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Licensed daycares in 42003Paducah, KY

There are 15 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 42003, with a combined licensed capacity of 1,187 children. Together they have been cited for 323 violations across 112 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.88 violations per inspection, which is below the Paducah average of 4.57.

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 recordkeeping (61 citations), followed by physical safety (36). 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 15 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Playcare Learning Center Reidland

Center · Capacity 49 · 5550 Reidland Road · Last inspected Oct 17, 2025

48 violationsActive
Little Lights Childcare Llc

Center · Capacity 49 · 1060 Husband Rd · Last inspected Dec 2, 2025

43 violationsActive
Creative Minds Development Center Llc

Center · Capacity 40 · 2901 Ohio Street · Last inspected Apr 9, 2025

34 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 42003

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

1

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

2

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

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