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Licensed daycares in 18504Scranton, PA

There are 4 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 18504, with a combined licensed capacity of 386 children. Together they have been cited for 56 violations across 18 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.11 violations per inspection, which is above the Scranton average of 1.96.

2 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (20 citations), followed by health and medication (10). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Pennsylvania DHS, Office of Child Development and Early Learning and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 4 providers

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Early Explorers Child Care Center Llc

Center · Capacity 146 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 1018 Lafayette St · Last inspected Feb 10, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Sophies Learning Center

Center · Capacity 70 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 1305 Washburn St · Last inspected Dec 9, 2025

23 violationsActive
Malas Roots And Shoots Daycare And Preschool Llc

Center · Capacity 52 · 2118 Washburn St · Last inspected Dec 30, 2025

18 violationsActive
Little People Day Care School

Center · Capacity 118 · Ages 0 mo – 15 yr · 254 Meridian Ave · Last inspected Oct 15, 2025

12 violationsActive

No longer operating

2 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.

Learn And Grow Early Childhood Center

Center · Capacity 170 · 1228 Saint Ann St · Last inspected Sep 9, 2025

13 violationsRevoked
Denise Bombar

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 1301 Bryn Mawr St · Last inspected Jan 22, 2026

12 violationsClosed

Questions to ask when you tour in 18504

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. 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

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

3

Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?

A note on Pennsylvania records

Pennsylvania 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. Pennsylvania does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Pennsylvania DHS, Office of Child Development and Early Learning on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error