Evanston · Licensed center
Northminster Nursery School
A center in Evanston, licensed for 54 children. The state cited something at 9 of 9 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Medium center. 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: 9 of 9 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- May 26, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since April 2010 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 25, 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.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 26, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 21, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · May 25, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(e)(4)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected on site
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation corrected
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(a) · 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)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 4, 2021
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 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 24, 2020
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 1, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 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 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2017
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2014
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · April 19, 2010
Health Requirements for Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)
Medications
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · 407.360(b)(2) · 407.360(e)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(i) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8474402919
- Address
- 2515 Central Park Ave
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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All checked August 2026.
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "NORTHMINSTER NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60201 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 015324).