Statewide index
Top 100 Florida Daycares
The 100 Florida providers with the highest overall Daycare Confidence Index — a 0-100 composite of regulatory history (up to 50 pts), parent reviews (17), accreditation (12), staff qualifications (12), and profile transparency (9). If two providers tie on regulatory, reviews and accreditation break the tie. See the methodology for full weights.
How we score every provider
Methodology →50%
17%
12%
12%
9%
These shares are ceilings, not the formula. A category we cannot check for a provider drops out of that provider's score entirely, and the remaining categories are re-weighted against each other.
- Regulatory & Safetyup to 50%Safety history the state itself inspects, where the state's records can be read.
- Parent Reviewsup to 17%Lived experience of families, adjusted so a handful of reviews cannot skew the picture.
- Accreditationup to 12%Investment in quality beyond basic licensing.
- Staff Qualificationsup to 12%Not scored yetNot yet scoreable anywhere. No state publishes this per provider.
- Transparencyup to 9%How much practical information a provider actually shares.
