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Licensed daycares in 40216Louisville, KY

There are 51 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 40216 — 36 licensed centers and 15 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 889 violations across 251 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.54 violations per inspection, which is above the Louisville average of 0.91.

2 providers have 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 physical safety (140 citations), followed by recordkeeping (115). 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 51 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Schaffner Elementary Childcare Enrichment Program

Center · Capacity 158 · 2701 Crums Lane · Last inspected Oct 29, 2025

0 violationsActive
Smiley Babies Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 1413 Rhonda Way · Last inspected Jun 9, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Gails Angels Childcare 2

Center · Capacity 19 · 3614 Dixie Highway · Last inspected Jun 12, 2026

1 violationActive
Mac's Childcare 7

Center · Capacity 75 · 4223 Cane Run Road · Last inspected Mar 25, 2026

1 violationActive
Mister Robert's Home Education

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 1711 Bachman Dr · Last inspected Mar 11, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Kids First Academy #2

Center · Capacity 34 · 4917 Dixie Highway · Last inspected Apr 23, 2026

56 violationsActive
Kids First Academy

Center · Capacity 32 · 4527 Cane Run Road · Last inspected May 20, 2026

42 violationsActive
Jade Sanders

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 3107 Lemmah Drive · Last inspected May 27, 2026

41 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 40216

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