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Licensed daycares in 19977 — Smyrna, DE
There are 36 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 19977 — 18 licensed centers and 18 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 289 violations across 67 inspections in the past three years, an average of 4.31 violations per inspection, which is above the Smyrna average of 3.00.
13 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 physical safety (71 citations), followed by recordkeeping (67). 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 36 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
13 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
5 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 19977
Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
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