Chicago · Licensed center
Contemporary Preschool
At a glance
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 92 children.
- Hours 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.
From their website, read August 2026:
“4 to 12 Infant teacher ratio, 3 to 10 toddler teacher ratio, 3 to 16 twos teacher ratio, 3 to 20 Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten teacher ratio.”
The state’s rule
Illinois sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 2008.190(a).
Infants (6 weeks through 14 months): one adult for every four.
Toddlers (15 through 23 months): one adult for every five.
Two-year-olds: one adult for every eight.
Three-year-olds: one adult for every ten.
Four-year-olds: one adult for every ten.
Five-year-olds (preschool): one adult for every twenty.
School-age children, kindergartners present: one adult for every twenty.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
State record — Illinois DCFS
Illinois DCFS has published no inspection report for this provider as of November 2026. That is not the same as a clean record — there is nothing on file either way.
A day here
7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week
Meals
- Meals
- Organic family-style meals and snacks provided, prepared by Beyond Green
How they teach
Play-based
“Chicago Contemporary Preschool is dedicated to providing an age appropriate and safe environment where your child feels comfortable learning through play and exploration.”
Who cares for your child
Paige Cody (Twos Teacher) since 2020, Ashley Mastronuzzi (Assistant Director) since 2023, Jasmine Roby (Infant Teacher) since 2023, Cynthia Salas (Infant Teacher) since 2023, Sara Connole (Director Of Education) since 2024, Debrya Fulbright (Toddler Teacher) since 2024, Anna Neville (Pre-Kindergarten Teacher) since 2025, Kendell Braschler (Preschool Teacher) since 2025, Mackenzie Wieglos (Toddler Teacher) since 2025, Kaylee Velez (Older Infant Teacher) since 2025, Kelsie O'Meara (Older Infant Teacher) since 2025, Lauren Ashley (Pre-Kindergarten Teacher) since 2026, Tearney Maxwell (Lead Preschool Teacher) since 2026 and Jordan Guinan (Twos Teacher) since 2026.
6 years · Chicago-area median 16, among 26 that publish
Details
- Phone
- (312) 631-3477
- Address
- 1400 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, 60610
- Established
- 2016
- Ownership
- For-profit
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked August 2026 chicagocontemporarypreschool.com
How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 chicagocontemporarypreschool.com
Who cares for your child
A day here
- Meals — Checked August 2026 chicagocontemporarypreschool.com
- Hours — Checked August 2026 chicagocontemporarypreschool.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 "CONTEMPORARY PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60610 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 580003).
- Website — Checked August 2026 chicagocontemporarypreschool.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 "CONTEMPORARY PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60610 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 580003).
- Established — Checked August 2026 chicagocontemporarypreschool.com
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.org
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.