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Licensed daycares in 34239Sarasota, FL

There are 9 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 34239 — 8 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 26 violations across 76 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.34 violations per inspection, which is below the Sarasota average of 0.97.

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 physical safety (7 citations), followed by health and medication (6). 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 9 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Bright Start Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 32 · 2935 Hillview St · Last inspected Oct 13, 2025

0 violationsActive
Circle Of Friends

Center · Capacity 60 · 2120 Webber St · Last inspected Dec 3, 2025

0 violationsActive
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Child Care I

Center · Capacity 199 · 1935 Hyde Park St · Last inspected Jun 3, 2026

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.

Forty Carrots Family Center

Center · Capacity 115 · 1500 S Tuttle Ave · Last inspected May 26, 2026

1 violationActive
Virkus Large Family Child Care Home

Family day home · Capacity 12 · 2840 Arlington St · Last inspected Mar 11, 2026

1 violationActive
St Paul Early Childhood Learning Center

Center · Capacity 58 · 2256 Bahia Vista St · Last inspected Dec 3, 2025

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Child Care Ii

Center · Capacity 170 · 1401 S Tuttle Ave · Last inspected Oct 16, 2025

9 violationsActive
Baby Fox Academy

Center · Capacity 60 · 3755 S Tuttle Ave · Last inspected Jun 16, 2026

6 violationsActive
Church Of The Palms Early Childhood Center

Center · Capacity 155 · 3224 Bee Ridge Rd · Last inspected Dec 1, 2025

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 34239

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

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

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