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The Goddard School
- Large center, licensed for 140 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
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 8 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
- January 29, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since March 2021 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 28, 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.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · January 29, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 25, 2025
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)(4) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 28, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 21, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · February 28, 2022
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)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 23, 2021
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 576546 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).
Details
- Address
- 4561 Princeton Ln
- License
- license issued (il)
- Chain
- The Goddard School, a franchiseSource: goddardschool.com
- Owner
- This school is owned by its franchisee. The Goddard School brand is owned by Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm.The private-equity firm Sycamore Partners lists Goddard Systems as a current investment. sycamorepartners.comGoddard’s own site says “All Goddard Schools are independently owned and operated.” goddardschool.com
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE GODDARD SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60156 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 576546).
- Chain — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com
- Owner — Checked September 2026 sycamorepartners.com
- Owner — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com