Evanston · Licensed center
Guidepost Montessori At Evanston
- Medium center, licensed for 69 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 8 licensing inspections since March 2023.
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 4% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.
Licensing inspections
Nov 19, 20243 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Nov 3, 202311 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
7 more from this inspection
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Mar 1, 20231 citation
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(d)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 19, 2024
- On file
- 8 visits since March 2023 — 5 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 19, 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.
Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 19, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 613738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · November 3, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation substantiated
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 613738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 1, 2023
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(d) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 613738 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
- Address
- 1012 Davis St
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
- Chain
- Guidepost Montessori
- Run by
- Guidepost Global Education — as of October 2025, may have changed since
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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 "GUIDEPOST MONTESSORI AT EVANSTON" under Provider Name and 60201 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 613738).
- Chain — Checked October 2026 guidepostmontessori.com
- Run by — Checked October 2026 guidepostmontessori.com
Guidepost says its schools are run by Guidepost Global Education, a new, independent company formed in spring 2025, before the former operator, Higher Ground Education, filed for bankruptcy, and that none of its schools were part of that Chapter 11 case. On October 28, 2025, Guidepost said 83 schools remained open. It says the company has its own owners but does not name them. guidepostmontessori.com
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.