Chicago · Licensed center
Del Mattino Montessori School
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
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.
What it costs
From $1,400 a month
Chicago-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
Application fee $125. Sibling discount: 5% discount when there is more than one child per family enrolled in full day program.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 6 of 7 cited something
Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine 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
- October 22, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since February 2012 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 2, 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 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 3, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 1, 2018
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(10) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 15, 2016
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(2)(b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(2)(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2014 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · July 31, 2014
Health Requirements for Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(1)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(1)(a)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2013
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(h) · 407.250(i)(2)(a) · 407.250(i)(2)(b) · 407.250(i)(4)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(2) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · February 8, 2012
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(1)(f) · 407.250(i)(1)(i)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(5)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509585 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
- 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, 5 days a week, school year
- Schedule
- full-day
- Closed
- Closed Monday, May 31st
Details
- Website
- dmmschool.com
- Address
- 2449 W Peterson Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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What it costs
- Monthly tuition, Application fee, Sibling discount — Checked August 2026 dmmschool.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
- Hours, Calendar, Schedule, Closed — Checked August 2026 dmmschool.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "DEL MATTINO MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60659 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509585).
- Website — Checked August 2026 dmmschool.com