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Licensed daycares in 19963Milford, DE

There are 28 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 19963 — 19 licensed centers and 9 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 198 violations across 64 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.09 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Milford average of 3.37.

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

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (45 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (38). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 28 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

6 providers.

Christie Orton

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 24745 BAKERFIELD RD

0 violationsActive
Kidz Ink Academy Of Early Academics-Milford

Center · Capacity 177 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 200 KINGS HWY · Last inspected Feb 24, 2022

0 violationsActive
Laurette Legg

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 1 mo – 6 yr · 22 GOLDENROD CIRCLE · Last inspected Mar 7, 2022

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Alice Metzner

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 18 mo – 12 yr · 265 NEW WHARF ROAD · Last inspected May 16, 2024

1 violationActive
Ashley Mondzelewski

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 508 MARSHALL ST · Last inspected Nov 17, 2025

2 violationsActive
Bayhealth Ann L. Burton Center For Children At Sussex

Center · Capacity 122 · Ages 1 mo – 11 yr · 307 HOPE LANE · Last inspected May 12, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Brightpath Milford

Center · Capacity 179 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 200 KINGS HWY · Last inspected May 12, 2026

30 violationsActive
Smart Start Learning Center Llc

Center · Capacity 46 · Ages 1 mo · 350 MILFORD HARRINGTON HWY · Last inspected Nov 18, 2025

21 violationsActive
Mispillion Ud/4-H Afterschool

Center · Capacity 81 · Ages 10 yr · 311 LOVERS LN · Last inspected Oct 21, 2025

19 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 19963

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

3

Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?

A note on Delaware records

Delaware 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. Delaware does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Jul 10, 2026. Source records · Report an error