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Transparency scorecard

District of Columbia

Grade C

65/100 points · Ranked #18 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).

Score breakdown

Record depth
About 44 months of inspection history on file.
15/25
Downloadable data
Data is reachable via a public search form or portal API, not a bulk dump.
10/20
Severity levels
State does not publish a usable severity/risk tier for citations.
0/15
Complaints published
Complaint records with dispositions (234 on file).
15/15
% with any inspection
98.7% of providers have at least one inspection on file (447 of 453).
15/15
Access friction
No CAPTCHA, IP block, or auth wall on the primary public records path.
10/10

Licensing portal with inspections, complaints, and deficiency rows.

What this grade means

Does well: Publishes substantiated complaints with inspection PDFs.

See the dimension evidence above and the national rubric for how points were assigned.

Browse District of Columbia providers on KinderFax. Official portal: My Child Care DC. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.