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Licensed daycares in 49014Battle Creek, MI

There are 14 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 49014 — 10 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 92 violations across 32 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.88 violations per inspection, which is above the Battle Creek average of 0.89.

6 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. 10 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is supervision (23 citations), followed by nutrition (16). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Michigan MiLEAP, Child Care Licensing Bureau and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 14 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

6 providers.

Busy Bees Community Childcare

Family day home · Capacity 14 · 48 Hannah Street · Last inspected Sep 26, 2024

0 violationsActive
Christina M Bassler

Family day home · Capacity 14 · 9173 B Drive North · Last inspected Dec 9, 2024

0 violationsActive
Christine Merwin

Family day home · Capacity 7 · 10146 L Drive North · Last inspected Sep 4, 2025

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.

First Kids Learning Center

Center · Capacity 150 · 12866 Beadle Lake Road · Last inspected Mar 17, 2026

1 violationActive
Wattles Park Elementary

Center · Capacity 90 · 132 South Wattles Road · Last inspected Jan 10, 2025

2 violationsActive
Doris Hale Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 225 · 110 Green Street · Last inspected Apr 6, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Arbor Post Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 96 · 340 Cliff St. · Last inspected Feb 20, 2026

28 violationsActive
Cu Gsrp @ Harper Creek Hs

Center · Capacity 35 · 12677 Beadle Lake Rd · Last inspected Feb 11, 2026

28 violationsActive
Beadle Lake Elementary

Center · Capacity 84 · 8175 C Drive North · Last inspected Mar 30, 2026

18 violationsActive

No longer operating

10 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.

Helping Hands Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 385 Niblett

0 violationsClosed
Henness, Lillian

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 10664 Gorsline Rd · Last inspected Apr 23, 2024

0 violationsClosed
Hester, Debbie L

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 134 Orbit Drive

0 violationsClosed

Questions to ask when you tour in 49014

Supervision is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

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 Michigan records

Michigan does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Michigan does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Michigan MiLEAP, Child Care Licensing Bureau on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error