Chicago · Licensed center
Discover Montessori
- Medium center, licensed for 50 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since November 2021.
Of the 106 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Dec 3, 20251 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Dec 4, 20241 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Nov 8, 20212 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 3, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since November 2021 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 2, 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.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 3, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591477 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 4, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591477 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 8, 2021
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591477 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
- Website
- discovermontessorischool.com
- Address
- 7225 W Touhy Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
- Ownership
- For-profit
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "DISCOVER MONTESSORI" under Provider Name and 60631 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 591477).
- Website — Checked August 2026 discovermontessorischool.com
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.org
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.