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Licensed daycares in 19940Delmar, DE

There are 6 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 19940 — 1 licensed center and 5 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 38 violations across 11 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.45 violations per inspection, which is above the Delmar average of 2.19.

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.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (9 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (7). 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 6 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Cynthia Neal

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 12 yr · 37711 HORSEY CHURCH RD

0 violationsActive
Teresa Mcternan

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 38434 BRITTINGHAM ROAD · Last inspected Aug 9, 2021

0 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Piper's Playhouse/Geraldine Piper

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 1 mo – 8 yr · 36298 SUSAN BEACH ROAD · Last inspected Nov 19, 2025

13 violationsActive
Lil' Red Hen Nursery School, Inc.

Center · Capacity 217 · Ages 1 mo – 11 yr · 400 NORTH BI STATE BOULEVARD · Last inspected Oct 16, 2025

11 violationsActive
Mary Webb

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 7131 W LINE RD · Last inspected Jun 12, 2024

8 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 19940

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