Oak Park · Licensed center
La Casa Montessori School
- Medium center, licensed for 77 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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: 8 of 10 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
- July 13, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since May 2019 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 12, 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.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 13, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570676 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · July 15, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) through (g)(2) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · 407.340(g)(2)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570676 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 3, 2025
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570676 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 14, 2025
Provisions Pertaining to the License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(f) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(f) · 407.60(g)
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570676 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 18, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570676 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · July 11, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140 · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570676 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 2, 2023
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570676 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · June 22, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(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 570676 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).
Details
- Address
- 608 Harrison St
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "LA CASA MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60304 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 570676).