Chicago · Licensed center
American Montessori Academy-Printers Row
A center in Chicago, licensed for 27 children. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
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: 2 of 2 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits). Two visits are too few to read as a pattern.
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
- August 25, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2026 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 25, 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.
Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 25, 2026
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 642423 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 20 findings
Monitoring visit · July 17, 2026
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(6) through (19) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(6) · 407.210(f)(11) · 407.210(f)(19)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) through (n) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · 407.340(b) · 407.340(n)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) through (r) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(r)
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(5) · Violation substantiated
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Violation corrected on site
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5) · Violation substantiated
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)(3) · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation substantiated
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · Violation substantiated
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(e)(4) · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 642423 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 3124318050
- Address
- 731 S Plymouth Ct Ste 1s
- License
- permit issued (ip)
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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 "AMERICAN MONTESSORI ACADEMY-PRINTERS ROW" under Provider Name and 60605 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 642423).