Daycares in Philadelphia County, PA: inspection records
Philadelphia County has 1,203 certified child care centers. Pick a city to compare every center in it, or start with the 20 with the fewest state citations.
Since August 2021, Pennsylvania has inspected the 1,203 certified centers in Philadelphia County 6,871 times and recorded 32,614 citations, 3,801 of them core-safety. That works out to 4.75 citations per inspection, compared with 5.37 across all Pennsylvania centers. 441 of the 1,203 centers had a core-safety citation in the last 12 months, and 51 had no citations at all. 378 of the 1,203 centers had a complaint investigation that found a violation.
Cities in Philadelphia County
Fewest citations in Philadelphia County
The 20 centers in Philadelphia County with the lowest risk-weighted citation rate, among centers with enough inspections to compare.
Centers in smaller towns
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What daycare costs in Philadelphia County
The typical full-time rate centers in Philadelphia County report to the state: $70 a day for infants (about $350 a week) and $58 a day for preschoolers (about $290 a week). Pennsylvania daycare costs by county.
Compare daycare prices in every state or the cost of a nanny or nanny share, and see how a dependent care FSA or the child and dependent care credit cuts what you pay.