Chicago · Licensed center

Lil Scholars Learning Center LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 9 licensing inspections since July 2019.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 24% had rules cited at 8 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Jul 12, 20246 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(2)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

2 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Nov 8, 2023No rules cited
Jun 10, 20225 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

1 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

May 12, 20224 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

Jul 28, 20202 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Feb 20, 20202 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Oct 25, 20193 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Sep 27, 20191 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Jul 23, 20195 citations

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m)

1 more from this inspection

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 12, 2024
On file
9 visits since July 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 11, 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.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (8) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8)

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(2) through (j) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(2) · 407.350(j)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 10, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Staffing Structure

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 12, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 28, 2020

Grouping and Staffing

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 20, 2020

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 25, 2019

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(2) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2019

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2019

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a) · 407.330(m)

Medications

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · 407.360(c)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576235 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Play-based

“We follow a play-based curriculum that focuses on the holistic development of children.”

A day here

Hours
6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Meals
Provides meals and snacks for children throughout the day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Updates for parents
BrightWheel app (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

3128775699

Website
lil-scholars.com
Address
1000 S Western Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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How they teach

State record

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

A day here

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LIL SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER LLC" under Provider Name and 60612 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 576235).
  • Website — Checked August 2026 lil-scholars.com

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.