Woodstock · Licensed center
Crystal Lake Montessori School
A center in Woodstock, licensed for 48 children. The state cited something at 6 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). 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: 6 of 8 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).
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 20, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since September 2015 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 11, 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 20, 2026
Confidentiality of Records and Information
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(a) · 407.80(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 005240 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · May 20, 2026
Confidentiality of Records and Information
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(c) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 005240 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · January 9, 2026
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 005240 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 11, 2017
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(3) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected on site
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 005240 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 10, 2016
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 005240 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 27, 2015
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(i) · Violation corrected on site
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 005240 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8153380013
- Address
- 3013 S Country Club Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "CRYSTAL LAKE MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60098 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 005240).