Chicago · Licensed center

Montessori Gifted Prep

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since April 2018.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Feb 10, 20252 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Apr 22, 20245 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)

1 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Mar 9, 20224 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(o)

Apr 25, 20191 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

Apr 9, 20183 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 10, 2025
On file
5 visits since April 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 12, 2025. 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.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 10, 2025

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 554830 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 22, 2024

Personnel Records

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

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 554830 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2022

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) through (o) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · 407.340(o)

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 554830 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 25, 2019

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 554830 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2018

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 554830 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, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Montessori

“The Montessori method respects the natural development of the child, fostering a deep-seated love for learning through self-directed activity and hands-on engagement in a prepared environment.”

Details

7736637858

Website
montessorigiftedprep.org
Address
4754 N Leavitt St
License
pending renewal application (rn)
Ages they serve
ages 2 to 6 years (Chicago Campus)
Established
2015

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How they teach

State record

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

Details

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.