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Licensed daycares in 38501 — Cookeville, TN
There are 30 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 38501, with a combined licensed capacity of 2,163 children. Together they have been cited for 11 violations across 381 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.03 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Cookeville average of 0.03.
25 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 (5 citations), followed by supervision (3). 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 30 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
25 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
4 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 38501
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
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