Pennsylvania daycare inspection records

Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services certifies every child care center, inspects it at least once a year, and investigates complaints. We turn each center’s inspection findings into one readable record and compare it with all 4,789 ranked centers statewide.

4,932 certified centers 389,213 spots 162,127 citations 20,548 core-safety citations

Largest cities

Philadelphia 1,202 centers View → Pittsburgh 257 centers View → Allentown 87 centers View → Reading 84 centers View → Harrisburg 79 centers View → Lancaster 75 centers View → Erie 61 centers View → Bethlehem 45 centers View → York 44 centers View → Easton 40 centers View → West Chester 38 centers View → Upper Darby 32 centers View → Mechanicsburg 29 centers View → Pottstown 28 centers View → State College 27 centers View → Norristown 26 centers View → Lansdale 25 centers View → Scranton 24 centers View → Doylestown 24 centers View → Downingtown 23 centers View → East Stroudsburg 23 centers View → Levittown 23 centers View → Altoona 22 centers View → Drexel Hill 22 centers View → Camp Hill 22 centers View → Chester 22 centers View → Royersford 20 centers View → Carlisle 20 centers View → Canonsburg 20 centers View → Williamsport 19 centers View → Johnstown 19 centers View → Bensalem 18 centers View → Chambersburg 18 centers View → Irwin 18 centers View → Phoenixville 17 centers View → Whitehall 17 centers View → Southampton 17 centers View → Greensburg 17 centers View → Havertown 17 centers View → Exton 16 centers View → Wilkes-Barre 16 centers View → New Castle 16 centers View → King of Prussia 16 centers View → Newtown 16 centers View → Collegeville 16 centers View → Wayne 16 centers View → Media 15 centers View → Darby 15 centers View → Feasterville Trevose 15 centers View → North Wales 15 centers View → Ambler 15 centers View → Coraopolis 15 centers View → Monroeville 15 centers View → Coatesville 14 centers View → Blue Bell 14 centers View → Cranberry Township 14 centers View → Warrington 14 centers View → Langhorne 14 centers View → Malvern 14 centers View → Glenside 13 centers View →

More cities

Abington Albrightsville Aliquippa Allison Park Apollo Ardmore Aston Bala Cynwyd Bangor Beaver Beaver Falls Bedford Belle Vernon Bellefonte Bellwood Berwick Berwyn Bethel Park Birdsboro Bloomsburg Boyertown Braddock Bradford Breinigsville Bridgeville Bristol Brodheadsville Brookhaven Brookville Broomall Bryn Mawr Buckingham Butler Carbondale Carnegie Catasauqua Center Valley Chadds Ford Chalfont Chester Springs Clairton Clarion Clarks Summit Claysburg Clearfield Clifton Heights Columbia Conneaut Lake Connellsville Conshohocken Coplay Cresson Croydon Dallas Danville Devon Dillsburg Douglassville Dover Dresher Drums DuBois Duncannon Dunmore Duquesne East McKeesport Ebensburg Edinboro Elizabeth Elizabethtown Elkins Park Ellwood City Elysburg Emmaus Enola Ephrata Etters Everett Exeter Fairless Hills Fairview Fleetwood Flourtown Folcroft Fort Washington Fountain Hill Franklin Furlong Gettysburg Gibsonia Gilbertsville Glen Mills Glenolden Glenshaw Halifax Hanover Hanover Township Harleysville Hatboro Hatfield Haverford Hawley Hazle Township Hazleton Hermitage Hershey Hollidaysburg Holmes Homestead Honesdale Honey Brook Hopwood Horsham Hughesville Hummelstown Huntingdon Huntingdon Valley Imperial Indiana Jamison Jeannette Jenkintown Jermyn Jersey Shore Kennett Square Kingston Kittanning Kutztown Lafayette Hill Lake City Lansdowne Latrobe Lebanon Leechburg Lehighton Lemoyne Lewisburg Lewistown Lititz Littlestown Lock Haven Macungie Mansfield Marietta Mars McKees Rocks McKeesport Meadville Merion Station Middletown Mifflinburg Milford Milton Mohnton Monongahela Montgomeryville Montoursville Moosic Morrisville Mount Holly Springs Mount Joy Mount Pocono Mountain Top Mountville Muncy Murrysville Nanticoke Narberth Nazareth New Brighton New Cumberland New Freedom New Kensington New Oxford Newport Newtown Square North Versailles Northampton Norwood Oakdale Oaks Oil City Orefield Orwigsburg Oxford Palmerton Palmyra Paoli Pen Argyl Pennsburg Perkasie Philipsburg Pine Grove Pittston Plains Plymouth Meeting Port Matilda Pottsville Primos Punxsutawney Quakertown Quarryville Red Lion Richboro Roaring Spring Rochester Saint Marys Sarver Sayre Schnecksville Schuylkill Haven Schwenksville Selinsgrove Sellersville Sewickley Sharon Sharon Hill Shavertown Shippensburg Shrewsbury Slatington Slippery Rock Somerset Souderton South Park Spring City Springfield Steelton Stewartstown Stroudsburg Sunbury Swarthmore Tamaqua Tarentum Temple Thorndale Titusville Tobyhanna Toughkenamon Towanda Tunkhannock Tyrone Uniontown Upper Chichester Vandergrift Venetia Verona Villanova Wallingford Walnutport Warminster Warren Washington Waynesboro Wellsboro West Grove West Hazleton West Mifflin West Norriton Westfield Wexford Willow Grove Windber Woodlyn Wyncote Wynnewood Yardley Zelienople

Counties

Daycare chains

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Guides for parents

How to choose a daycare: 30 questions to ask and a checklist Read → How much daycare costs in Pennsylvania Read → Pennsylvania daycare license lookup: check inspections and violations Read → Pennsylvania daycare ratios by age Read → Daycare vs preschool vs pre-K: what’s the difference? Ages, hours, cost and the rules each one follows Read → Checking a daycare in another state? The official license lookup in all 50 states and D.C. Read → All guides for parents Choosing care, costs, and how to check a daycare’s record View →

Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity. Scores weight each citation by topic and compare Pennsylvania centers only. See how scores work.