Chicago · Licensed center
El Ruisenor Y El Sol Academy
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 12 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 all 5 of its licensing inspections since May 2019.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 3, 20232 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(f)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Nov 7, 20223 citations
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330
Mar 4, 20202 citations
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Aug 30, 20194 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
May 3, 20193 citations
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)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
The state cited rules at all 5 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had fewer: 53% of 127.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 56%
- 3 of 512%
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 3, 2023
- On file
- 5 visits since May 2019 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 3, 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.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 3, 2023
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(f) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574779 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 7, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 · Violation substantiated
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130 · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574779 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 4, 2020
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(5) · 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 574779 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · August 30, 2019
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e) · 407.90(f)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574779 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 3, 2019
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)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574779 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (872) 208-5442
- Address
- 2717 W Touhy Ave, Chicago, 60645
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "EL RUISENOR Y EL SOL ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60645 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574779).
- 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 "EL RUISENOR Y EL SOL ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60645 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574779).
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.