Highland Park · Licensed center
Montessori Connection, Inc
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 16 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 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since February 2020.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Feb 3, 20269 citations
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(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(e)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(f)(1)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(f)(2)
- Feb 29, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 17, 2023Nothing cited
Feb 21, 20201 citation
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 81% of 117 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None2%
- 1 of 44%
- 2 of 413%This center
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 3, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2020 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 5, 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.
Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · February 3, 2026
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(f)(1) · 407.120(f)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(e)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570728 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 21, 2020
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570728 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 831-9393
- Address
- 1731 Deerfield Rd, Highland Park, 60035
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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 "MONTESSORI CONNECTION, INC" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 570728).
- 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 "MONTESSORI CONNECTION, INC" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 570728).
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.