La Grange · Licensed center
Alphabet Learning Center #4
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 125 children.
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 both of its licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 13, 20232 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2)
Sep 22, 20232 citations
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)
The state cited rules at both of this center's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected twice had the same: 60% of 83.
How all 83 Chicago-area centers inspected twice compare
Of the 83 Chicago-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None13%
- 1 of 227%
- Both60%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 13, 2023
- On file
- 2 visits since September 2023 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- Correction was due January 12, 2024. 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.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 13, 2023
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 22, 2023
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation corrected on site
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 485-0303
- Address
- 404 Sherwood Rd, La Grange, 60526
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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 "ALPHABET LEARNING CENTER #4" under Provider Name and 60526 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 617373).
- 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 "ALPHABET LEARNING CENTER #4" under Provider Name and 60526 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 617373).
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.