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Licensed daycares in 23701 — Portsmouth, VA
There are 39 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 23701 — 31 licensed centers and 8 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 176 violations across 308 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.57 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Portsmouth average of 0.55.
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 (43 citations), followed by health and medication (42). 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 39 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
3 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
10 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
26 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 23701
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?
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