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Licensed daycares in 24017Roanoke, VA

There are 26 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 24017 — 19 licensed centers and 7 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 108 violations across 235 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.46 violations per inspection, which is above the Roanoke average of 0.38.

2 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 (32 citations), followed by recordkeeping (21). 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 26 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Laureen Mcgill

Family day home · Capacity 7 · Ages 12 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 928 Old Country Club Road · Last inspected Jun 10, 2026

0 violationsActive
Small Steps Learning Academy Iii

Center · Capacity 50 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 2502 Melrose Avenue NW · Last inspected Feb 2, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

House Of Prayer

Exempt · Capacity 40 · Ages 16 mo – 12 yr · 2521 Portland Avenue, NW · Last inspected Mar 10, 2026

1 violationActive
Robesina Preston

Center · 1921 Fairhope Road · Last inspected Jan 22, 2026

1 violationActive
Total Action Against Poverty In The Roanoke Valley @ Westside

Center · Capacity 28 · Ages 1 mo – 5 yr · 2-year license · 3907 Hershberger Road NW, Building C · Last inspected Apr 28, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Melrose Adventist Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 80 · Ages 2 yr – 12 yr · 2-year license · 1523 Melrose Avenue, NW · Last inspected May 19, 2026

13 violationsActive
Shining Stars Montessori

Center · Capacity 58 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 2750 Hoover Street NW · Last inspected Mar 17, 2026

13 violationsActive
Young Men's Christian Assoc Of Virginia's Blue Ridge- Fairview

Center · Capacity 70 · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 2-year license · 648 Westwood Blvd. NW · Last inspected Feb 18, 2026

9 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 24017

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

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