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Licensed daycares in 24073Christiansburg, VA

There are 15 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 24073 — 12 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 22 violations across 104 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.21 violations per inspection, which is above the Christiansburg average of 0.18.

10 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 caregiver-to-child ratio (5). 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 15 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

10 providers.

Christiansburg Foursquare Church

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 2 yr – 6 yr · 2-year license · 896 Life Drive · Last inspected Feb 11, 2026

0 violationsActive
Christiansburg Mennonite Fellowship

Exempt · Capacity 20 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 40 Farmview Road, Cedarwood Preschool · Last inspected Sep 17, 2025

0 violationsActive
Dwelling Place Christian Fellowship

Exempt · Capacity 38 · Ages 3 mo – 5 yr · 3325 N. Franklin Street, Tree Of Life Preschool & Daycare · Last inspected Sep 17, 2025

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.

Heart N Hand Early Learning Center - Uptown

Center · Capacity 200 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 364 Arbor Drive · Last inspected Apr 13, 2026

1 violationActive
Heart N Hand Early Learning Center

Center · Capacity 50 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 75 Hampton Boulevard, Suites D & E · Last inspected Jan 8, 2026

2 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.

Graceway Ministries Graceachildusa, Inc - Christiansburg

Exempt · Capacity 148 · Ages 1 mo – 10 yr · 125 and 135 Scattergood Drive, Christiansburg Grace A Child and KidZone · Last inspected May 27, 2026

8 violationsActive
Ms. Carolyn Dowdy

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 1-year license · 720 Lawn Drive · Last inspected May 27, 2026

7 violationsActive
Ms. Teresa Sowers

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 2 yr – 12 yr · 2-year license · 80 Dunlap Drive · Last inspected Jun 2, 2026

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 24073

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

1

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

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

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