
Browse 5,148 child daycare & preschools across Florida. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.
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Florida has about 6,929 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
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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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Feedback for Royal Academy presents a stark divide, with one parent praising the clean, spacious environment and loving staff, while others report a filthy, unkempt facility and unprofessional customer service. Potential clients are advised to conduct thorough research due to conflicting experiences regarding cleanliness and communication.
Reviews are almost entirely about furniture donations rather than daycare services. The center receives praise for its mission supporting autistic children and for courteous, professional donation pickup staff. One reviewer criticized the center's furniture acceptance standards.
Parent feedback for this center is mixed, with one reviewer highlighting excellent teaching and their child's enjoyment, while another details a distressing interaction involving rigid safety protocols and unhelpful staff behavior during a drop-off. The positive experience contrasts sharply with the negative account, which cites poor communication, lack of empathy for single parents, and concerns about child safety in extreme weather.
One parent describes the center as unorganized and unprofessional, citing poor communication as a significant drawback. The reviewer specifically advises against enrolling small babies at this location.
One parent reports excellent care, noting they attend the facility occasionally. Another neighbor describes living adjacent to the center as a nightmare due to persistent loud screaming from children throughout the day, particularly affecting those without nap schedules.
Loving Care Academy received highly positive reviews when operating under that name, with parents praising caring staff, cleanliness, affordability, and children's happiness. However, after a change in ownership/rebranding to Bell Oak, multiple parents report serious concerns including DCF investigations, understaffing, inappropriate staff behavior toward children, and safety issues.
One parent highlights positive experiences for their children, while another reports a severe negative interaction involving alleged discrimination against a non-verbal child with a disability. The critical review claims staff failed to resolve accommodation issues and made inappropriate personal judgments about the parent's decisions.
A few reviews describe severe neglect, including children being left dirty, hungry, and exposed to contagious illnesses without notification. Parents report unsafe conditions such as being strapped in chairs facing walls, the presence of random adults, and staff refusing to answer questions or provide basic care.
One parent highlights the facility's age-appropriate activities and dedicated spaces for play and arts. Conversely, another parent reports severe operational failures, including unpaid staff, lack of food for children, and sudden closure without notice.
Parent feedback for Burks Academy is sharply divided, with one reviewer calling it the best place for children while another describes it as terrible due to unsanitary conditions. The negative review highlights specific concerns regarding sleeping arrangements, hygiene, and inadequate communication about feeding schedules.
One parent describes a positive experience with excellent treatment for both children and parents, while another highlights severe concerns regarding staff rudeness, unprofessional conduct, and a lack of supervision for bullying. The few reviews so far mention both a welcoming environment and allegations of a hostile atmosphere that negatively impacted a child's well-being.
Precious Moments Enrichment Center receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the staff's professionalism, educational approach, and child development outcomes. Negative reviewers report serious concerns including lack of accountability, unprofessional staff behavior, inadequate child care (such as leaving a child without undergarments), and an unprofessional owner.
One parent reports that the center is overcrowded and unsanitary, with their child returning home with bed bug marks. Another reviewer notes that staff members were rude and the environment was boring, while a third criticizes the facility for being unlike a typical daycare.
The Learning Tree Center of Education has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the school's educational quality and staff friendliness, with one parent noting their child thrived academically. However, multiple negative reviews raise serious concerns about cleanliness, hygiene standards, staff responsiveness, and inadequate care for infants.
Little Heart's Early Learning Center receives polarized reviews with five 5-star ratings and four 1-star ratings. Positive reviews praise the caring staff, family-like atmosphere, and child development, while negative reviews cite poor customer service, unprofessional staff behavior, and concerns about teacher qualifications and child treatment.
One parent reports that their child has learned significantly and appreciates the teachers' kindness, while another offers a brief positive remark. However, a third reviewer describes the staff as very rude following a phone inquiry about infant enrollment.
One parent highlights the sweet teachers and flexible scheduling options, describing the environment as loving. Another parent reports being charged only three days before their child was abruptly dismissed, citing a lack of patience from the staff.
One parent highlights that the Seventh-day Adventist school offers good teaching and education but expresses strong dissatisfaction with the quality of the children's lunch program. The reviewer describes the food as unacceptable and claims that previous complaints to the school administration have been ignored.
One parent describes the facility as clean and safe with friendly staff, while another report cites concerns about intoxicated individuals living on the premises.
Imagination Day School receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the caring staff, family-like treatment of children, cleanliness, affordability, and support for special needs. Negative reviews focus on unsafe transportation practices, reckless driving in school zones, and disrespectful staff behavior regarding parking and customer interactions.
Honey Bear's Daycare has highly polarized reviews ranging from 1-5 stars. Positive reviewers praise the staff, teaching quality, and Christian environment, reporting their children are happy and learning. Negative reviewers cite serious concerns including alleged physical abuse, neglect, unprofessional ownership, staffing issues, health/safety violations, and lack of incident communication.
Honey Bears Preschool has highly polarized reviews ranging from 1-5 stars. While some long-term parents praise the staff, facility, and Christian environment, multiple recent reviews cite serious concerns including inadequate supervision, health/safety incidents, unprofessional management, and unresponsive staff to parent concerns.
Little Darlings Children Center has received highly polarized reviews. While a small number of parents praise the owner Miss Cindy and report their children love attending, the majority of reviews describe serious concerns including physical abuse allegations, staff misconduct, poor hygiene practices, high employee turnover, lack of transparency about health issues, and dismissive management responses to parent concerns.
Marie A Rivette Child Development Center has received mixed reviews. Recent positive feedback highlights improved staff performance, particularly a new hire, cleanliness, and Christian educational environment. However, multiple parents express concerns about management professionalism, inconsistent policies, facility conditions, and unresolved operational issues.
Bright Steps Academy has highly polarized reviews with parents split between very positive and very negative experiences. Some parents report their children learned significantly and appreciated communication about developmental needs, while others expressed serious concerns about staff patience, inadequate supervision, health and safety issues including illness outbreaks and lice exposure, and unresolved reports of physical discipline.
Reviews for this center are polarized, with some parents expressing high satisfaction while others describe alarming interactions and operational concerns. Positive feedback highlights staff quality and child engagement, whereas negative accounts focus on perceived security issues and unprofessional conduct during enrollment.
Star Gate Academy receives highly polarized reviews with significant concerns about cleanliness, staff attentiveness, and child supervision, particularly in infant and toddler rooms. However, positive reviews praise the owner Maria and her caring approach to child development and meal quality. Parents report serious issues with learning accommodation and administrative responsiveness.
Open Arms of Fort Pierce receives overwhelmingly positive reviews praising staff warmth, cleanliness, organization, and individualized child care. However, two negative reviews cite serious concerns including inadequate supervision of biting incidents, director rudeness, policy violations, and billing disputes with unresolved refunds.
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