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Licensed daycares in 33853 — Lake Wales, FL
There are 29 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 33853 — 26 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 484 violations across 392 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.23 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Lake Wales average of 1.15.
10 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 (181 citations), followed by physical safety (96). 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 29 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
10 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
4 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
15 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 33853
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
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