Chicago · Licensed center

Little Scholars Learning Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since September 2011.

Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Aug 24, 20263 citations
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

Feb 19, 2026No rules cited
May 28, 20246 citations
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Volunteers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(c)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)

2 more from this inspection
  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Jun 8, 2023No rules cited
Jul 21, 2021No rules cited
Jun 15, 20182 citations
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Aug 3, 20124 citations
  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)

Sep 21, 20112 citations
  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

  • Personnel Records

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 24, 2026
On file
8 visits since September 2011 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 23, 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 24, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
May 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 28, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

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

Volunteers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(c) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation corrected on site

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected on site

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 15, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2012 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2012

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) through (g) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) · 407.330(g)

Grouping and Staffing

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2011

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 468018 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

7732027000

Website
littlescholarschicago.net
Address
6116 W Irving Park Rd
License
license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

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