Highland Park · Licensed center

Highland Pk Comm Nursery School & Dcc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since April 2017.

Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Sep 3, 2025No rules cited
Oct 25, 20245 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

1 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)

Sep 26, 2024No rules cited
Oct 17, 2023No rules cited
Sep 27, 20225 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

1 more from this inspection

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

Sep 15, 20213 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Oct 2, 202011 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

7 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

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

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

Apr 11, 20172 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 3, 2025
On file
8 visits since April 2017 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 27, 2022. 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 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 25, 2024

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2022

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

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(l)(1) · 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 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 15, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · October 2, 2020

Organization and Administration

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (k) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3) · 407.70(k)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 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 009549 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 11, 2017

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009549 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

8474323301

Address
640 Ridge Rd
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 — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HIGHLAND PK COMM NURSERY SCHOOL & DCC" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 009549).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HIGHLAND PK COMM NURSERY SCHOOL & DCC" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 009549).

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.