Schaumburg · Licensed center
Acarath Montessori Center
A center in Schaumburg, licensed for 141 children. The state cited something at 9 of 9 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 9 of 9 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 3, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since March 2016 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 30, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · March 3, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 14, 2025
Swimming and Wading
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 19, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 22, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)
Animals
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 23, 2020
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)
Swimming and Wading
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 22, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 4, 2018
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 2, 2017
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2016
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8473970111
- Address
- 110 W Hillcrest Blvd
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ACARATH MONTESSORI CENTER" under Provider Name and 60195 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 541047).