Grayslake · Licensed center

Kiddie Academy Of Grayslake

Large center, licensed for 146 children.
A Kiddie Academy franchise. The brand is owned by Essential Brands, Inc., a privately held company.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 11 licensing inspections since March 2022.

Of the 860 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Feb 6, 20263 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

Nov 5, 2025No rules cited

Jul 2, 20252 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n)(3)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Jan 15, 20253 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

Nov 4, 20241 citation

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

Sep 27, 2023No rules cited

Jul 27, 20237 citations

Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(8)

3 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

Mar 7, 2023No rules cited

Oct 24, 2022No rules cited

Jun 17, 20222 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)

Mar 10, 2022No rules cited

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: February 6, 2026
On file: 11 visits since March 2022 — 5 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was March 6, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 597564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 2, 2025

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n)(3) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 597564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 15, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 597564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 4, 2024

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 597564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · July 27, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) through (11) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) · 407.100(a)(3) · 407.100(a)(8) · 407.100(a)(10) · 407.100(a)(11)

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 597564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 17, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 597564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

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Address: 807 S Barron Blvd
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 "KIDDIE ACADEMY OF GRAYSLAKE" under Provider Name and 60030 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 597564).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/academies/grayslake
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/about-us

Kiddie Academy's own site says the founding Miller family continues to own and operate Kiddie Academy, and that other families own and operate the academies in their communities. kiddieacademy.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.