Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.79
- Local median
- 0.17
Prats Early Learning Academy
5490 W 12th Ave, Hialeah, FL 33012
- License:
- C11MD2613
- Type:
- Child Care Facility
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 10, 2026
Additional info
- Programs and services:
- School Readiness, VPK, After School, Before School, Drop In, Food Served, Full Day, Half Day, Infant Care
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri: 6:30AM to 6:00PM; Sat-Sun: Closed
- Capacity:
- 89
- License expiration:
- October 10, 2026
Typical cost: $1,083 - $1,300 (Under 1)
Child’s age
$1,083 - $1,300/mo
Median daily rate: $50.00 - $60.00
Official Florida Division of Early Learning Miami-Dade County data.
Not this provider’s price.
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Inspection snapshot
Recent higher-concern violation
At least one higher-concern violation appears in the last 12 months.
Next: Read reports, examine repeated topics below, look at the broader history, and ask what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionApril 28, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsApril 28, 2026
Summary
This summary covers 14 available inspections for Prats Early Learning Academy from January 31, 2023 through April 28, 2026.
Five inspections recorded violations, with 11 recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on September 4, 2025 and involved background screening.
Two later inspections, from January 13, 2026 through April 28, 2026, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 14
- Recorded violations
- 11
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 2
3 in last 12 months
1 in last 12 months
1 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
14 total inspections vs 11 local median in 33012
Compared to 59 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 7%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 36%
- Local median
- 15%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 2
- Local average
- 0.8
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Recordkeeping
Appeared across 3 inspections, with 4 recorded violations.
February 5, 2024May 7, 2024September 5, 2024Emergency preparedness
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
February 5, 2024May 7, 2024Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- The facility failed to maintain a current Employee/Contractor Roster for all child care personnel in the Clearinghouse. CCF Handbook, Section 5.1, K (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Provider failed to remove 2 staff from the employee roster within the 10 days required. Staff names listed on the supplemental. At time of inspection, Licensing staff guided the director on how to remove staff from the employee roster. 5.1.K The employer/owner/operator must add childcare6 personnel to their Employee/Contractor Roster in the Clearinghouse when the individual has received a childcare eligible result and has been hired at the facility. Employer/owner/operator must add an end date for individuals on the Employee/Contractor Roster in the Clearinghouse within 10 days of the employment termination. Page 50 (Facility Handbook)
- Correction status
- Completed at time of inspection
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 45 - Background Screening Documents
- Official code
- 45-09
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- The personnel/ volunteer (ten hours or more per month) record did not include a CF-FSP 5337 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements form signed annually. CCF Handbook, Section 7.4, C (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) Record Keeping [SR]
- Inspector notes
- 2 teachers' folders were observed with an expired child Abuse and Neglect (see names on the supplemental) Provider has resolved the non-compliance at the time of the inspection by having the form signed by the 2 staff members. TA: from Facility Handbook: CF-FSP Form 5337, Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Requirements, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(l), F.A.C., must be signed on or before hire date and annually thereafter by all child care personnel.
- Correction status
- Completed at time of inspection
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 44 - Personnel Records
- Official code
- 44-04
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- The facility did not have a current and approved annual fire safety inspection by the local fire authority. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.2, A Physical Environment [SR]
- Report comments
- Fire inspection expired 4/2024.
- Correction status
- Due by May 21, 2024
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-02
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The facility did not have a written exposure plan regarding safety precautions for exposure to blood and potentially infectious fluids. CCF Handbook, Section 6
- Report comments
- TA: Health Requirements There are three common modes of transmission for the spread of microorganisms in child care settings: contact, droplet, and airborne. Many common infections encountered in the child care setting are transmitted by direct or indirect contact. Child care facilities shall develop a written exposure plan regarding universal safety precautions, recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to follow in the event there is exposure to blood and potentially infectious fluids. Personnel are required to be educated on the facilitys exposure plan regarding standard precautions before beginning to work and annually thereafter. Written docume ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by June 7, 2024
More details
- Report section
- HEALTH REQUIREMENTS - 35 - Communicable Disease Control
- Official code
- 35-11
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- The facility did not maintain documentation that the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of each child were provided information detailing the causes, symptoms, and transmission of the influenza virus annually during the months of August through September in that [The influenza Guide was not provided to the parents.]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.3, C.4. Record Keeping [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- TA: Annually, during the months of August and September, the child care facility must provide parents/guardians of children enrolled in the facility with information detailing the causes, symptoms, and transmission of the influenza virus. To assist providers, the Department developed a brochure, CF/PI 175-70, Influenza Virus, Guide to Parents, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(n), F.A.C. and may be obtained from the Departments website at www.myflfamilies.com/childcare.
- Correction status
- Due by June 7, 2024
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 43 - Enrollment Information
- Official code
- 43-06
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- The facility did not maintain documentation that the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of each child were provided information regarding the potential for distracted adults to fail to drop off a child and leave them in the car annually during the months of April and September in that [The Distracted Adult Brochure was not provided to parents neither in September 2023 nor April 2024.]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.3, C.5.
