Vernon Hills · Licensed center

Rhythm Of Learning Montessori

Medium center, licensed for 74 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 January 2025.

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

Dec 12, 2025No rules cited

Oct 16, 2025No rules cited

Jul 3, 2025No rules cited

Jun 26, 2025No rules cited

Apr 24, 20254 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Mar 31, 20256 citations

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

2 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Jan 30, 20254 citations

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 12, 2025
On file: 7 visits since January 2025 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 15, 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.

Dec 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 24, 2025

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 633880 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 31, 2025

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(a)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 633880 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2025

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 633880 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

8478789249

Address: 536 Atrium Dr # 200
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 "RHYTHM OF LEARNING MONTESSORI" under Provider Name and 60061 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 633880).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 projects.propublica.org

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.