
Browse 5,148 child daycare & preschools across Florida. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.
Finding the right daycare center for your child is crucial. Understanding the landscape of childcare services in Florida can make the decision-making process smoother.
Florida has about 6,929 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Florida. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 6,929 daycares in Florida: 312 headstart facilities, 370 before/after school centers, 1,099 religious facility daycares, and 5,148 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 5,148 |
| Headstart Programs | 312 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 1,099 |
| Before or After School | 370 |
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Woodlands Montessori School North receives mostly positive reviews praising staff warmth, educational quality, and child development outcomes, though some parents report significant communication issues and concerns about administrative responsiveness to safety matters.
One parent highlights the school's beautiful environment and focus on teaching, while another praises the learning approach for toddlers. Conversely, a single review strongly warns against enrollment, alleging that staff hit children and use verbal abuse.
Kiddie Campus has mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied parents who report children are well-prepared for kindergarten and cared for lovingly. However, multiple parents report serious concerns about biting incidents, lack of transparency, and unprofessional management responses.
Explore and Discover Center for Early Learning receives consistently positive feedback from parents, particularly praising improvements made under new ownership. Parents highlight strong academic outcomes, secure facilities, caring staff, and a clean, well-structured learning environment. The facility has undergone significant renovations and security upgrades since transitioning from its previous management.
Parents consistently praise Belleview Playland Learning Center as a nurturing, well-run facility where children thrive academically and socially. Director Vonnie and the teaching staff are frequently highlighted for being caring, engaged, and going above and beyond for families. All recent reviews are 5-star ratings with high recommendations.
Watch Me Grow Learning Center III receives mostly positive feedback, with parents praising the educational curriculum, staff professionalism, and safe environment. However, there are two negative reviews citing unprofessional behavior from front desk and management staff, with one review mentioning concerns related to racial discrimination.
Note: The reviews appear to be for Operation PAR, a substance abuse treatment and recovery facility, not a daycare center. Reviews are overwhelmingly positive, with clients praising the program's effectiveness in achieving sobriety, the quality of counseling and support, and the dedicated staff.
A few parents highlight the staff's professionalism and genuine care for children, including those with special needs like premature infants. However, others report significant issues with administrative communication, including unreturned calls, hanging up, and poor handling of enrollment inquiries.
Celebrity Kids Club of Pinellas receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the staff's caring nature, professionalism, and attentiveness, with several describing it as one of the best daycares in the area. However, a minority of parents report unprofessional behavior, poor hygiene practices, staffing ratio concerns, and cite regulatory violations.
Rainbowland Preschool receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise the caring, professional teachers and quality education, with parents reporting their children enjoy attending. Negative reviews raise serious concerns about the director's conduct and alleged inappropriate behavior by staff toward children.
Discovery World Academy receives overwhelmingly positive reviews from most parents, who praise the caring staff, nurturing environment, and children's enthusiasm for attending. However, one detailed negative review raises serious concerns about health issue management, billing practices, inappropriate teacher conduct, and how complaints are handled.
Bethlehem Learning Center receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews consistently praise Ms. Laurie, the VPK teacher, for her dedication, warmth, and effective preparation of children for elementary school. However, negative reviews raise serious concerns about safety supervision, health/hygiene standards, administrative responsiveness, and inconsistent discipline practices.
Benjamin Academy receives consistently positive feedback from parents who praise the caring, professional staff and welcoming atmosphere. Parents highlight strong child development, Spanish language instruction, flexibility with scheduling, and a family-like environment. The facility has maintained a loyal customer base with many families staying for multiple years.
Feedback for Fussell Learning Academy Inc. is mixed, with some parents highly recommending the program for its engaging learning environment and supportive staff. However, other reviewers express strong dissatisfaction, describing their experience with the facility as horrible.
Adventure Place Children's Center in St. Petersburg has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the caring teachers (particularly Ms. Margie and Ms. Rozzie), clean facility, and developmental progress. Negative reviews cite safety concerns on playground, disorganization, unclear billing practices, lack of incident communication, and unprofessional director behavior.
One parent describes the center as a great school where their daughter has learned significantly, highlighting the teachers' positive interactions with children. The feedback is currently limited to this single positive experience.
Brandon Day School receives mixed reviews with strong polarization among parents. Positive reviewers praise the owner's kindness, family-oriented approach, flexible payment policies, and quality teacher interactions. Negative reviewers report serious concerns including rude staff behavior, inadequate supervision, children locked outside in rain, and unprofessional owner conduct.
Fantasy Academy has highly polarized reviews. Some parents praise the caring staff, bilingual instruction, cleanliness, and safe environment, reporting satisfied children over multiple years. However, other parents report serious concerns including inadequate staff-to-child ratios, poor hygiene, lack of communication about incidents, unprofessional management, and verbal mistreatment of children.
Creative Learning Center receives consistently high praise from parents, particularly noting significant improvements under new ownership and leadership since January. Parents highlight caring and professional staff, strong educational programming with hands-on learning activities, and effective COVID-19 safety protocols. The center is credited with providing quality early childhood education and maintaining strong communication with families.
One parent highlights the welcoming atmosphere, cleanliness, and organized separation of children, while another nostalgic former student praises the teachers. Conversely, other reviewers criticize the owner's rude communication, inadequate building maintenance including bad odors and old toys, and unresolved billing issues.
Gallops Family Center receives consistently high praise from parents for quality care, strong staff relationships, and family-oriented atmosphere. Parents highlight affordable pricing, convenient hours for working families, excellent communication through apps, and well-planned activities. The facility serves infants through school-age children with before/after school care and summer camp programs.
Gingerbread Christian Academy receives mixed reviews with stark contrasts. Positive reviews praise the staff's warmth, kindness, and genuine care for children. Negative reviews cite serious concerns about cleanliness, hygiene, health/safety oversight, billing practices, and employee treatment.
One parent highlights that staff are attentive and helpful with challenging behaviors like napping, while another reports an incident where a teacher allegedly grabbed their child by the hoodie, leading to a disagreement with ownership over the staff's response. A third review alleges that staff lied and caused children to be terrified, though specific details are not provided.
A few parents highlight the center's caring staff, nutritious meals, and positive impact on children's behavior, while one review cites a serious transportation error and unprofessional staff response.
UNIQUE CHILDCARE & LEARNING ACADEMY I receives predominantly positive reviews praising staff professionalism and care quality. However, one review reports serious concerns about staff conduct including yelling, swearing, and ignoring parent questions. The center has operated in Jacksonville for over 10 years.
Little Blessings Christian Child Care receives highly polarized reviews. Several parents praise the caring teachers, long-term enrollment, and quality programming. However, multiple recent reviews criticize staff disrespect toward parents and children, poor communication, unprofessional conduct, and misalignment with stated Christian values.
Poinciana 247 Preschool receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the dedicated staff, academic rigor, and safe environment, reporting their children thrived and felt loved. However, some parents reported serious concerns including inadequate injury reporting, insufficient staffing, lack of responsiveness to parental concerns, and unprofessional conduct.
Building Blocks Academy has mixed reviews with strong positive feedback about staff attitude and student happiness, but significant concerns about administrative handling of sensitive family situations and strict illness policies. Parents report children come home happy, though some experience frequent early pickups due to strict health protocols.
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