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Licensed daycares in 40203Louisville, KY

There are 18 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 40203 — 16 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 294 violations across 104 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.83 violations per inspection, which is above the Louisville average of 0.91.

One provider has 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 (46 citations), followed by physical safety (31). 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 18 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Chestnut Street Ymca Child Care

Center · Capacity 364 · 930 West Chestnut Street · Last inspected Jun 4, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Dym Bhso

Center · Capacity 93 · 517 W. Breckinridge St. · Last inspected Oct 15, 2025

1 violationActive
Coleridge Taylor Elem Childcare Enrichment Program

Center · Capacity 254 · 1115 W. Chestnut Street · Last inspected May 7, 2026

2 violationsActive
Developing Innovative Minds

Center · Capacity 31 · 1148 S. 6th Street · Last inspected Jul 9, 2025

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Miniversity Downtown Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 123 · 306 Roy Wilkins Avenue · Last inspected Apr 10, 2026

61 violationsActive
Magnolia Montessori School

Center · Capacity 60 · 950 S. 3rd Street · Last inspected Apr 14, 2026

49 violationsActive
Emma L. Minnis Jr. Academy

Center · Capacity 19 · 1939 Magazine St. · Last inspected Jan 16, 2026

35 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 40203

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