Chicago · Licensed center
Bucktown Academy
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 38 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2015.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 12, 20253 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
- Sep 20, 2024Nothing cited
Oct 6, 20221 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)
Oct 19, 20211 citation
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Sep 10, 20192 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Sep 10, 20185 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 2, 20153 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 7 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times split three ways: 34% had fewer, 26% the same, and 40% more (149 centers).
How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 75%
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 714%
- 6 of 726%This center
- All 740%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 12, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2015 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 19, 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.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 12, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534262 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 6, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534262 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 19, 2021
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534262 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 10, 2019
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)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534262 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 10, 2018
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380 · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534262 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 2, 2015
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534262 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 666-5788
- Address
- 1903 N Milwaukee Ave # 05, Chicago, 60647
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BUCKTOWN ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 534262).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BUCKTOWN ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 534262).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BUCKTOWN ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 534262).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.