Schaumburg · Licensed center
Kiddie Academy Of Schaumburg
- Large center, licensed for 151 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 4 of its 8 licensing inspections since December 2023.
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 6% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.
Licensing inspections
Aug 28, 20253 citations
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Aug 12, 20242 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Jan 22, 20242 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(12)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)
Dec 20, 20233 citations
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC8.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 2, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since December 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 28, 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.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 28, 2025
Qualifications for Child Care Director
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130 through (m) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130 · 407.130(m)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620043 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 12, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620043 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 22, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) through (12) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · 407.370(e)(12)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620043 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · December 20, 2023
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC8.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620043 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
- 1121 E Higgins Rd
- 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 SCHAUMBURG" under Provider Name and 60173 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 620043).
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/academies/schaumburg
- 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.