Westchester · Licensed center

Alpha Montessori School

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since March 2023.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Mar 16, 20264 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Oct 10, 20252 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(c)

  • Animals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(d)

Feb 7, 20252 citations

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)

Mar 1, 2024No rules cited
Mar 14, 2023No rules cited
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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 16, 2026
On file
5 visits since March 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 16, 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 16, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574769 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 10, 2025

Animals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(d) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574769 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 7, 2025

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574769 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

7088650099

Address
1625 S Mannheim Rd
License
license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.