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Licensed daycares in 19973 — Seaford, DE
There are 49 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 19973 — 9 licensed centers and 40 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 242 violations across 74 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.27 violations per inspection, which is below the Seaford average of 4.31.
20 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 (72 citations), followed by physical safety (49). 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 49 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
20 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
6 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
23 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 19973
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
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