Libertyville · Licensed center
Alta Vista Montessori School
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 39 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 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since December 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jun 23, 2025Nothing cited
- Jun 26, 2024Nothing cited
- Aug 5, 2022Nothing cited
Apr 12, 20223 citations
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(3)
Dec 13, 20117 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had more: 87% of 127 had rules cited at 3 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%This center
- 3 of 512%
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 23, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since December 2011 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Correction was due January 25, 2012. 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.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 12, 2022
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400355 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 13, 2011
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400355 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 918-1621
- Address
- 1850 W. Winchester Road, Libertyville, 60048
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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 "ALTA VISTA MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60048 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 400355).
- 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 "ALTA VISTA MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60048 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 400355).
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.