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Licensed daycares in 24211Abingdon, VA

There are 3 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 24211 — 2 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 21 violations across 30 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.70 violations per inspection, which is above the Abingdon average of 0.51.

No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (7 citations), followed by health and medication (4). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing and links back to the state's own document.

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1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Boys & Girls Club Of The Mountain Empire - Watauga Elementary

Center · Capacity 120 · Ages 5 yr – 12 yr · Conditional license · 23181 Watauga Road · Last inspected Jul 6, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Blue Mountain Childcare

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 27018 Lee Hwy. · Last inspected Jun 16, 2026

14 violationsActive
Ms. Valerie Cotten

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 26269 Watauga Road · Last inspected May 27, 2026

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 24211

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

1

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

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 Virginia records

Virginia 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. Virginia does publish complaint outcomes. Virginia also issues licenses for different terms; a one-year or conditional license often signals recent compliance concerns, while a three-year license reflects a strong record. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error