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Licensed daycares in 12983 — Saranac Lake, NY
There are 6 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 12983 — 5 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 57 violations across 78 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.73 violations per inspection, which is above the Saranac Lake average of 0.21.
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 caregiver-to-child ratio (13 citations), followed by physical safety (12). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from NYS Office of Children and Family Services and links back to the state's own document.
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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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 12983
Caregiver-to-child ratio is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
A note on New York records
New York 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. New York does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from NYS Office of Children and Family Services on Jul 10, 2026. Source records · Report an error