River Forest · Licensed center

Keystone Montessori School

Small center, licensed for 16 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since September 2021.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 28% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Sep 18, 20257 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

3 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

Sep 25, 20242 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Sep 27, 20237 citations

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

3 more from this inspection

Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Sep 23, 202212 citations

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

8 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

Sep 24, 2021No rules cited

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 18, 2025
On file: 5 visits since September 2021 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 18, 2025. 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 18, 2025

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250 · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 25, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2023

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 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

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2022

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j) · 407.370(j)(2)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

7083661080

Address: 7415 North Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KEYSTONE MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60305 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 577031).

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.