Elgin · Licensed center

The Ivy Academy & Early Learning

At a glance

Medium center, licensed for 91 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

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 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since July 2014.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Apr 3, 2025Nothing cited
Apr 18, 2024Nothing cited
Jul 8, 20212 citations
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
  Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h)
- Program Requirements for All Ages
  Program Requirements for All Ages
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)
Apr 28, 2021Nothing cited
Sep 22, 201412 citations
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(5)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
  Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
- Staffing Structure
  Staffing Structure
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
- Staffing Structure
  Staffing Structure
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
Sep 4, 201418 citations
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)
- Program Requirements for All Ages
  Program Requirements for All Ages
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(5)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(9)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(18)
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190
- Organization and Administration
  Organization and Administration
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70
- Staffing Structure
  Staffing Structure
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA43.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA43.
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA83.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA83.
Jul 3, 20141 citation
- Nutrition and Meal Service
  Nutrition and Meal Service
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1)

The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 80% of 149 had rules cited at 5 or more.

How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare

Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

2 of 71%
3 of 75%
4 of 714%This center
5 of 714%
6 of 726%
All 740%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 3, 2025
On file: 7 visits since July 2014 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was August 11, 2021. 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 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 8, 2021

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 530139 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2014

Personnel Records

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(d)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140 · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 530139 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 18 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a) through (11) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a) · 407.100(a)(1) · 407.100(a)(3) · 407.100(a)(4) · 407.100(a)(5) · 407.100(a)(9) · 407.100(a)(10) · 407.100(a)(11)

Guidance and Discipline

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1) through (6)(e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1) · 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70 · Violation corrected on site

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected on site

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation corrected on site

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(18) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA43.

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA83.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 530139 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 3, 2014

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 530139 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (847) 312-3371
Address: 545 Hiawatha Dr, Elgin, 60120

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE IVY ACADEMY & EARLY LEARNING" under Provider Name and 60120 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 530139).
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 "THE IVY ACADEMY & EARLY LEARNING" under Provider Name and 60120 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 530139).

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.