Chicago · Licensed center

Schooner Learning Academy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2022.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Aug 11, 20266 citations

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(g)

2 more from this inspection

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Aug 29, 20251 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

Sep 9, 20249 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(7)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)

5 more from this inspection

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Jul 8, 2024No rules cited
Jul 19, 2022No rules cited
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 11, 2026
On file
5 visits since July 2022 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 11, 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 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 11, 2026

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (g) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(g)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591201 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 29, 2025

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591201 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · September 9, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (e)(10) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(10)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591201 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

How they teach

Play-based

“At Schooner, each age group’s program combines play based learning and structured group lessons to give your child the best of both worlds.”

Who cares for your child

Kelli Schoonover (Owner) since 2020.

Of 5,339 Chicago-area providers, 26 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.

A day here

Hours
7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
Outdoors
Infants go on nature walks and outdoor activities once they reach six months

Details

7737964454

Website
schoonerlearningacademy.com
Address
1667 N Western Ave
License
license issued (il)
Ages they serve
Birth to 5 years
Established
2020
Ownership
For-profit

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

A day here

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.