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Licensed daycares in 02871 — Portsmouth, RI
There are 16 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 02871, with a combined licensed capacity of 856 children. Together they have been cited for 86 violations across 48 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.79 violations per inspection, which is below the Portsmouth average of 4.00.
4 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 child files (24 citations), followed by postings (14). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from Rhode Island Department of Human Services — Office of Child Care and links back to the state's own document.
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Clean record — no violations in 3 years
4 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
10 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
A note on Rhode Island records
Rhode Island 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. Rhode Island does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from Rhode Island Department of Human Services — Office of Child Care on Jul 11, 2026. Source records · Report an error