Lincolnshire · Licensed center
Tamarak Country School
- Medium center, licensed for 108 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since April 2012.
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
Apr 22, 20211 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
May 22, 20181 citation
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)
Apr 29, 20153 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Sep 24, 20121 citation
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f)
Apr 3, 201212 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1)
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
8 more from this inspection
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 5, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since April 2012 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 22, 2021. 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.
Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 22, 2021
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 22, 2018
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2015
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 24, 2012
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · April 3, 2012
Health Requirements for Children
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1) · 407.130(a)(2)
Outdoor Play Area
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) through (l) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · 407.390(l)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)(2) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020149 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
- Address
- 23970 North Elm Road
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "TAMARAK COUNTRY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60069 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 020149).
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.