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Licensed daycares in 32024Lake City, FL

There are 11 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 32024 — 10 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 16 violations across 49 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.33 violations per inspection, which is below the Lake City average of 0.44.

6 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 (7 citations), followed by recordkeeping (5). 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 11 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

6 providers.

Belmont Academy Charter School Vpk

Exempt · 1476 SW Walter Ave

0 violationsActive
0 violationsActive
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.

Full Of Joy Family Child Care Home

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 3435 SW State Road 247 · Last inspected Jun 5, 2026

1 violationActive
Southridge Day School

Center · Capacity 198 · 162 SW Ridge St · Last inspected Mar 12, 2026

1 violationActive
Wee Care Pre-School & Daycare Inc

Center · Capacity 114 · 6170 SW County Road 240 · Last inspected Jun 9, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Castle Hill Academy Llc

Center · Capacity 170 · 200 SW Woodbranch Ln · Last inspected May 28, 2026

8 violationsActive
Johnson's Love-N-Learn Daycare

Center · Capacity 72 · 141 SW Arrowhead Ter · Last inspected Apr 6, 2026

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 32024

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

Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?

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