Aurora · Licensed center

Cadence Academy Preschool

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since September 2019.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 14% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Oct 1, 2025No rules cited
Nov 4, 20241 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Oct 30, 20235 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

1 more from this inspection

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Sep 22, 20233 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)

  • Staffing Structure

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

Nov 5, 2021No rules cited
Sep 26, 20197 citations

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 1, 2025
On file
6 visits since September 2019 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 4, 2024. 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.

Oct 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 4, 2024

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553669 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 30, 2023

Personnel Records

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553669 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2023

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · 407.70(m)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553669 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 26, 2019

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(24) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(24)

Outdoor Play Area

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1) · 407.390(l)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553669 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

6304997240

Address
2520 S Eola Rd
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CADENCE ACADEMY PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60503 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 553669).

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.