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Licensed daycares in 24179Vinton, VA

There are 9 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 24179, with a combined licensed capacity of 532 children. Together they have been cited for 28 violations across 55 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.51 violations per inspection.

4 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 (7 citations), followed by physical safety (6). 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.

Compare all 9 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

4 providers.

Life Tabernacle Church

Exempt · Capacity 108 · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 801 Virginia Avenue · Last inspected Jun 20, 2023

0 violationsActive
Lighthouse Bible Church

Exempt · Capacity 30 · Ages 3 yr – 4 yr · 2500 E. Washington Avenue

0 violationsActive
Lynn Haven Baptist Church

Exempt · Capacity 45 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 1501 E. Washington Avenue

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Thrasher Memorial United Methodist Church

Exempt · Capacity 40 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 707 E. Washington Avenue · Last inspected Aug 14, 2023

1 violationActive
Evangel Child Care Ministries

Center · Capacity 75 · Ages 2 yr – 12 yr · 2-year license · 2360 Hardy Road · Last inspected Jun 22, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Honeytree Early Learning Center #11

Center · Capacity 160 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 2308 Washington Avenue · Last inspected May 28, 2026

12 violationsActive
Backyard Bears Day School

Center · Capacity 32 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 360 East Virginia Avenue · Last inspected Jun 4, 2026

6 violationsActive
Growing Years Daycare And Pre-K

Center · Capacity 27 · Ages 1 mo – 4 yr · 2-year license · 2102 Hardy Road · Last inspected Jan 7, 2026

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 24179

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

1

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

2

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

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