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Licensed daycares in 17603 — Lancaster, PA
There are 48 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 17603 — 32 licensed centers and 16 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 1,087 violations across 241 inspections in the past three years, an average of 4.51 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Lancaster average of 4.93.
5 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 7 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (391 citations), followed by health and medication (190). 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 48 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
5 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
1 provider. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
42 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
No longer operating
7 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 17603
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
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