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1,890 Daycare Centers in Kentucky

Browse 1,890 daycare centers across Kentucky. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.

Choosing Daycare Centers in Kentucky

Finding the right daycare center for your child is crucial. Understanding the landscape of childcare services in Kentucky can make the decision-making process smoother.

Kentucky has about 1,890 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.

Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Kentucky. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.

Daycare Breakdown in Kentucky

There are 1,890 daycares in Kentucky: 226 headstart facilities, 269 before/after school centers, 185 religious facility daycares, and 1,210 childcare and preschool centers.

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Children'S Choice Academy
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3
Address
1295 North Race Street, Glasgow, KY
Phone
(270) 629-5068
Pikeville Scholar House Early Childhood Education Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

Reviews for this daycare are mixed with significant quality concerns. While some parents praise the facility and childcare quality, others report serious management issues and unprofessional operations. The center appears to have experienced a decline from its initial concept.

Good childcare qualitynew facilities with modern amenities
Address
127 Saad Avenue, Pikeville, KY
Phone
(606) 509-1099
Blue Grass Head Start Community Center
Headstart Programs
3.3
Address
955 Leestown Lane, Frankfort, KY
Phone
(502) 227-1511
Ymca Kids Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

YMCA Kids Center in Madisonville receives mixed reviews averaging 3.3/5 stars. While parents praise the facility's cleanliness, friendly staff, and amenities like the pool, concerns include rude staff members, strict payment policies, and facility maintenance issues.

Clean facilityfriendly staffwell-maintained equipment
Address
150 Ymca Drive, Madisonville, KY
Phone
(270) 825-1254
Richmond Head Start
Headstart Programs
3.3
Address
301 Bellevue, Richmond, KY
Phone
(859) 623-8546
Creative Children'S Learning Centers LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

Creative Children's Learning Centers LLC receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the caring and loving staff, clean environment, and developmental activities, reporting positive experiences over extended periods. However, two negative reviews cite high staff turnover, lack of consistency, unprofessional management practices, and concerning staff behavior.

Caring and attentive staffclean and calming environmentdevelopmental activities (art projects
Address
2930 N. Mill Avenue, Bowling Green, KY
Phone
(270) 842-2002
Creative Kids Preschool & Child Care Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3
Address
66 Brunerstown Road, Shelbyville, KY
Phone
(502) 647-0090
Porter'S Playhouse
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3
Address
906 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY
Phone
(270) 849-2025
Little People Academy
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

Little People Academy receives mostly positive reviews with parents praising the staff's care, teaching quality, and child development. However, one detailed negative review raises concerns about communication between shifts, supervision issues, and management of older children's behavior.

caring and nice staffchild development and learningsafe environment
Address
4312 Bishop Lane, Louisville, KY
Phone
(502) 409-9203
Academy Of Learning Primary House 2
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

Academy of Learning Primary House 2 receives consistently high praise from parents, with all recent reviews rating it 5/5 stars. Parents highlight the caring staff, family-oriented environment, facility improvements, and their children's happiness and enthusiasm for attending.

Caring and attentive staffwarm and welcoming director (Lavita Wilson)family-oriented environment
Address
1448 West Lincoln Trail Blvd, Radcliff, KY
Phone
(270) 352-5437
Campus Kids Early Learning Center
Headstart Programs
3.3

Campus Kids Early Learning Center receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied parents highlighting caring staff, developmental progress, and affordable rates, but serious concerns raised by others regarding inadequate supervision, hygiene issues, health hazards, and unresponsive management.

caring and nurturing staffaffordable ratesdevelopmental progress (speech/language)
Address
1165 Centre Parkway, Lexington, KY
Phone
(859) 271-7670
New Beginnings Early Learning Center LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

New Beginnings has highly polarized reviews with strong opinions on both sides. Positive reviews praise the facility, staff care, and reliability over many years. Negative reviews raise serious concerns about staff rudeness, potential child mistreatment, mismanagement, and unresponsiveness to parent concerns.

Safe environmentreliable careexperienced staff
Address
585 West Main Street, Lexington, KY
Phone
(859) 388-9022
Jump Start Enrichment Program
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

Jump Start Enrichment Program receives mixed reviews with strong polarization between parents. Positive reviews praise the staff's respectful treatment of children and adults, noting improvements in children's development and communication. However, negative reviews document serious concerns including inappropriate discipline practices, mistreatment of children, and inconsiderate operational behavior.

