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Licensed daycares in 33884Winter Haven, FL

There are 19 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 33884 — 16 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 229 violations across 240 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.95 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Winter Haven average of 0.88.

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 (75 citations), followed by recordkeeping (50). 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 19 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

5 providers.

0 violationsActive
0 violationsActive
Polk County Schools - Garden Grove Elementary

Exempt · 4599 Cypress Gardens Rd

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Mumma Family Day Care Home

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 350 Escambia Dr · Last inspected Jun 12, 2026

2 violationsActive
Smart Start Youth & Family Services, Inc. @ Chain Of Lake Kidcare

Center · Capacity 100 · 7001 State Road 653 · Last inspected May 11, 2026

3 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.

St John's United Methodist Christian School

Center · Capacity 240 · 1800 Cypress Gardens Blvd · Last inspected Jun 3, 2026

52 violationsActive
Calvary Kids Preschool

Center · Capacity 254 · 2101 Overlook Dr · Last inspected May 5, 2026

27 violationsActive
Phoenix Christian Academy Llc

Center · Capacity 102 · 3079 Cypress Gardens Rd · Last inspected Jun 9, 2026

26 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 33884

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

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

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