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Licensed daycares in 34208Bradenton, FL

There are 20 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 34208 — 16 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 109 violations across 132 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.83 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Bradenton average of 0.97.

5 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 (42 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (18). 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 20 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

5 providers.

0 violationsActive
0 violationsActive
Generation Preschool Academy

Exempt · 215 Kay Rd

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Let's Learn Early Childhood Center

Center · Capacity 54 · 2118 1st St W · Last inspected Nov 20, 2025

2 violationsActive
Miss Darla's Home Day Care Inc

Family day home · Capacity 12 · 401 43rd Street Blvd E · Last inspected May 29, 2026

2 violationsActive
Toddler's Ark Fcch

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 711 36th Ave E · Last inspected May 13, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Sand & Buckets Daycare Corp

Center · Capacity 37 · 3407 17th Street Ct E · Last inspected Jun 8, 2026

17 violationsActive
Kidzone Preschool Inc

Center · Capacity 32 · 116 27th Ave E · Last inspected Jan 28, 2026

15 violationsActive
Kidz Learning Steps

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 1425 10th Ave E · Last inspected Aug 6, 2025

12 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 34208

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

1

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

2

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

3

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