Elmhurst · Licensed center

Kiddie Academy Of Elmhurst

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 3 of 3 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 31, 2026
On file
3 visits since June 2026 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 30, 2026. 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · August 31, 2026

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected on site · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

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

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 649612 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 649612 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 30, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 649612 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

6303495000

Address
385 N York St
License
permit issued (ip)
Chain
Kiddie Academy, a franchiseSource: kiddieacademy.com
Owner
This school is owned by its franchisee. The Kiddie Academy brand is owned by Essential Brands, Inc., a privately held company.Kiddie Academy's own site says the founding Miller family continues to own and operate Kiddie Academy, and that other families own and operate the academies in their communities. kiddieacademy.com

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Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDDIE ACADEMY OF ELMHURST" under Provider Name and 60126 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 649612).
  • Chain — Checked September 2026 kiddieacademy.com
  • Owner — Checked September 2026 kiddieacademy.com