Glen Ellyn · Licensed center

Diamante Montessori School

Small center, licensed for 16 children.
Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2014.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 15% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Sep 16, 202614 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)

10 more from this inspection

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Aug 16, 2024No rules cited

Sep 11, 20231 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

Sep 7, 2022No rules cited

Aug 16, 20212 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Jul 29, 20153 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

Sep 18, 201425 citations

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)
Hand Washing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

21 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Hand Washing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)
Hand Washing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(e)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 16, 2026
On file: 7 visits since September 2014 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 23, 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · September 16, 2026

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)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(e)(4)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) through (11) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(e)(11)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 417573 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 417573 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 16, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 417573 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 29, 2015

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (b) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 417573 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 25 findings

Monitoring visit · September 18, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h) · 407.100(i)

Personnel Records

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (b) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b)

Hand Washing

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) · 407.320(c) · 407.320(e)

Equipment and Materials

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (j)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(b) · 407.380(j)(5)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · 407.90(d)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 417573 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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

6307909030

Address: 625 Hillside Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "DIAMANTE MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60137 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 417573).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 projects.propublica.org

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.