Toddler Academy, INC. is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 4760 Westbank Expressway, Marrero, Louisiana LA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Toddler Academy receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied long-term families but serious concerns from others. Positive reviews highlight caring staff, educational programming, and children's enthusiasm, while negative reviews cite safety issues, health/hygiene concerns, financial disputes, and inadequate special needs support.
I personally wouldn’t recommend anybody bring their child here. Besides my child getting hurt every month of the 3 months she was there, Ms. Brown is a liar. If your child is in the CCAP, do not pay this lady out of pocket unless you’re fine with never seeing that money again. She will not reimburse you. At this very moment she not in compliance with the Louisiana board of education because she was ordered to reinstate money she promised me from 2 -almost 3 years ago. Ms. Brown got paid from me and CCAP and refused to return my money. Ms. Brown will say anything to make you feel like you’re going to get your money back. She’ll say one CCAP pays her and/or in 6 months she’ll write you a check, but she won’t! I honestly don’t even think she has the funds to pay me back, cause what’s with the run around? My child didn’t stay long. I couldn’t take her getting hurt every month with either a crazy explanation or without one at all.
My child always had a virus when attending this facility an rarely got sick at her pervious school. My child suffered from multiple bug bites from their facility as well. Not to mention they require you to pay full weeks tuition to support THEIR staff when they have a 2 day school week. Notices for special events or pictures are given in less than 24 hours and they expect you to be able to pay or your child cannot participate. Just greedy and money driven.
My sons have been going here since both of then were under 1 as well as my oldest (who is Autistic For summer camp). My kids love their teachers as well as Mrs. Brown. My kids always are excited to go to school and are happy when they come home. My now 5 year old is ready for kindergarten and I believe this is because they are actually teaching the kids instead of sticking them in front of a tv. Mrs. Brown the owner and her teachers have worked so hard to make sure my kids have exactly what is needed I am very happy!!
My daughter started attending this daycare at 2 and is now 4. It has been a constant struggle! She was diagnosed mildly autistic while attending this daycare and I kept her here bc they stated they were equipped to handle special needs. She received therapies but began attending prek3 by the suggestion of her therapist bc the daycare setting was too chaotic. She blossomed in her prek class but still attended the daycare for aftercare and I enrolled her for summer camp bc she was used to this daycare. A few weeks in they told me they will no longer keep her due to her being too loud during nap time. When I asked why she wasn’t with the other summer kids the owner said they tried putting her with them but she tripped over a 5 month old and she has now become a safety hazard!! When I asked why in the world would u have infants in the same room with summer camp children I was told that it was a staffing issues!! So ur under staffed and over capacity but this is some how my child’s fault? I was also informed that my daughter used to be kept in a high chair when she was disruptive but I guess she’s too big for that now! I’m appalled that this is what they meant by equipped to handle special needs! The owner is a joke! She never expresses the issues just does what she feels is necessary so she can collect $$ this is not a place to send special needs children period
Im not sure why so many 1 star reviews were given. My daughter has been at this school for over a year. I feel if she was mistreated she would cry every day when it was time to go. I can tell the staff loves her, and she loves the staff. She never cries that she's hungry, scared, hurt, anything negative at all. Yes there is a summer fee, and the only thing you pay extra for is optional. She rents waterside every week for the babies to have fun on. It's 20 dollars for the whole month, basically 5 dollars per Friday. 5 dollars for my child to have fun isn't much for me to pay. I highly recommend Toddler College and never once regret my decision to place my daughter here.
Performance Profile
Level 4 out of 5
High Proficient
This rating is part of the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Trained evaluators assess staff qualifications, learning environment, curriculum, and family engagement — standards that go beyond basic licensing requirements.
Level 1: Meets basic licensing standards.
Level 2: Exceeds licensing with some quality improvements in place.
Level 3: Demonstrates strong practices in curriculum and staff development.
Level 4: High quality across most assessed areas.
Level 5: Highest quality — excels in all areas of assessment.