Elgin · Licensed center
The Learning Experience At Elgin
- Large center, licensed for 157 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
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: 10 of 12 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
- April 8, 2026
- On file
- 12 visits since November 2024 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 8, 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 8, 2026
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 24, 2026
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · December 2, 2025
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 22, 2025
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 4, 2025
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (e)(10) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(e)(10)
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 18, 2025
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 11, 2025
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(3)(b) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 24, 2025
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 23, 2025
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 20, 2024
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629221 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
- Address
- 1023 N Randall Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
- Chain
- The Learning ExperienceSource: thelearningexperience.com
- Owner
- The Learning Experience brand is owned by Harvest Partners, a private-equity firm. Most of its schools are owned by franchisees.The private-equity firm Harvest Partners lists The Learning Experience as a current investment, made in July 2025, and describes it as a franchisor and operator of early childhood education schools. So a single center may be run by a franchisee or by the company. harvestpartners.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 "THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT ELGIN" under Provider Name and 60123 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 629221).
- Chain — Checked September 2026 thelearningexperience.com
- Owner — Checked September 2026 prnewswire.com