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Licensed daycares in 50112Grinnell, IA

There are 8 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 50112 — 5 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 55 violations across 23 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.39 violations per inspection, which is above the Grinnell average of 0.67.

4 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 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and links back to the state's own document.

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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

4 providers.

Grinnell College Preschool

Center · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 1022 Park St · Last inspected Nov 18, 2025

0 violationsActive
Grinnell Community Early Learning Center

Center · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1436 Penrose St · Last inspected Oct 20, 2025

0 violationsActive
Link Grinnell

Center · Ages 5 yr – 12 yr · 1310 Hobart St · Last inspected Jun 26, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Ucc Preschool

Center · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 902 Broad St · Last inspected Nov 18, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Tabitha Scheffert

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1424 Reed St · Last inspected Mar 31, 2026

35 violationsActive
Tricia Ellis

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1312 Summer St · Last inspected Mar 31, 2026

11 violationsActive
Cynthia Hey

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1717 6th Ave · Last inspected Mar 31, 2026

8 violationsActive

A note on Iowa records

Iowa 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. Iowa does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Iowa Department of Health and Human Services on Jul 14, 2026. Source records · Report an error