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Licensed daycares in 32401Panama City, FL

There are 25 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 32401 — 21 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 60 violations across 134 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.45 violations per inspection, which is above the Panama City average of 0.30.

13 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (21 citations), followed by recordkeeping (9). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Florida DCF, Office of Child Care Regulation and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 25 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

13 providers.

Acorns To Oaks Academy Llc

Center · Capacity 93 · 401 E 6th St · Last inspected May 22, 2026

0 violationsActive
Bay District Schools - Springfield Elementary

Exempt · Capacity 600 · 520 School Ave

0 violationsActive
Big Dreamers Academy

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 614 N East Ave

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

6 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

A. D. Harris Head Start Academy

Center · Capacity 113 · 819 E 11th St · Last inspected Mar 30, 2026

1 violationActive
New Bethel Academy

Exempt · Capacity 60 · 1942 E 7th St · Last inspected Jun 29, 2026

1 violationActive
Brown Family Day Care Home

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 916 Everitt Ave · Last inspected Feb 19, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

6 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Ucp Of North Florida Inc

Center · Capacity 83 · 1239 N East Ave · Last inspected Mar 16, 2026

17 violationsActive
Boys And Girls Club - Margaret K. Lewis Elementary

Exempt · Capacity 105 · 203 N East Ave · Last inspected Jun 29, 2026

10 violationsActive
Chapman Early Education Center

Center · Capacity 276 · 2928 E 11th St · Last inspected Jun 12, 2026

8 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 32401

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

3

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

A note on Florida records

Florida does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Florida DCF, Office of Child Care Regulation on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error