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Licensed daycares in 50265 — West Des Moines, IA
There are 33 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 50265 — 18 licensed centers and 15 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 85 violations across 90 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.94 violations per inspection, which is above the West Des Moines average of 0.11.
12 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
12 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
15 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
6 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
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