Frankfort · Licensed center
Everbrook Academy
- Large center, licensed for 132 children.
- An Everbrook Academy center. The chain is owned by American Securities, a private-equity firm.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since August 2025.
Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 59% had rules cited at all 4, as this center did. 2% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Jul 15, 20269 citations
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)
5 more from this inspection
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Jul 6, 20266 citations
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)
2 more from this inspection
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(1)
Jun 16, 20262 citations
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(2)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
Aug 13, 20253 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 15, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since August 2025 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 5, 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.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · July 15, 2026
Organization and Administration
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(f)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) through (e)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · 407.90(e)(1)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631697 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · July 6, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3) through (11) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3) · 407.100(a)(10) · 407.100(a)(11)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) through (e)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · 407.90(e)(1)
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631697 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 16, 2026
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation substantiated
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631697 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 13, 2025
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631697 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
- Address
- 11031 W Lincoln Hwy
- License
- license issued (il)
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 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 "EVERBROOK ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60423 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 631697).
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 everbrookacademy.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 american-securities.com
Everbrook Academy is one of Learning Care Group's brands. The private-equity firm American Securities lists Learning Care Group among its current companies, an investment it made in 2014. american-securities.com
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.