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Licensed daycares in 34205Bradenton, FL

There are 20 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 34205 — 18 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 135 violations across 157 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.86 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Bradenton 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 (61 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (25). 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.

Ballard Elementary

Exempt · 912 18th St W

0 violationsActive
Rogers Garden-Bullock Elementary

Exempt · Capacity 350 · 515 13th Ave W

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.

Bright Futures Daycare & Preschool Llc

Center · Capacity 50 · 1617 26th St W · Last inspected Apr 20, 2026

1 violationActive
Linda Taylor Family Day Care Home

Family day home · Capacity 10 · 3906 29th Ave W · Last inspected Sep 3, 2025

1 violationActive
First For Kids Children's Christian Center

Center · Capacity 99 · 603 11th St W · Last inspected Aug 13, 2025

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.

Bright Minds Daycare Center

Center · Capacity 45 · 3815 26th St W · Last inspected Mar 26, 2026

21 violationsActive
La Petite Academy

Center · Capacity 135 · 4301 37th St W · Last inspected Mar 10, 2026

19 violationsActive
Toddlers Inn Child Care Center Llc

Center · Capacity 58 · 1017 5th St W · Last inspected Nov 21, 2025

18 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 34205

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