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Licensed daycares in 38118Memphis, TN

There are 33 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 38118, with a combined licensed capacity of 2,792 children. Together they have been cited for 15 violations across 414 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.04 violations per inspection, which is above the Memphis average of 0.01.

26 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 health and medication (8 citations), followed by supervision (5). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Care Services and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 33 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

26 providers.

Ann's Christian Academy

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2730 Colony Park Dr · Last inspected May 26, 2026

0 violationsActive
Bilingual Academy Memphis, Inc.

Center · Capacity 97 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 5462 E. Holmes Road · Last inspected Apr 9, 2026

0 violationsActive
Changing The Hands Childcare Center Llc

Center · Capacity 98 · Ages 1 mo – 3 mo · 4826 Cromwell Ave · Last inspected Jun 11, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Alexander's Christian Home Day Care

Center · Capacity 7 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 4207 Arrowhead · Last inspected Apr 10, 2026

1 violationActive
Knight Arnold Children's Academy, Llc

Center · Capacity 73 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 5293 Knight Arnold Road · Last inspected May 29, 2026

1 violationActive
Porter Leath Children's Ctr.@ American Way

Center · Capacity 313 · Ages 1 mo – 6 yr · 4207 American Way · Last inspected Jun 26, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Little Scholars Learning Jungle Academy

Center · Capacity 57 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 3897 Lamar Avenue · Last inspected Jun 26, 2026

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 38118

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

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

2

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

3

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

A note on Tennessee records

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

Data synced from Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Care Services on Jul 11, 2026. Source records · Report an error