(Editor's note: This story is updated with additional schools as they are added to the list).
Greenville attorney Tom DeVore, who is spearheading the legal challenges against Illinois school mask mandates, has compiled a list of the state's schools that have agreed to make masks optional for students and staff.
On Feb. 4, Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow granted DeVore's request for a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 mask mandates for schools. Pritzker immediately appealed to the Fourth District Appellate Court.
Despite Pritzker's attempts at overturning Grischow's ruling, hundreds of schools have responded to the order by eliminating mandatory mask rules. DeVore has been keeping track on social media as schools join the movement.
As of Feb. 15, the list of schools that have made masks optional includes:
Addison D4= 5 Schools
Akin
ALAH Arthur Community Unit School District #305 =4 schools
Albers,
Alden-Hebron
Alexander
All Saints Academy
Allwood
Alton
Amboy 272= 3 Schools
Andrew
Anna-Jonesboro
Annawan
Antioch
Aquin
Arcola
Arlington d 25
Arlington Heights D 214= 13 Schools
Armstong
Ashton Franklin 275
Athens
Auburn D10 =3
Aurora CC
Aurora Christian
Ball Chatham
Barrington District 220
Barry Western
Batavia
BCCU2
Beach Park D3
Beecher 200U = 3 schools
Belleville Diocese=31 Schools
Belleville District
Belleville, Grade School
Bement
Benet Academy
Benton
Bethalto
Bethany Christian
Bishop Mcnamara-Kankakee
Bloomingdale Feb 28th
Blue Ridge 18
Bluffs
Bluford
Bolingbrook
Bond County
Bourbonnais Dist 53
Braceville Elementary
Bradley 61=3 Schools
Breese Mater Dei
Brimfield 309
Brown County
Brownstone
Brussels cusd42
Bunker Hill
Burbank District 111
Bureau Valley-340
Bushnell Prairie City
Calhoun
Cambridge
Camp Point Central
Canton Union
Cantralia
Carbondale 165=4 schools
Carlinville
Carlyle
Carmel Catholic
Carmi White County CUSD 5
Carrier Mills
Carroll Catholic School.
Carroll Stream 93= 9 schools
Carrollton
Carterville
Carthage Elementary #317 =2 Schools
Casey-Westfield
CCSD 93
Central A&M
Central CUSD4, = 3 Schools
Centralia
Cerro-Gordo
Channahon
Charleston
Chester East Lincoln 61
Chicago Christian
Chicago Diocese -139 Catholic elementary schools and 25 high schools
Chicago St. Patrick HS
Chillicothe/IVC Dist 321
Chrisman
Christian Life Schools,
Christopher
Cissna Park
Clay City
Clinton cusd 15 = 5 schools
Coal City School
Cobden Unity School District
Collinsville
Columbia
Community HS D155
Congerville-Eureka-Goodfield Dist. 140
Conrady JR High
Cornell Grade School
Cornerstone Chrisman Academy
Crab Orchard
Crystal Lake d47 =14 Schools
Crystal Lake 47
Cumberland
Cusd 20
CUSD 326
CUSD10
Cypress
D126
D127= 2 Schools
D158
D161- 5 schools
D181=9 Schools
D23 Prospect Heights=4 schools
D230= 3 schools
D50
D51
D54= 21 schools
D92=4 schools
D96 Kildeer Elementary
Dakota
Dallas Elementary School District 327
Deer-Creek Mackinaw
DeLand-Weldon CUSD 57
Delevan
Des Plains d62=12 schools
District 115,= 9 schools
District 211=5 schools
District 44,= 8 schools
District 67,= 3 schools
Dixon
Dongola
Downers Grove d58
