
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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Parents report serious safety concerns, including allegations of physical aggression by staff and dismissive responses from management. Additional feedback highlights discriminatory attitudes toward children with disabilities, as well as unprofessional behavior such as rude management and neglect of incoming calls.
One parent highly recommends the center for its proactive communication, noting daily notes on meals and naps, though another criticizes safety practices regarding outdoor supervision. The few reviews so far mention both the staff's dedication to keeping parents informed and concerns about handling infants during outdoor activities.
One parent asks about age requirements for infants and toddlers. No specific feedback on staff, facilities, or programming is provided.
One parent describes the STRONG HEAD START CENTER as horrible, resulting in a very low rating. This single complaint highlights significant dissatisfaction with the center's operations or care quality. No positive feedback has been submitted to balance this negative experience.
One parent describes their experience at Little Red School House as being like 'my home'.
One parent gives a five-star rating, noting that the service appears to have closed, while another critic provides a one-star rating based on limited personal observation. The critical review emphasizes that the reviewer has not seen enough of the facility to form a definitive opinion on its quality.
One parent reports a severe negative experience, stating they had to involve the Department of Human Services due to unprofessional conduct at the facility.
Feedback for this center is mixed, with one parent praising the kind and understanding staff, while another reports a highly negative experience involving rude and passive-aggressive communication from reception and therapists. The dissatisfied parent cites a lack of active listening and poor communication as key factors in their decision to leave. Despite the low rating, some parents appreciate the staff's kindness and understanding nature.
Parents consistently praise Full Potential Child Development Center for its caring, welcoming atmosphere and dedicated staff who treat children like family. Multiple reviewers highlight significant child development and learning progress. One reviewer noted improvement in staff quality over time.
Reviews are highly polarized. Recent positive reviews praise attentive staff, educational curriculum, daily communication via app, clean facilities, and fair pricing. However, older reviews report serious safety incidents including a broken arm, injuries to children, DHS involvement, police calls, and concerns about staff conduct and director responsiveness.
One parent describes the facility as family-owned with staff who are friendly, caring, and dedicated to child safety, expressing high satisfaction with the care provided. In contrast, a single review offers a scathing one-star rating without providing specific details or reasons for the dissatisfaction.
123's & ABC's Child Care & Learning Center in Hot Springs receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents, with most praising the caring staff, clean facility, and owner Mari's leadership. Parents report their children are happy to attend and feel their kids are truly loved. One parent reported a safety incident involving older and younger children.
OASIS 4 KIDS LEARNING CENTER PHASE 2 receives mixed reviews with significant quality and safety concerns. While some parents praise the affordable pricing, friendly staff, and caring teachers, multiple reviewers report serious issues including poor facility conditions, cleanliness problems, unprofessional management, and safety concerns.
Reviews are highly polarized. Positive reviews praise the school's mission, staff quality, and new facility. Negative reviews raise serious concerns about administrative practices, bullying, staff harassment, and alleged misconduct by school police.
Reviews for The Kosmic Kidz Learning Center are sharply divided, with one parent expressing satisfaction while others report severe issues regarding unprofessionalism and child neglect. Negative accounts highlight administrative failures, hostile staff interactions, and inadequate care resulting in physical harm to children.
While one parent highly recommends the center for its attentive staff and their child's positive learning experience, other reviewers report severe safety and operational failures. These complaints include allegations of administering medication without consent and instances where children were able to exit the facility unsupervised onto a street.
One parent reports that their granddaughter sustained multiple bruises and bites, including one on the eyelid, and alleges that the director, Ms. Donna, is despised by the child. Another reviewer notes that the facility claimed to have openings over the phone but did not actually have any space when they visited in person.
Feedback for ADKINS PRE K CENTER is mixed, with one parent expressing satisfaction while others report significant issues with staff conduct and facility management. Critics highlight aggressive interactions during check-in, dismissive teacher responses, and concerns regarding child safety and supervision.
Wee Hours Child Development Center receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. While some parents praise the director and teaching staff as caring and dedicated, multiple negative reviews raise serious concerns about inconsistent policy enforcement, sanitation issues, health/safety practices including sick children attending, inadequate supervision, and unprofessional management that blocks communication with parents.
Feedback for Gentry Early Learning Academy is sharply divided, with some parents praising the structured infant care and engaging staff, while others report severe safety failures and poor communication. Concerns include unreported physical injuries, incorrect daily logs, and facility maintenance issues like mold, contrasting with positive experiences of happy, well-cared-for children.
One parent describes the teachers as great and the environment as clean, but notes a rigid policy that prevented waiting in the parking lot six minutes before opening hours. The few reviews so far highlight positive staff interactions and facility conditions alongside specific operational frustrations.
One parent describes the facility as overpriced, while another reports difficulty contacting the center and finding it at capacity. These limited comments highlight cost concerns and accessibility issues for prospective families.
One reviewer, citing their role as a manager for a parent whose children previously attended, alleges discriminatory practices where remote camera access was granted only to church leadership and their families. The review further claims management created stressful environments and failed to provide promised parental monitoring privileges for two years.
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