Chicago · Licensed center
Schooner Learning Academy
At a glance
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 57 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
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 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 11, 20266 citations
Medications
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(g)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)
Aug 29, 20251 citation
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
Sep 9, 20249 citations
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
- Jul 8, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 19, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had more: 76% of 127 had rules cited at 4 or more.
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%This center
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 11, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2022 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 11, 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 6 findings
Monitoring visit · August 11, 2026
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (g) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(g)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591201 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 29, 2025
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591201 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · September 9, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (e)(10) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(10)
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(a) · Violation corrected on site
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) · Violation corrected on site
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(7) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591201 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week, year round
Outdoors
- Outdoors
- Infants go on nature walks and outdoor activities once they reach six months
How they teach
Play-based
“At Schooner, each age group’s program combines play based learning and structured group lessons to give your child the best of both worlds.”
Who cares for your child
Kelli Schoonover (Owner) since 2020.
6 years · Chicago-area median 16, among 26 that publish
Details
- Phone
- (773) 796-4454
- Address
- 1667 N Western Ave, Chicago, 60647
- Established
- 2020
- Ownership
- For-profit
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 schoonerlearningacademy.com
Who cares for your child
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Outdoors, Hours — Checked August 2026 schoonerlearningacademy.com
- Calendar — Checked August 2026 schoonerlearningacademy.com
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SCHOONER LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 591201).
- Website — Checked August 2026 schoonerlearningacademy.com
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SCHOONER LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 591201).
- 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 "SCHOONER LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 591201).
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 schoonerlearningacademy.com
- Established — Checked August 2026 schoonerlearningacademy.com
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.org
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.