Dunlap
Dupage 88
Dupage County SD 45
DuQuoin
Durand
Dwight
E Peoria309
Earlville
East Alton - Wood River
East Coloma
East Peoria d86
Eastland
Edinburg
Edwards County
Edwardsville
Effingham
Egyptian D 5
El Paso-Gridley Unit 11
Eldorado
Elmhurst SD205=13 schools
Elmwood 322 = 3 schools
Erie
Eureka
Evangelical Godfrey
Ewing
Fairfield
Faith Christian Channahon
Farmington
Father McGivney Catholic High School
Fieldcrest
Fisher
Flanagan-Cornell
Flora
Forestville Valley ( Forreston)
Fox River Grove 95 = 3 schools
Fox Valley 3= 5 schools
Frankfort #157=3 schools
Freeburg
Galatia
Gallatin
Gardner Grade School D72
Gardner South Wilmington High School d73
Geneseo
Geneva
Genoa-Kingston
Georgetown-Ridge Farm
Germantown Hills GS
Gibson City Melvin Sibley CUSD #5
Gifford
Gifford
Gillespie
Glen Oaks
Glenbrook d225=2 schools
Goreville
Grand Ridge
Grand Ridge Grade School
Granite City
Grant 124
Grant Park
Grayslake Central
Grayslake D128
Grayslake D9=9 schools
Grayslake North
Greenfield
Greenview 200
Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4
Guilford
Hamilton 328 = 2 schools
Harlan
Harlem 122
Harrisburg
Harvard D50
Havana 126
Heritage
Herrin CUSD4
Herrin,
Herscher
Hester d84
Heyworth
Hiawatha
Highland
Highland, Christian life
Hillsboro
Hinsdale CCSD 181
Homer
Hononegah
Hoopeston
Huntley
Hutsonville
Illini West
Illinois Lutheran Crete
Illinois Valley Central 321
Immanuel Lutheran Batavia
Indian Creek 425=3 schools
Iroquois CUSD 9
Iroquois West
Jacksonville
Jasper County
Jersey Community
Johnsburg
Johson City
Joliet Diocese=120 Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Joliet Troy 30c
Jordan Elementary
Kankakee
Kansas
Kincaid
Knoxville
La Harpe Community School District 347
Lake Forest,
Lake Zurich
Lawrenceville
LCHS D404
Lebanon
Lemont
Lena-Winslow
Leroy
Lexington
Leyden
Liberty cusdc 2
Libertyville d70 -5 schools
Lick Creek CCSD 16
Limestone
Lincoln
Lincoln Community High School District 404
Lincoln Elementary District 27 - 5 Schools
Lincoln-Way 210=3 schools
Lisbon
Litchfield d12
Lockport
Lombard SD 44
Lowpoint-Washburn d21
Luka d 7
Macomb
Mahomet-Seymour
Malden 84
Manhattan d114= 2 schools
Manteno
Marengo
Marion
Marissa
Marmion
Maroa-Forsyth
Marseilles
Marshall
Maryville Christian
Mascoutah
Massac County
Mattoon
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman
McHenry
Medinah D11 = 3 schools
Mendon U 4
Mercer County 404= 5 schools
Meridian 223
Meridian CUSD 15
Meridosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11
Metamora Grade school D1
Metamora H.S
Midland CUSD - 3 Schools
Midwest Central
Milford
Milledgeville District 399
Milstadt
Milton Pope
Minooka,
Mokena
Momence CUSD1 =3 schools
Monmouth Roseville
Monroe Grade School
Monticello 25
Morris-4 school
Morrison
Morrisonville CUSD #1
Morton 709=7 schools
Mount Prospect 57= 4schools
Mt Olive
Mt Pulaski
Mt Vernon D80
Mt.Zion
Murphysboro
Murphysboro
MVK
Nashville
Nauvoo -Colusa CSD 325
New Athens
New Berlin CUSD 16
New Holland
New Lenox 122, = 12 schools
New Simpson Hill District 32
Newark
Nippersink SD2
Nokomis
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield
