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Licensed daycares in 33873Wauchula, FL

There are 15 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 33873 — 14 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 238 violations across 205 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.16 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Wauchula average of 1.10.

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 physical safety (64 citations), followed by health and medication (54). 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 15 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

5 providers.

0 violationsActive
Hilltop Elementary School

Exempt · Capacity 80 · 2401 US Highway 17 N

0 violationsActive
North Wauchula Elementary School

Exempt · 1120 N Florida Ave

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Rcma Fred Dennis Child Development Annex

Center · Capacity 35 · 405 N 8th Ave · Last inspected May 14, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Happy Faces Learning Center Caritas Felices Inc

Center · Capacity 68 · 1207 Louisiana St · Last inspected Jun 2, 2026

63 violationsActive
Kids Inc. Wauchula

Center · Capacity 96 · 315 S Florida Ave · Last inspected Jun 5, 2026

47 violationsActive
New Life-N-You Learning Center, Inc.

Center · Capacity 42 · 107 Hanchey Rd · Last inspected Jun 5, 2026

38 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 33873

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

1

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

2

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

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