Glen Ellyn · Licensed center
The Ark Preschool
A center in Glen Ellyn, licensed for 60 children. The state cited something at 6 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: 6 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
- February 20, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since December 2013 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 9, 2024. 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.
Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 8, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020327 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 6, 2020
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020327 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · January 11, 2018
Health Requirements for Children
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020327 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · December 14, 2015
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)
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)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Rule cited again
Volunteers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020327 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 23 findings
Monitoring visit · January 21, 2015
Organization and Administration
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (i) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(i)
Equipment and Materials
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) through (j)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(3)
Hand Washing
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) through (e) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) · 407.320(e)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (k) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(k)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a) · 407.340(a)(5)
Medications
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a) through (e) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a) · 407.360(e)
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(m) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020327 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 12, 2013
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020327 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6308587755
- Address
- 277 Hawthorne St
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE ARK PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60137 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 020327).