Chicago · Licensed center
Saint Chrysostom's Day School
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 101 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
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.
How they teach
Play-based
“For over 52 years, St. Chrysostom’s Day School (SCDS) has provided a nurturing, play-based learning environment for children ranging in age from 8 months to 5 years old.”In their words, August 2026.saintc.org
One of 70 Chicago-area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 129 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
23 staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
$2,270 a month for a preschooler
Higher than 11 of 19 Chicago-area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.
Saint Chrysostom's Day SchoolMost Chicago-area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $1,000 to $4,000 a month. Chicago-area prices as of September 29, 2026. Part-time (morning) $1,550 to $2,090 a month. Prices from their website, August 2026.
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What the state has found
Routine visits: 5 of 5 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
- April 13, 2021
- On file
- 5 visits since May 2014 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 13, 2021. 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.
Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 13, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017891 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 15, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017891 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017891 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2015
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017891 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 7, 2014
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017891 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).
A day here
- Meals
- full-day students are served two snacks and lunch
- Sleep
- rest/quiet period after lunch for full-day students
- Hours
- 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, 5 days a week, school year
- Schedule
- half-day and full-day, with additional full days available
Details
- Website
- saintc.org
- Address
- 1424 North Dearborn
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
- Ages they serve
- 8 months to 5 years old
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 saintc.org
Who cares for your child
What it costs
- Preschool, Second price — Checked August 2026 saintc.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Meals, Sleep, Hours, Calendar, Schedule — Checked August 2026 saintc.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SAINT CHRYSOSTOM'S DAY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60610 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 017891).
- Website — Checked August 2026 saintc.org
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 saintc.org