Deerfield · Licensed center
Bright Horizons At Lake Cook
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 162 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 5 of its 9 licensing inspections since October 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Aug 21, 2025Nothing cited
Oct 8, 20242 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m)
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(i)
- Jul 2, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 11, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 15, 2023Nothing cited
Jul 21, 20222 citations
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)
Jul 24, 20187 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Mar 30, 20183 citations
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(b)
Oct 14, 20164 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
The state cited rules at 5 of this center's 9 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times had more: 92% of 127 had rules cited at 6 or more.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 91%
- 3 of 92%
- 4 of 92%
- 5 of 92%This center
- 6 of 916%
- 7 of 921%
- 8 of 924%
- All 931%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 21, 2025
- On file
- 9 visits since October 2016 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 4, 2022. 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.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 8, 2024
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · July 21, 2022
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3) through (6)(e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · July 24, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 30, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(b) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 14, 2016
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(3)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 374-9000
- Address
- 1650 Lake Cook Rd, Deerfield, 60015
- Chain
- Bright Horizons
- Owner
- Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)
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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 "BRIGHT HORIZONS AT LAKE COOK" under Provider Name and 60015 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 526010).
- Website, Chain — Checked October 2026 brighthorizons.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 "BRIGHT HORIZONS AT LAKE COOK" under Provider Name and 60015 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 526010).
- Owner — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/bfam-20251231.htm
Bright Horizons is a public company. Its annual report to the SEC for 2025 (Form 10-K, filed February 2026) lists its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BFAM. sec.gov
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.