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Licensed daycares in 37917 — Knoxville, TN
There are 28 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 37917, with a combined licensed capacity of 2,832 children. Together they have been cited for 8 violations across 242 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.03 violations per inspection, which is below the Knoxville average of 0.04.
23 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 background checks (1). 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.
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Clean record — no violations in 3 years
23 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
5 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 37917
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by background checks. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
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