Kid Country Childcare
14935 W BRUNS RD, MANHATTAN, IL 60442Childery Rating: 3/5
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Quality Indicators
See Methodology →- Overall QualityCombines daily care quality (interactions, learning, environment) with structural features like staff-to-child ratios and teacher qualifications.3 / 5
- Process QualityThe quality of daily care — caregiver-child interactions, learning activities, and the emotional climate. Drawn from the state QRIS rating, accreditations, and Head Start CLASS observations.3 / 5
- Structural QualityMeasurable features like staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, license status, and teacher qualifications. Provider-level data when available; otherwise the state regulatory baseline.3 / 5
Why this rating
This daycare earned 3 out of 5 stars overall. Process quality reflects an ExceleRate Illinois rating of Silver. Structural quality reflects a license that's pending or provisional. The structural rating also includes Illinois's licensing baseline — what every licensed daycare in the state must meet. Illinois caps infant ratios at 1:4, toddler ratios at 1:5, and preschool ratios at 1:10. Lead teachers must hold a Child Development Associate (CDA). Teachers must complete 15 hours of annual training.
Quality Recognitions & Accreditations
- State Quality Rating
- ExceleRate Illinois Silver (2 out of Max 4) Learn more →
- Accreditations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)Not Accredited
- National Accreditation Commission (NAC)Not Accredited
- National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA)Not Accredited
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)Not Accredited
Facility Info
- Facility type
- Child Care Center
- Age groups served
- Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age
- Licensed capacity
- 110
- Teacher-child ratios & group sizesState Minimum Displayed
Age Max ratio Max group Infants 1:4 12 Toddlers 1:5 15 Preschool 1:10 20
Teacher Credentials
- Lead teacher credentialState Minimum Displayed
- Child Development Associate (CDA)
Inspection History
16 Inspection Visits Since 2010 · 104 Findings
Most recent: May 28, 2025⤓ Download Latest Report (PDF)
15 Critical88 Important1 Administrative
Across 16 inspections since 2010, the issues cited most often were Staff Qualifications & Background Checks (31), Children's Records & Files (21), and Building & Premises Safety (16). Of 104 total findings, 15 were critical.
See All 16 Inspection Visits
May 28, 202518 Findings3 Critical15 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(h)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Volunteers407.180(b)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(d)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(b)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(f)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(b)
- Medications407.360(c)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(b)
Jul 15, 202418 Findings3 Critical15 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(h)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(s)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(b)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(h)(6)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(d)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(f)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(b)
- Medications407.360(c)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(b)
Sep 22, 20233 Findings3 Critical
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6I)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6II)
Jul 5, 20235 Findings2 Critical3 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(10)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(11)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(f)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)(6)(d)
Apr 22, 20222 Findings2 Important
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)
May 13, 20211 Finding1 Important
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)
May 29, 20191 Finding1 Important
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
Apr 20, 20182 Findings1 Critical1 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
Apr 21, 20175 Findings1 Critical3 Important1 Administrative
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(5)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
- Organization and Administration407.70(n)(3)
Apr 20, 20166 Findings1 Critical5 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220(c)(2)(a)
- Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220(c)(2)(b)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(d)(3)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(h)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(7)
May 14, 20159 Findings9 Important
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(d)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)(a)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(1)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(6)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(o)(1)
May 1, 20144 Findings4 Important
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(h)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(8)(a)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(b)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(f)
May 28, 20135 Findings1 Critical4 Important
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(5)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(b)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(i)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)(a)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340(a)(5)
May 23, 20122 Findings2 Important
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(3)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
May 10, 20118 Findings8 Important
- Substitutes407.170(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(2)(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(2)(d)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(2)(e)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(h)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(d)(2)(a)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(r)(2)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(j)(8)
May 25, 201015 Findings15 Important
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Qualifications for Child Care Director407.130(j)(1)
- Qualifications for Child Care Director407.130(j)(2)
- Qualifications for Child Care Director407.130(j)(3)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(f)(19)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(g)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(j)(1)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(j)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(6)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(o)(1)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(o)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(p)(3)
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