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Licensed daycares in 85042Phoenix, AZ

There are 19 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 85042 — 17 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 150 violations across 71 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.11 violations per inspection, which is above the Phoenix average of 0.13.

4 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

Every record below comes from Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing and links back to the state's own document.

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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

4 providers.

Champion Schools - South Mountain

Center · Capacity 45 · 7900 South Jesse Owens Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Apr 9, 2026

0 violationsActive
Kce Champions Llc @ C.O. Greenfield Academy Of Design And Innovation

Center · Capacity 10 · 7009 S 10th St, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Feb 17, 2026

0 violationsActive
Kidz World Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 8442 South 19th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Jun 2, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

3 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

R.E.S.D.#66 - Campbell School

Center · Capacity 59 · 2624 East South Mountain, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Apr 24, 2026

2 violationsActive
Arizona Cultural Academy & College Prep. Montessori

Center · Capacity 80 · 7810 South 42nd Place, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected May 1, 2026

3 violationsActive
Shellie's Early Start Learning Center #4

Center · Capacity 54 · 26 East Baseline Road Suite 116a-B, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Aug 18, 2025

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

12 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

John F. Kennedy School

Center · Capacity 26 · 6825 South 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Nov 7, 2025

29 violationsActive
Tree Of Life Preschool Academy, L.L.C.

Center · Capacity 82 · 7050 South 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Oct 6, 2025

20 violationsActive
1St Step To Greatness, L.L.C.

Center · Capacity 103 · 6807 South Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85042 · Last inspected Oct 29, 2025

18 violationsActive

A note on Arizona records

Arizona does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Arizona does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error