Chicago · Licensed center

Rachel's Learning Center Ltd

Medium center, licensed for 50 children.
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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: 12 of 14 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: January 28, 2025
On file: 14 visits since August 2011 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 27, 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.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · January 28, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (h) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(h)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(4) · Violation substantiated

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n)(3) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(a) · Violation substantiated

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 3, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(j)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2024

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(h) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2024

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · 407.90(h)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(f)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1) · Violation corrected

Cited: FHSEC305

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2023

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation substantiated

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 14, 2022

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 22, 2022

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5) through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5) · 407.120(f)(1)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 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 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 25, 2021

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 8, 2019

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e) · 407.90(f)

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2015

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(5) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(5) · 407.100(h)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 15, 2013

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 12, 2011

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(4)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 481304 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

7732371444

Address: 5242 W North Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 2026.

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "RACHEL'S LEARNING CENTER LTD" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 481304).