Lake Forest · Licensed center
Gorton Children's Learning Center
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 47 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 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2012.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 15, 2026Nothing cited
Feb 8, 20243 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
- Jan 25, 2023Nothing cited
Jun 27, 20221 citation
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
May 8, 20122 citations
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had more: 76% of 127 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 56%
- 3 of 512%This center
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 15, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since May 2012 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 9, 2024. 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.
Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 8, 2024
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(e)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 123935 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 27, 2022
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 123935 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2012 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2012
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 123935 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 234-2778
- Address
- 400 E Illinois Rd, Lake Forest, 60045
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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 "GORTON CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 123935).
- 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 "GORTON CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 123935).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.