
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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Kid to Kid has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the director, staff engagement, cleanliness, and child development outcomes over multiple years. Negative reviewers report serious safety concerns, understaffing, alleged falsified records, unprofessional management, and incidents of children being injured or hurt.
One parent highlights the caring and professional staff, while another reports an incident where a staff member slapped their child for refusing to nap. The facility is noted for having security features like cameras and password-protected entrances, alongside being clean.
A single parent reports being misled about their child's enrollment duration and eligibility, noting that staff failed to disclose testing requirements for a child with speech and motor delays. The reviewer states that the teacher was surprised by the sudden termination of enrollment and that the center provided no clear explanation for why a therapist was not required despite observed delays.
One parent reports that the owner displays a negative attitude toward families and fails to return phone calls regarding child updates. Another review highlights repeated instances of the center's van speeding through a school zone despite prior complaints.
One parent reports being unenrolled due to safety concerns, including a child running into the parking lot unattended and being sent home for a dirty diaper, while another reviewer offers brief positive feedback.
One parent highlights the owner's personal care for children and high teacher standards. No negative experiences were mentioned in the available feedback.
KIDS CHILD CARE II has received mixed reviews reflecting significant changes under new management. Recent positive reviews praise the friendly staff, professional environment, and engaging activities, while older negative reviews cite unprofessional management, inadequate security, lost items, and disciplinary concerns.
KidSpot Learning Center has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise patient, loving teachers and supportive administration, particularly for children with special needs. However, negative reviews frequently cite serious concerns including transportation failures, staff negligence, inadequate supervision, poor communication, high teacher turnover, and allegations of child abuse and neglect.
KidSpot Plus in Jonesboro has highly polarized reviews. Some parents praise the staff's patience, professionalism, and support for children with special needs. However, numerous parents report serious concerns including transportation failures, staff unresponsiveness, inadequate supervision, safety incidents, high staff turnover, and alleged child abuse or mistreatment.
One parent highlights their child's enjoyment and the director's positive influence, while another strongly advises against enrollment due to safety concerns. The latter specifically cites poor treatment of children and the unsafe presence of bleach near infants.
All About Me Learning Center has highly polarized reviews. While two parents praised the teachers and owner, five parents reported serious concerns including verbal abuse toward children, physical aggression, poor hygiene practices, and unprofessional staff behavior.
Bentonville Head Start receives mostly negative reviews citing poor management, inconsistent communication, and lack of support for children's behavioral and emotional needs. One parent gave a positive review, but four others reported significant issues with staff coordination, unresponsiveness to phone calls, and non-compliance with Head Start guidelines.
This facility has highly polarized reviews. Two 5-star reviews praise supportive staff members by name, while six 1-star reviews from former residents describe serious safety, cleanliness, and care concerns including alleged abuse, inadequate mental health support, poor food quality, and pest infestations.
One parent describes a positive experience with community integration and self-improvement support, while others report significant issues with unresponsiveness and lack of clinical expertise. Feedback highlights difficulties in reaching staff and concerns about therapist experience, particularly regarding specific treatment methods.
Parent reviews are highly polarized. Positive reviews praise the caring staff, personal attention, and loving environment, with parents expressing strong satisfaction. Negative reviews raise serious concerns about child supervision, staff conduct, billing practices, and hygiene standards.
This daycare center has highly polarized reviews centered around an incident involving children throwing rocks. Two positive reviews praise the facility's teachers, outside time, and welcoming atmosphere. However, nine negative reviews allege that a teacher instructed children to throw rocks at another child, with claims that the incident was recorded and the teacher was not dismissed.
Feedback for The Childcare Academy is sharply divided, with one parent describing the facility as good, while others report extremely negative experiences involving rude and unprofessional staff. Specific complaints highlight a lack of common courtesy, poor communication, and staff attitudes that caused children distress.
One parent highlights significant developmental improvements in a child who began speaking and socializing after attending. Conversely, other reviewers describe the center as disorganized and unclean, citing a lack of attentiveness and concerns regarding the owners' family involvement and legal history.
One parent reports a very poor experience, citing frequent dismissals of children home for trivial reasons. The reviewer characterizes the facility negatively, suggesting a frustrating environment for families.
One parent reports a negative experience, stating that the center frequently sends children home for minor issues that seem unreasonable.
One parent reports severe safety failures, including unbuckled infants and unsupervised children exiting the facility, alongside allegations that staff falsely labeled minor injuries as abuse to harm a competing daycare owner. The reviewer states these actions resulted in the removal of their children by protective services and caused significant family trauma.
One parent describes their experience at Conway Christian Learning Academy as awful. The single review provides no specific details regarding staff, curriculum, or facility conditions.
One parent reports being charged for full weekly tuition regardless of holidays, weather closures, or involuntary absences due to illness. The reviewer also alleges that staff threatened legal action and refused private discussion when attempting to address these billing disputes.
One parent reports that staff are unfriendly, unresponsive to parental concerns, and frequently unable to assist with basic childcare tasks such as feeding children or locating missing items. The reviewer also cites inadequate staffing levels, rude behavior, and poor facility conditions, including worn carpeting and excessive use of blankets, leading them to withdraw their child.
One parent reports a poor experience, describing the facility as unhelpful. The single review provided is negative.
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