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Licensed daycares in 38019Covington, TN

There are 12 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 38019, with a combined licensed capacity of 1,380 children. Together they have been cited for 13 violations across 153 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.08 violations per inspection, which is below the Covington average of 0.23.

8 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 supervision (7 citations), followed by health and medication (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 12 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

8 providers.

Austin Peay Elementary School Sacc

Center · Capacity 100 · 474 ACADEMIC DRIVE

0 violationsActive
Austin Peay Pre-K/Tipton County Preschool

Center · Capacity 160 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 474 ACADEMIC Drive · Last inspected Apr 23, 2026

0 violationsActive
Boys & Girls Club - Hatchie River Region

Center · Capacity 291 · Ages 5 yr – 18 yr · 412 C Alston Circle · Last inspected Jun 11, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Dot's Learning Center 2

Center · Capacity 49 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 1368 Hwy 51 N · Last inspected Jun 2, 2026

1 violationActive
Tipton County Head Start

Center · Capacity 127 · Ages 12 mo – 5 yr · 410 Alston Circle · Last inspected May 15, 2026

1 violationActive
Krayola Learning Academy, Inc.

Center · Capacity 99 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 301 Mueller Brass Road · Last inspected May 21, 2026

2 violationsActive

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.

Starks' Daycare & Preschool

Center · Capacity 24 · Ages 2 mo – 15 yr · 442 C/D Hwy 51 N. · Last inspected Jun 24, 2026

9 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 38019

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

1

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

2

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

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