Chicago · Licensed center
Prairieland Montessori
At a glance
- Medium Montessori–inspired center, licensed for 66 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 all 4 of its licensing inspections since July 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 21, 20253 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
May 24, 20243 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(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Jan 17, 20244 citations
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Jul 24, 20236 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.
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%
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 21, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 21, 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.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 21, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617891 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617891 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 17, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617891 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · July 24, 2023
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617891 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–inspired
“Prairieland Montessori focuses on the whole child in a unique blend of Montessori learning methods and caring practices.”
Details
- Phone
- (773) 698-7514
- Address
- 3652 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, 60613
- Ownership
- For-profit
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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 60613 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 617891).
- 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 60613 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 617891).
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.org
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.