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Fox Valley 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 March 2011.

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

Mar 11, 2025No rules cited

Apr 4, 20245 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

1 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

May 22, 2023No rules cited

May 6, 20193 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(5)
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1)

Oct 27, 20168 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

4 more from this inspection

Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA4.

Apr 22, 20144 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(3)

Mar 31, 20113 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Swimming and Wading
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 11, 2025
On file: 7 visits since March 2011 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 4, 2024. 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 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 4, 2024

Personnel Records

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

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

Medications

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · 407.360(b)(2)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 380862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 6, 2019

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 380862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · October 27, 2016

Personnel Records

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

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

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g) · Violation corrected

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 380862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 22, 2014

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 380862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 31, 2011

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)

Swimming and Wading

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 380862 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

6308967557

Address: 850 N Commonwealth Ave
License: license issued (il)

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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 "FOX VALLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60506 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 380862).
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.