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Licensed daycares in 33442Deerfield Beach, FL

There are 4 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 33442, with a combined licensed capacity of 774 children. Together they have been cited for 9 violations across 42 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.21 violations per inspection.

3 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 (4 citations), followed by nutrition (1). 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 4 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

J. M. Family Center

Center · Capacity 180 · 640 Jim Moran Blvd · Last inspected Apr 21, 2026

0 violationsActive
Leap Ahead Learning Center

Center · Capacity 248 · 1100 SW 24th Ave · Last inspected Apr 16, 2026

0 violationsActive
Puffin Learning Academy

Center · Capacity 222 · 1287 E Newport Center Dr · Last inspected Apr 8, 2026

0 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

La Petite Academy

Center · Capacity 124 · 280 NW 45th Ave · Last inspected Jun 29, 2026

9 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 33442

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