Bright Horizons at Deer Park
21955 FIELD PARKWAY, DEER PARK, IL 60010Childery Rating: 4/5
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Quality Indicators
See Methodology →- Overall QualityCombines daily care quality (interactions, learning, environment) with structural features like staff-to-child ratios and teacher qualifications.4 / 5
- Process QualityThe quality of daily care — caregiver-child interactions, learning activities, and the emotional climate. Drawn from the state QRIS rating, accreditations, and Head Start CLASS observations.5 / 5
- Structural QualityMeasurable features like staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, license status, and teacher qualifications. Provider-level data when available; otherwise the state regulatory baseline.3 / 5
Why this rating
This daycare earned 4 out of 5 stars overall. Process quality reflects NAEYC accreditation. Structural quality reflects a license that's pending or provisional. The structural rating also includes Illinois's licensing baseline — what every licensed daycare in the state must meet. Illinois caps infant ratios at 1:4, toddler ratios at 1:5, and preschool ratios at 1:10. Lead teachers must hold a Child Development Associate (CDA). Teachers must complete 15 hours of annual training.
Quality Recognitions & Accreditations
- Accreditations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)Accredited
- National Accreditation Commission (NAC)Not Accredited
- National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA)Not Accredited
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)Not Accredited
Facility Info
- Facility type
- Child Care Center
- Age groups served
- Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age
- Licensed capacity
- 227
- Teacher-child ratios & group sizesState Minimum Displayed
Age Max ratio Max group Infants 1:4 12 Toddlers 1:5 15 Preschool 1:10 20
Teacher Credentials
- Lead teacher credentialState Minimum Displayed
- Child Development Associate (CDA)
Inspection History
19 Inspection Visits Since 2010 · 90 Findings
Most recent: May 4, 2026⤓ Download Latest Report (PDF)
15 Critical71 Important4 Administrative
Across 19 inspections since 2010, the issues cited most often were Staff Qualifications & Background Checks (38), Children's Records & Files (20), and Building & Premises Safety (11). Of 90 total findings, 15 were critical.
See All 19 Inspection Visits
May 4, 20261 Finding1 Important
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
Apr 22, 20243 Findings1 Critical2 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- Medications407.360(b)(1)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(11)
Mar 4, 20241 Finding1 Important
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(6)
May 4, 20235 Findings2 Critical3 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6II)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(6)
Feb 10, 20222 Findings2 Important
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(b)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(f)
Aug 25, 20211 Finding1 Critical
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
Jun 22, 20201 Finding1 Administrative
- Organization and Administration407.70(k)
May 8, 20192 Findings1 Critical1 Important
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
May 22, 20174 Findings2 Critical2 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(7)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
Jul 6, 20167 Findings2 Critical5 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(7)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers407.140(h)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
Jul 1, 20164 Findings4 Important
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers407.140(h)
- Hand Washing407.320(a)(1)
- Hand Washing407.320(a)(2)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(j)
Jul 2, 20158 Findings3 Critical5 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(7)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(5)
- Personnel Records407.120(c)
Jul 1, 20156 Findings6 Important
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers407.140(h)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
- Medications407.360(e)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(a)
May 20, 20141 Finding1 Important
- Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220(c)(2)
Mar 14, 20144 Findings1 Critical3 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
Jun 24, 201324 Findings1 Critical20 Important3 Administrative
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(6)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(f)(1)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(f)(2)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(f)(3)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(f)(4)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)(1)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)(2)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)(3)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)(4)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)(5)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(6)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(n)(2)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(g)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)(1)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)(2)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)(3)
Jun 1, 20128 Findings8 Important
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(h)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)(a)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(3)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
- Medications407.360(e)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(i)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(l)
Jun 14, 20116 Findings1 Critical5 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(h)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)(a)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(3)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(j)(8)
Jul 8, 20102 Findings2 Important
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(h)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(6)
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