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Licensed daycares in 32953 — Merritt Island, FL
There are 10 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 32953, with a combined licensed capacity of 1,284 children. Together they have been cited for 25 violations across 94 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.27 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Merritt Island average of 0.30.
4 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 (17 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (4). 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 10 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
4 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
4 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 32953
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.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
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