Hinsdale · Licensed center

Montessori Gifted Prep Hinsdale

Small center, licensed for 43 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

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: 4 of 4 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: March 26, 2026
On file: 4 visits since November 2025 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 3, 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 26, 2026

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected on site

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(l) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644030 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (10) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(10)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644030 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 29, 2026

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644030 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 24, 2025

Organization and Administration

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644030 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

2027018030

Address: 945 S Garfield St
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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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 "MONTESSORI GIFTED PREP HINSDALE" under Provider Name and 60521 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 644030).