Chicago · Licensed center

Barnette Academy

What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

How they teach

Play-based and emergent curriculum

“children are encouraged to engage in authentic learning through play”In their words, August 2026.barnetteacademy.com

“At Barnette Academy, we utilize an emergent curriculum where teachers plan activities and lessons based on the specific children they are working with.”In their words, August 2026.barnetteacademy.com

One of 70 Chicago-area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 129 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

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.

What it costs

$3,034 a month for an infant

Infant$3,034

Higher than 17 of 18 Chicago-area providers that publish a full-time infant price.

Toddler$2,817

Higher than 20 of 22 Chicago-area providers that publish a full-time toddler price.

Preschool$2,708

Higher than 18 of 19 Chicago-area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.

Barnette AcademyMost Chicago-area prices (middle 80%)

Scale $1,000 to $4,000 a month. Chicago-area prices as of September 29, 2026. Part-time $1,430 to $2,080 a month. Sibling discount: 10% discount for older siblings. Prices from their website, August 2026.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 2 of 2 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine 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
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.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

A day here

Hours
7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Schedule
full-time, part-time
Closed
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

Details

3122592998

Website
barnetteacademy.com
Address
1894 N Milwaukee Ave
License
license issued (il)

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How they teach

How they teach

Who cares for your child

What it costs

  • Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Second price, Sibling discount — Checked August 2026 barnetteacademy.com

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

A day here

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. 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