Chicago · Licensed center
Near North Montessori School
- Small center, licensed for 48 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 2 of 5 cited something
Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 17, 2023
- On file
- 5 visits since April 2010 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 15, 2013. 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.
May 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2013
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
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)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 223242 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · April 12, 2010
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(l)(1)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) · 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)(4) · Violation corrected
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 223242 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).
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
- Address
- 1434 W. Division Street
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "NEAR NORTH MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60622 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 223242).
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.