Chicago · Licensed center
Barnette Academy
At a glance
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 78 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Tuition Infant $3,034, toddler $2,817, preschool $2,708 a month, full time. See costs
Program news
The state’s license allowed 82 children in July. Since October it allows 78.
From the state’s licensing record. Shortlist last read it on November 8, 2026.
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 July 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 3, 20262 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3)
Jul 7, 20251 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(a)
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
- March 3, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2025 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 3, 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 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 3, 2026
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (r)(3) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(r)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 637963 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 7, 2025
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 637963 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
What it costs
Barnette AcademyMost Chicago-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Chicago-area full-time prices for that age; 17 infant, 21 toddler and 18 preschool programs publish one.
- Part time
- $1,430 to $2,080 a month
- Siblings
- 10% discount for older siblings
A day here
7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week
Schedule and closed
- Schedule
- Full-time, part-time
- Closed
- 10 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
MLK Day, President's Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Summer Break, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Indigenous People's Day, Winter Break; closes at 4pm the second Wednesday of every month for staff development
How they teach
Play-based and emergent curriculum
“children are encouraged to engage in authentic learning through play”
Who cares for your child
Sara DeBerry (Owner / Director), 18 years in early childhood, Molly Bell (Director of Operations), 10 years in early childhood and Isiah Heacox (Creative Digital Marketing Coordinator), 10 years in early childhood.
Details
- Phone
- (312) 259-2998
- Address
- 1894 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, 60647
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 barnetteacademy.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff barnetteacademy.com
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Second price, Sibling discount — Checked August 2026 barnetteacademy.com
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Hours, Schedule — Checked August 2026 barnetteacademy.com
- Closed — Checked August 2026 barnetteacademy.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BARNETTE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 637963).
- Website — Checked August 2026 barnetteacademy.com
- 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 "BARNETTE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 637963).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.