Spanish Community Center
309 N EASTERN AVE, JOLIET, IL 60432Childery Rating: 5/5
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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.5 / 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.Not Available
- 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.5 / 5
Why this rating
This daycare earned 5 out of 5 stars overall. Structural quality reflects a license in good standing. 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. No objective process measures (e.g., state quality rating or national accreditation) are available for this daycare. The overall rating reflects structural features only.
Quality Recognitions & Accreditations
- 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
- Not Available
- Licensed capacity
- 50
- 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
17 Inspection Visits Since 2011 · 107 Findings
Most recent: Dec 18, 2025⤓ Download Latest Report (PDF)
25 Critical76 Important6 Administrative
Across 17 inspections since 2011, the issues cited most often were Staff Qualifications & Background Checks (31), Building & Premises Safety (20), and Curriculum & Developmental Programming (11). Of 107 total findings, 25 were critical.
See All 17 Inspection Visits
Dec 18, 20255 Findings2 Critical2 Important1 Administrative
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(2)
- Staffing Structure407.90(b)
- Qualifications for Child Care Director407.130(l)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
- Organization and Administration407.70(b)
Dec 11, 20251 Finding1 Critical
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
Jun 10, 20252 Findings2 Critical
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
Jul 11, 20243 Findings1 Critical2 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
May 17, 20233 Findings2 Important1 Administrative
- Personnel Records407.120(b)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)
Mar 6, 20235 Findings2 Critical3 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(10)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(11)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)(6)(a)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)(6)(d)
Jul 10, 20182 Findings1 Critical1 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(i)(2)
Jun 14, 20173 Findings3 Critical
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(1)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6II)
Nov 14, 20169 Findings5 Critical4 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(10)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(11)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Staffing Structure407.90(d)(1)
- Staffing Structure407.90(f)(1)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(e)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)(6)(a)
Jul 10, 20158 Findings2 Critical6 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(e)(4)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340(d)
- Medications407.360(d)(4)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(p)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(g)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(l)
Jun 30, 20146 Findings2 Critical4 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340(a)(3)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340(k)(1)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(l)(1)
Sep 30, 20131 Finding1 Important
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)(6)(a)
Jul 24, 201312 Findings1 Critical11 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records407.120(c)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(g)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(g)(1)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340(k)(1)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(d)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(n)(2)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(i)
Mar 4, 20133 Findings3 Important
- Medications407.360(c)(3)
- Medications407.360(d)(2)
- Medications407.360(d)(4)
Aug 21, 201212 Findings9 Important3 Administrative
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(6)
- Personnel Records407.120(c)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(b)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)(1)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)(2)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)(3)
Jun 17, 201128 Findings2 Critical25 Important1 Administrative
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(1)
- Staffing Structure407.90(f)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(c)
- Qualifications for Child Care Director407.130(j)
- Substitutes407.170(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(c)(1)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(c)(14)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(c)(3)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(d)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(2)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(f)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340(c)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340(k)(1)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(e)
- Medications407.360(d)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(n)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(p)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(a)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(j)(5)(b)
- Equipment and Materials407.380(j)(6)
- Outdoor Play Area407.390(l)
- Organization and Administration407.70(k)(7)
Mar 1, 20114 Findings1 Critical3 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(10)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(h)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(i)(1)
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