Chicago · Licensed center

Kiddie Academy Of Lincoln Square

Large center, licensed for 158 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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2021.

Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 59% had rules cited at all 4, 2% at none.

Licensing inspections

Dec 9, 20244 citations

Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Jun 1, 2022No rules cited

Oct 27, 20211 citation

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

Mar 24, 20213 citations

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 9, 2024
On file: 4 visits since March 2021 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was January 8, 2025. 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.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 9, 2024

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582761 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 27, 2021

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582761 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 24, 2021

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582761 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

7733340100

Address: 4874 N Lincoln Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 LINCOLN SQUARE" under Provider Name and 60625 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 582761).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/academies/lincoln-square-ravenswood
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.