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Licensed daycares in 24426 — Covington, VA
There are 4 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 24426, with a combined licensed capacity of 277 children. Together they have been cited for 14 violations across 26 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.54 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Covington average of 0.54.
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 (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
2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 24426
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
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