- Correction / follow-up note
- TA: Annually, in the months of April and September, the child care facility must provide parents/guardians of the children enrolled in the facility with information regarding the potential for distracted adults to fail to drop off a child at the facility and instead leave them in the adults vehicle upon arrival at the adults destination.CF/PI 175- 12, brochure, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(x), F.A.C. and may be obtained from the Departments website at www.myflfamilies.com
- Correction status
- Due by June 7, 2024
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 43 - Enrollment Information
- Official code
- 43-10
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- Fire drills conducted during the licensure year did not include the following [months of November, December, January and February.]. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.4, C
- Report comments
- TA was provided that C. A current attendance record and parent contact information must accompany child care personnel out of the building during a drill or actual evacuation and be used to account for all children. The operator must maintain a written record of the fire drills showing the date, number of children and child care personnel in attendance, evacuation route used, and time taken for all individuals to evacuate the premises. Each fire drill record must be maintained for a minimum of 12 months from the date of the fire drill. The fire drills conducted must include, at a minimum: 1. One fire drill using an alternate evacuation route, 2. One fire drill during napping/ ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Completed at time of inspection
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-07
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- The personnel/ volunteer (ten hours or more per month) record did not include a CF-FSP 5337 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements form signed annually. CCF Handbook, Section 7.4, C Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- FSC noticed that one personnel did not have an updated and signed Child Abuse and Neglect Form. TA was given to provider referencing the CCF Handbook. 7.4 Personnel Records must be maintained and kept current on all childcare personnel, as defined by Section 402.302(3), F.S. These records shall be on-site, available for review by the licensing authority and must include C. CF-FSP Form 5337, Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Requirements, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(l), F.A.C., must be signed on or before Childcare Facility Handbook Page | 62 hire date and annually thereafter by all childcare personnel.
- Correction status
- Due by March 5, 2024
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 44 - Personnel Records
- Official code
- 44-04
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- Emergency preparedness drills were not conducted when children were in care. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.5, B Physical Environment [SR]
- Report comments
- The facility did not conduct an inclement weather drill. TA was given to the person in charge (Lockdown and inclement weather drills shall be conducted a minimum of one time each per operating year when children are in care and the documentation of these drills must be maintained for 12 months from the date of the drill. A lockdown or inclement weather drill may substitute for one monthly fire drill. Substitutions for fire drills may not occur more than three times within the licensure year. Documentation of this substitution must be maintained for 12 months from the date of the drill. Last fire drill was conducted on 5/11/2023, One fire drill using an alternate evacuation ro ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by June 15, 2023
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-15
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1
- Report comments
- A staff did not complete the 40 hour introductory child care training. TA was given to the person in charge ( Child care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel who successfully completed the mandatory 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training prior to January 1, 2004 are not required to fulfill the competency examination requirement). Person in charge requested two months to come into compliance due to the limited exam dates.
- Correction status
- Due by August 1, 2023
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- The facility did not have documented proof that all child care personnel were trained and knowledgeable within 30 days of date of hire in [ the use of fire extinguishers]. CCF Handbook, Section 4.2.3 and 4.2.5
- Report comments
- A staff did not complete the fire extinguisher training within 30 days of date of hire. TA was given to the person in charge (All child care personnel shall be trained in the use and operation of a fire extinguisher, at each facility they are employed, within 30 days of date of hire. The facility must maintain documentation that all child care personnel have completed training.)
- Correction status
- Due by July 1, 2023
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-09
No recorded violations in this report
Questions to ask
Suggested questions for parents based on recorded violations in inspection reports. If there are not enough source-backed violations, you will see general questions for daycare.
Finding-specific
Could you explain the process for keeping staff rosters updated in the state system?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Public records from an inspection in September 2025 show the facility needed to update its personnel roster in the state clearinghouse. This question helps clarify how the center currently manages staff records to ensure they remain current.
- Context
- The issue was corrected at the time of the inspection.
Related violations
Finding-specific
How does the center ensure that all required emergency and fire safety documentation is kept up to date?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Available inspection records from 2024 show instances where fire safety documentation or drill records were incomplete. Asking about this process helps families understand how the center maintains its emergency preparedness requirements.
Related violations
Finding-specific
What is the process for ensuring that all required staff training and annual forms are completed on time?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Official inspection reports from 2024 indicate that some personnel records and required parent information were missing or not updated as required. This question helps parents understand the administrative steps taken to keep these records current.
Related violations
General question
How do you communicate important health and safety information to families throughout the year?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Families benefit from knowing how a center shares essential health updates and safety brochures. This helps ensure parents stay informed about facility policies and health guidance.
General question
What steps does the center take to ensure that all staff members are fully trained and prepared for their roles?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Understanding the training and onboarding process for staff provides insight into the center's commitment to quality care. This helps parents feel confident in the team responsible for their children.