Chicago · Licensed center
Prairieland Montessori
At a glance
- Small Montessori center, licensed for 41 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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since November 2018.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Nov 4, 20251 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Aug 28, 20242 citations
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)
Oct 6, 20223 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(3)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)
- Mar 9, 2021Nothing cited
Nov 12, 20192 citations
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Jan 11, 20191 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Nov 14, 20182 citations
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 7 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times split three ways: 34% had fewer, 26% the same, and 40% more (149 centers).
How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 75%
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 714%
- 6 of 726%This center
- All 740%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 4, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since November 2018 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 18, 2025. 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 4, 2025
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 571512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 28, 2024
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · October 6, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 12, 2019
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 11, 2019
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 571512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 14, 2018
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Outdoors
- Daily outdoor time
How they teach
Montessori
“Prairieland Montessori focuses on the whole child in a unique blend of Montessori learning methods and caring practices.”
Details
- Phone
- (773) 698-7864
- Address
- 2201 W North Ave, Chicago, 60647
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 prairielandmontessori.com
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Outdoors — Checked August 2026 prairielandmontessori.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PRAIRIELAND MONTESSORI" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 571512).
- Website — Checked August 2026 prairielandmontessori.com
- 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 "PRAIRIELAND MONTESSORI" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 571512).
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.