Chicago · Licensed center
Little Scholars Learning Center
- Medium center, licensed for 57 children.
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: 5 of 8 cited something
Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.
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 24, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since September 2011 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 23, 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 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 24, 2026
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 28, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)
Volunteers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(c) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation corrected on site
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected on site
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 15, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2012 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · August 3, 2012
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) through (g) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) · 407.330(g)
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2011
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 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 468018 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
- Website
- littlescholarschicago.net
- Address
- 6116 W Irving Park Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 468018).
- Website — Checked August 2026 littlescholarschicago.net