Arlington Hts · Licensed center

The Goddard School Of Arlington Heights

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.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 2 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. Two visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 23, 2026
On file
2 visits since February 2025 — both cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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.

Mar 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

2248572800

Address
1316 N Arlington Heights Rd
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 OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS" under Provider Name and 60004 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 627516).
  • Chain — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com
  • Owner — Checked September 2026 sycamorepartners.com
  • Owner — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com