Barrington · Licensed center

Opus Montessori School

Small center, licensed for 48 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 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2020.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 4% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Sep 14, 2026No rules cited

Apr 20, 20263 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)

Apr 10, 20243 citations

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

Apr 21, 2023No rules cited

Apr 14, 20229 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

5 more from this inspection

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Apr 28, 2021No rules cited

Sep 25, 2020No rules cited

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 14, 2026
On file: 7 visits since September 2020 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 20, 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.

Sep 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 20, 2026

Personnel Records

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

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 10, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2022

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Application for Renewal of License

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

Staffing Structure

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · Violation corrected

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

6305686787

Address: 180 Hawthorne Rd
License: license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 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 "OPUS MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60010 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 571630).
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.