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Licensed daycares in 85281Tempe, AZ

There are 9 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 85281, with a combined licensed capacity of 603 children. Together they have been cited for 43 violations across 43 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.00 violations per inspection, which is below the Tempe average of 1.67.

2 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

2 providers.

City Of Tempe - Kid Zone - Holdeman School

Center · Capacity 125 · 1326 West 18th Street, Tempe, AZ 85281 · Last inspected Nov 19, 2025

0 violationsActive
Maricopa County Human Services - Westside Multi Generational Head Start

Center · Capacity 48 · 715 West 5th Street Room 137, Tempe, AZ 85281 · Last inspected Sep 5, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

City Of Tempe - Kid Zone - Scales School

Center · Capacity 59 · 1115 West 5th Street, Tempe, AZ 85281 · Last inspected Sep 5, 2025

2 violationsActive
Heartprints Montessori

Center · Capacity 59 · 1735 South College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281 · Last inspected Jul 28, 2025

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Sunrise Preschools #300

Center · Capacity 179 · 1520 North Priest Road, Tempe, AZ 85281 · Last inspected May 29, 2026

12 violationsActive
Maricopa County Human Services - North Tempe Head Start

Center · Capacity 28 · 1555 North Bridalwreath Street, Tempe, AZ 85281 · Last inspected Aug 11, 2025

10 violationsActive
Little Rascals Learning Center #2

Center · Capacity 49 · 1116 South Mcclintock Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281 · Last inspected Jan 27, 2026

8 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