Westchester · Licensed center
Alpha Montessori School
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 36 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What to know
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 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since March 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 16, 20264 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Oct 10, 20252 citations
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(c)
Animals
Animals
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(d)
Feb 7, 20252 citations
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)
- Mar 1, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 14, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had more: 76% of 127 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 56%
- 3 of 512%This center
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 16, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 16, 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 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 16, 2026
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3)
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 574769 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 10, 2025
Animals
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(d) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574769 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 7, 2025
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574769 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 865-0099
- Address
- 1625 S Mannheim Rd, Westchester, 60154
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ALPHA MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60154 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574769).
- 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 "ALPHA MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60154 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574769).
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 projects.propublica.org
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.