round Lake CUSD 116	Lake
Township HSD 113	Lake
Warren Township HSD 121	Lake
Wauconda CUSD 118	Lake
Waukegan CUSD 60	Lake	Required
Winthrop Harbor SD 1	Lake
Woodland CCSD 50	Lake	Optional
Zion-Benton Township HSD 126	Lake
Zion ESD 6	Lake

McHenry County

District	County	Mask Status
Alden-Hebron SD 19	McHenry
Cary CCSD 26	McHenry	Optional
CHSD 155	McHenry	Optional
Crystal Lake CCSD 47	McHenry	Optional
Fox River Grove Cons SD 3	McHenry
Harrison SD 36	McHenry
Harvard CUSD 50	McHenry
Huntley Community School District 158	McHenry	Optional
Johnsburg CUSD 12	McHenry	Optional
McHenry CCSD 15	McHenry
McHenry CHSD 156	McHenry
Marengo-Union E Cons D 165	McHenry
Nippersink SD 2	McHenry	Optional
Prairie Grove CSD 46	McHenry	Optional
Richmond-Burton CHSD	McHenry	Optional
Riley CCSD 18	McHenry
Woodstock CUSD 200	McHenry	Optional

Will County

District	County	Mask Status
Beecher CUSD 200U	Will
Chaney-Monge SD 88	Will	Required
Channahon SD 17	Will	Optional
Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Will
Elwood CCSD 203	Will
Fairmont SD 89	Will
Frankfort CCSD 157C	Will	Optional
Homer CCSD 33C	Will
Joliet PSD 86	Will	Required
Joliet Township HSD 204	Will
Laraway CCSD 70C	Will
Lincoln Way CHSD 210	Will	Optional
Lockport Township HSD 205	Will	Required
Lockport SD 91	Will	Required
Manhattan SD 114	Will	Optional
Mokena SD 159	Will
New Lenox SD 122	Will	Optional
Plainfield SD 202	Will	Optional
Peotone CUSD 207U	Will
Reed Custer CUSD 255U	Will
Richland GSD 88A	Will
Rockdale SD 84	Will	Required
Summit Hill SD 161	Will
Taft SD 90	Will
Troy CCSD 30C	Will
Union SD 81	Will
Valley View CUSD 365U	Will	Optional
Will County SD 92	Will
Wilmington CUSD 209U	Will	Optional

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