Wilmette · Licensed center

Ronald Knox Montessori School

Small center, licensed for 32 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 all 10 of its licensing inspections since February 2010.

Of the 860 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at all of them, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Mar 11, 20251 citation

Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

Jan 13, 20251 citation

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

Jan 23, 20234 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5)

Dec 10, 20202 citations

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

Jan 19, 20171 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jan 7, 20162 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Jan 29, 20152 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jan 30, 20142 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)

Jan 10, 20126 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

2 more from this inspection

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, 38540D.

Feb 3, 20106 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

2 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(e)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 11, 2025
On file: 10 visits since February 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 14, 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.

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2025

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2025

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 23, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 19, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 7, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 29, 2015

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2012 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 10, 2012

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, 38540D.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2010 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 3, 2010

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (e) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 017621 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

8472562922

Address: 2031 Elmwood Ave
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, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "RONALD KNOX MONTESSORI SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60091 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 017621).
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.