North Clay
North Greene
North Mac
North Wayne 200=4 schools
Northbrook JH d20
Northwestern cusd 2
NPD117
O'Fallon Township 203
O’Fallon District 90
Oak Grove 68
Oak Lawn
Oakland
Odell
Odin
Okaw Valley
Olympia
Oregon
Oriole Park
Orion
Orland Park
Oss Jacksonville Routt
Ottawa Marquette
Otter Creek 65
Palatine d1
Palo Heights
Palos 118 = 3 schools
Pana
Panhandle CUSD 2
Paris D95
Paris U4
Patoka School #100
Pawnee
Paxton Buckley Loda
Payson CUSD 1
Pearl City
Peoria Christian Schools
Peoria Diocese =42 Schools
Peotone 207= 5 schools
Pikeland
Pinckneyville 204
Pinckneyville 50
Pinckneyville Com 101
Plainfield
Plainfield district 202=31 Schools
Plano
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Plains
Polo 223 = 3 schools
Porta 202
Potomac Grade scool
Prairie Central Unit 8
Prairie Grove 46
Prairieview Ogden (PVO)
Princeton
Princeville
Prophetstown
Prophetstown Rose
Prospect
PTHS-90
Quincy
Raccoon Grade School
Ramsey Community Unit Schools
Rankin
Ransom
Rantoul
Red Bud
Reed Custer
Richland County (Olney)D1
Richmond Burton CHSD 157= 5 schools
Riley D18
Riverbend D2
Riverdale
Riverton District 14
Riverview D2
Roanoke-Benson d304= 5 schools
Rochelle D231-212
Rochester
Rock Falls Elementary
Rock Island Alleman
Rockford 205
Rockford Diocese
Rockford Lutheran
Rockridge
Rome Grade School
Romeoville
Rossville-Alvin U7
Roxana
Saint Timothy,
Salem
Salt Fork
Sanburg
Sandburg
Sandoval
Sandwich
Sandwich 430,= 5 schools
Sangamon Valley
Sanunemin
Schaumburg Christian
Schuyler Industry School District #5
Seneca
Serena
Shawnee
Shelbyville
Sherrard
Shiloh d85
Smithton
Somonauk
South Elgin
South Fork
South Pekin District 137
Southwestern
Sparta
Spoon River Valley District #4
Spring Lake 606
Springfield Chistian School
Springfield D186=33 Schools
St George D258
St Patrick Decatur
St. Boniface
St. Bruno's
St. Charles 303
St. Elmo
St. Fancis/Holy Ghost
St. Johns West Frankfort
St. Joseph
St. Joseph-Ogden
St. Mary's in Pontiac
Stagg
Staunton
Steeleville
Steger 194
Sterling
Stockton
Streamwood
Streator High School
Sullivan
Summersville Grade Schools
Summit Hill =5 schools
Tamoroa Grade School
Taylorville
Teutopolis
The Diocese of Springfield=36 elementary, 7 secondary
Thompsonville
Timothy Christian
Tinley Park D146
Tolono Unity
Tremont D702
Tri-City
Tri-Valley
Triad
Trico176
Trinity Lutheran
Troy
Tuscola
United CUSD 304
USD10,= 12 Schools
Valley View
Valmeyer
Vandalia
Vienna District 55
Villa Grover
Villa Park
Virginia
Visitation Catholic
Vive Academy
Wabash
Wahington D52
Warrensburg-Latham
Warsaw
Washington Community D 308
Waterloo
Wauconda d118= 6 schools
Wesclin
West Central CUSD 235
West Frankfort D168=5 schools
West Lincoln-Brodwell.
West Prairie
West Washington County U10
Western CUSD 12
Westville
Wethersfield
Wheaton Academy
Wheaton D200
Wheeling District 214,= 6 schools
Williamsville/Sherman (WCUSD15)
Wilmington community sd-209U=6 schools
Winchester
Windsor
Winnebago
Winnetka 36= 5 schools
Winthrop Harbor
Wonder Lake d36
Wood Dale D7
Woodland
Woodstock D200= 9
Worth
Yorkville 115
Zeigler-Royalton 188
Zion Lutheran