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Licensed daycares in 23805 — Petersburg, VA
There are 19 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 23805 — 12 licensed centers and 7 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 86 violations across 167 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.51 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Petersburg average of 0.54.
One provider has 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 (29 citations), followed by supervision (15). 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 19 providers
1–3 violations in 3 years
7 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
11 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 23805
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
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