Hoffman Est · Licensed center

Advance Preschool Inc.

At a glance

Large center, licensed for 198 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since April 2010.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

May 15, 2025Nothing cited
Jul 24, 2024Nothing cited
Jul 1, 20221 citation
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Apr 17, 2022Nothing cited
Sep 8, 20213 citations
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
  Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h)
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
  Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Jun 18, 20128 citations
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
- Outdoor Play Area
  Outdoor Play Area
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)
- Outdoor Play Area
  Outdoor Play Area
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(a)
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(1)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA83.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA83.
May 18, 20108 citations
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(e)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Apr 6, 20101 citation
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)

The state cited rules at 5 of this center's 8 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 8 times had more: 72% of 128 had rules cited at 6 or more.

How all 128 Chicago-area centers inspected 8 times compare

Of the 128 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

3 of 83%
4 of 86%
5 of 819%This center
6 of 816%
7 of 818%
All 838%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: May 15, 2025
On file: 8 visits since April 2010 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was July 31, 2022. 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.

May 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 1, 2022

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 332125 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 8, 2021

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 332125 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2012 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · June 18, 2012

Grouping and Staffing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(e)(1)

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · 407.350(j)

Outdoor Play Area

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) through (1)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · 407.390(i)(1)(a)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA83.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 332125 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2010 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · May 18, 2010

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · 407.340(a)(5)

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 332125 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 6, 2010

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 332125 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (847) 885-4983
Address: 2320 W Higgins Rd, Hoffman Est, 60169

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ADVANCE PRESCHOOL INC." under Provider Name and 60169 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 332125).
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ADVANCE PRESCHOOL INC." under Provider Name and 60169 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 332125).
Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ADVANCE PRESCHOOL INC." under Provider Name and 60169 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 332125).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.