Round Lake · Licensed center

The Goddard School In Round Lake

Large center, licensed for 140 children.
A Goddard School franchise. The brand is owned by Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 8 licensing inspections since March 2011.

Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 6% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Dec 5, 2025No rules cited

Dec 18, 2023No rules cited

Oct 30, 20234 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(9)
Confidentiality of Records and Information
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(b)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Jan 24, 2023No rules cited

Sep 26, 2022No rules cited

Dec 19, 20193 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

Feb 5, 20132 citations

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

Mar 3, 20112 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 5, 2025
On file: 8 visits since March 2011 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was December 27, 2023. 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

Dec 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 30, 2023

Confidentiality of Records and Information

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(b) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(9) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 462531 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2019

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 462531 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2013

Grouping and Staffing

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 462531 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2011

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 462531 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

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Address: 1155 S Amarias Dr
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 "THE GODDARD SCHOOL IN ROUND LAKE" under Provider Name and 60073 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 462531).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 goddardschool.com/…/round-lake/round-lake
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sycamorepartners.com
Who runs it — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com/about

The private-equity firm Sycamore Partners lists Goddard Systems as a current investment. sycamorepartners.com

Goddard’s own site says “All Goddard Schools are independently owned and operated.” goddardschool.com

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.