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Licensed daycares in 22304 — Alexandria, VA
There are 52 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 22304 — 34 licensed centers and 18 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 173 violations across 446 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.39 violations per inspection, which is below the Alexandria average of 0.47.
3 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 recordkeeping (59 citations), followed by health and medication (38). 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 52 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
3 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
32 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
17 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 22304
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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