Highland Park · Licensed center
Highland Pk Comm Nursery School & Dcc
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 80 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 April 2017.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 16, 2026Nothing cited
- Sep 3, 2025Nothing cited
Oct 25, 20245 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4)
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)
- Sep 26, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 17, 2023Nothing cited
Sep 27, 20225 citations
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 15, 20213 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Oct 2, 202011 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)
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)(6)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Apr 11, 20172 citations
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
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
- October 16, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since April 2017 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 27, 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 5 findings
Monitoring visit · October 25, 2024
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 27, 2022
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 15, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 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
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · October 2, 2020
Organization and Administration
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (k) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3) · 407.70(k)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 11, 2017
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 432-3301
- Address
- 640 Ridge Rd, Highland Park, 60035
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HIGHLAND PK COMM NURSERY SCHOOL & DCC" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 009549).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HIGHLAND PK COMM NURSERY SCHOOL & DCC" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 009549).
- 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 "HIGHLAND PK COMM NURSERY SCHOOL & DCC" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 009549).
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.