
Browse 1,788 daycare centers across Arkansas. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.
Finding the right daycare center for your child is crucial. Understanding the landscape of childcare services in Arkansas can make the decision-making process smoother.
Arkansas has about 1,788 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Arkansas. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 1,788 daycares in Arkansas: 146 headstart facilities, 316 before/after school centers, 137 religious facility daycares, and 1,189 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 1,189 |
| Headstart Programs | 146 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 137 |
| Before or After School | 316 |
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Building Bridges receives mixed reviews. Parents praise the therapeutic services and staff caring, reporting significant developmental progress in children. However, recent reviews highlight staff turnover issues and concerns about preschool program quality and safety supervision.
Building Bridges receives mixed reviews. Therapy services and staff caring are consistently praised, with significant developmental progress noted in children. However, recent reviews cite high staff turnover in the preschool program and concerns about management changes affecting quality and child safety.
Kareer Kids receives highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the cleanliness, caring staff, and curriculum, with several reporting long-term satisfaction. However, several parents report serious concerns including inadequate infant supervision, failure to follow medical instructions, parking lot deterioration, and staff behavior issues.
Kareer Kids CDC receives mixed reviews with most parents praising cleanliness, caring staff, and curriculum. However, several parents report serious concerns about infant care quality, staff oversight, and disregard for parental instructions regarding medical needs.
Growing Gods Kingdom is a center-based preschool in West Fork, Arkansas with mixed reviews (3.6/5 rating). Positive reviewers praise the teachers, safe environment, and children's developmental progress, while negative reviewers cite strict illness policies, staff making medical diagnoses, and inflexible attendance rules that caused job loss. Some negative reviews attribute poor ratings to the owner's personal controversies rather than school operations.
Kid's Academy in Bryant receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents, with particular praise for Director Ms. Lisa's leadership and the facility's cleanliness and safety. Parents consistently highlight the warm, professional staff, engaging activities, and developmental support provided to children. One parent reported a significant concern regarding staff conduct and the director's handling of the situation.
Sunshine School and Development Center receives highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the center's exceptional care for special needs children, supportive staff, and therapeutic programs, with many reporting significant improvements in their children's development over years of enrollment. However, a minority of recent reviews report serious safety concerns including inadequate supervision, staff communication failures, and lack of responsiveness to enrollment inquiries.
New Beginning Learning Academy receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise the organization for providing supportive housing and resources for youth aging out of foster care. However, negative reviews cite concerns about staff compassion, program methodology, raffle ticket fulfillment issues, and pressure to pursue specific educational paths.
Central Presbyterian Child Development Center is a religious facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Most reviews concern the church rather than the daycare itself. One parent expressed disappointment that the Child Development Center has closed, though they previously had positive experiences with it.
Cavanaugh Children's Center has received polarizing reviews. Three parents praised the facility highly, citing excellent staff, detailed communication through an app, varied meals, and educational support. However, four parents reported serious concerns including inappropriate task assignments to young children, management rudeness, billing issues, strict health policies, and poor phone communication.
Steudlein Learning Center receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the caring staff and school environment, but a minority report concerns about professionalism, staff attitudes, and child discipline practices.
Caring Hands receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Five parents praise the staff's care, dedication, and family-like atmosphere, with children thriving academically and emotionally. Three parents report serious concerns including inadequate supervision, lack of communication about illness, unauthorized discipline, and the director imposing personal religious/political views.
Kids Academy in Maumelle receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents, with 9 out of 10 recent reviews giving 5-star ratings. Parents consistently praise the caring and attentive staff, child development outcomes, and long-term satisfaction. However, one recent review raises concerns about declining quality, staffing ratios, and operational issues.
Parents praise the YMCA Day Camp for its friendly and helpful staff, quality childcare services, and excellent facilities including a gym, pool, sauna, and indoor playground. The childcare is described as reliable and beneficial for parents who want to work out. One concern raised was the facility's pricing and a change in Silver Sneakers membership acceptance as of January 2025.
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