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Licensed daycares in 40965Middlesboro, KY

There are 7 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 40965 — 6 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 147 violations across 39 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.77 violations per inspection, which is above the Middlesboro average of 1.58.

No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is physical safety (35 citations), followed by recordkeeping (15). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 7 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Smart Start Early Learning Academy, Llc

Center · Capacity 76 · 2801 Us Highway 25e, Suite 100 · Last inspected Nov 21, 2025

38 violationsActive
Pride & Joy Child Care

Center · Capacity 80 · 919 North 19th Street · Last inspected Mar 6, 2026

36 violationsActive
Smart Start Early Learning Academy 2

Center · Capacity 51 · 601 N. 15th Street · Last inspected Apr 28, 2026

23 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 40965

Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

2

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

3

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

A note on Kentucky records

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

Data synced from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care on Jul 11, 2026. Source records · Report an error