zReports Research Institute · Updated September 2026
Every daycare in Tacoma, WA, independently graded A to F from state child care licensing and enforcement records: 99 hold an A range grade. Tacoma's average score is 98.2, 0.2 below the Washington average. The grades are free.
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Active licensed daycares | 99 |
| Tacoma average records layer score | 98.2 |
| Washington statewide average | 98.4 (Tacoma -0.2) |
| A range grades | 99 (100%) |
| Clean record (no deficiencies on file) | 99 (100%) |
| Serious findings on the record | 0 |
| Combined licensed capacity | 6,049 |
Tacoma's 99 licensed daycares average a records layer score of 98.2, 0.2 points below the Washington statewide average of 98.4. 99 of 99 facilities carry a clean record with no deficiencies on the state's file. See the full picture on the Washington Licensed Child Care Rankings & Safety Report.
Licensed child care in Washington is regulated by the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, which licenses providers, conducts inspections, investigates complaints, and publishes enforcement actions on the public record. Those state filed records, not reviews, are what this page is computed from. One precision note: some programs are legally exempt from licensing in many states (certain school- or church-operated programs, and small home settings under the state’s size threshold) and therefore do not appear on the licensed register at all. This page covers every provider on Washington’s public licensing file.
Tacoma has 99 active licensed daycares on Washington's public file, with a combined licensed capacity of 6,049. Every one is ranked on this page with a free records layer grade.
Tacoma's average records layer score is 98.2, 0.2 points below the statewide average of 98.4. 99 of 99 Tacoma facilities have a clean record with no deficiencies on file.
The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the government's own published verdicts, state child care licensing and enforcement records, through one fixed rule applied identically nationwide. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™ and audits the record against public reputation.
No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. Independence is the product.
This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.
Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 · Built from: Washington child care licensing, inspection & enforcement records · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: September 2026
APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Best Licensed Child Cares in Tacoma, WA. Rankings & Safety Records (v2026.09). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/daycare/wa/tacoma
MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Best Licensed Child Cares in Tacoma, WA. Rankings & Safety Records.” zReports.org, v2026.09, September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/daycare/wa/tacoma.
Plain, Best Licensed Child Cares in Tacoma, WA. Rankings & Safety Records, zReports Research Institute, v2026.09, updated September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/daycare/wa/tacoma
RANKED NIGHTLY FROM STATE CHILD CARE LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT RECORDS · FACILITIES ARE NEVER CONTACTED AND CANNOT PAY TO CHANGE SCORES · METHODOLOGY