Staff respect and professionalismpositive impact on child development and speechcaring environment
Address
435 Race Street, Lexington, KY
Phone
(859) 288-7557
Little Shepherds Day Care & Preschool
Church Daycare
3.3
Address
111 N. Mcwhorter Street, London, KY
Phone
(606) 877-2601
Kimberly Lynn Child Development Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.3

Reviews are highly polarized, ranging from 5-star praise to 1-star criticism. Positive reviews highlight friendly staff, clean facilities, and good management. Negative reviews cite understaffing, poor hygiene, lack of accommodations for special needs, inconsistent care, and unprofessional management practices.

friendly and caring staffclean facilitysafe environment with controlled access
Address
4500 Alexandria Pike, Cold Springs, KY
Phone
(859) 441-1500
Academy Of Learning Primary House 1
Before or After School Daycare
3.2

Academy of Learning Primary House 1 receives overwhelmingly positive feedback, with parents praising the caring staff, strong communication, and safe environment. Most reviews highlight staff members like director Ms. Paula and teacher Jerrica Buchanan as exceptional. One parent expressed concerns about inconsistent rule enforcement, frequent incident reports, and fee increases that did not match service quality.

Staff treated as familycaring and attentive teachersdaily updates and photos via app
Address
610/612 West Port Rd, Elizabethtown, KY
Phone
(270) 769-9631
Walton Learning Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

Walton Learning Center has highly polarized reviews with strong praise from some parents and serious concerns from others. Positive reviewers highlight enthusiastic, caring staff and a clean facility, while negative reviewers report staff being mean to children, unexplained injuries, poor communication, lack of accountability, and inadequate supervision.

Enthusiastic and caring staffwillingness to challenge and encourage childrenprofessional demeanor
Address
121 Brookwood Drive, Walton, KY
Phone
(859) 485-1483
Kids Kare Child Development Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2
Address
110 Noah Cove, Paducah, KY
Phone
(270) 534-0801
P. J.'S Primary Care Center INC. #1
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

P.J.'s Primary Care Center receives mixed reviews with stark contrasts in parent experiences. Some parents praise the staff quality and their children's enthusiasm for attending, while others report serious concerns including sudden enrollment termination, staff discipline issues, and management problems.

Amazing staffchildren enjoy attendingquality child care provided
Address
327 Clifty Street, Somerset, KY
Phone
(606) 679-6912
Owensboro Child Care
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2
Address
300 West Byers Avenue, Owensboro, KY
Phone
(270) 685-2729
New Creation Child Care LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

New Creation Child Care has highly polarized reviews. Some parents praise the staff as caring and compassionate, particularly for special needs children. However, multiple parents report serious concerns including staff rudeness, poor cleanliness, inadequate supervision, alleged physical discipline, and past operational issues resulting in temporary closure.

Compassionate and caring stafffriendly atmosphereclean facility
Address
1037 Industry Road, Lexington, KY
Phone
(859) 281-0088
Sunnyside Child Care
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2
Address
4223 Cane Run Road, Louisville, KY
Phone
(502) 883-3598
Kids' Country
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

Kids' Country in Flatwoods receives mostly positive feedback from parents who praise the staff's caring nature and helpfulness. The majority of reviewers report their children are happy and feel treated like family. One negative review criticizes management, creating a mixed overall impression.

Staff is caring and lovinghelpful and supportivechildren happy and comfortable
Address
714 Powell Lane, Flatwoods, KY
Phone
(606) 833-9908
Blue Lick Child Care
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

Blue Lick Child Care receives mixed reviews with several 5-star ratings praising the teaching quality, staff friendliness, and safe environment, but two 1-star reviews citing serious concerns about staff conduct, safety incidents, and lack of communication. Parents report improved child development and low staff turnover, though some experienced injuries and behavioral issues.

Educational curriculum with daily learning activitiesseparate classrooms by age grouplow staff turnover
Address
9216 Blue Lick Road, Louisville, KY
Phone
(502) 968-6618
Brightside Child Care & Learning Center LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

Brightside receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied parents highlighting staff quality, child development, accommodations for dietary/religious needs, and security measures. However, several parents report serious concerns including billing disputes, unresolved bullying incidents, lack of working cameras, and poor customer service.

caring and respectful staffsignificant child development and socialization gainsaccommodates dietary and religious re
Address
1107 North Dixie Avenue, Elizabethtown, KY
Phone
(270) 737-9799
Educare Learning Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

Educare Learning Center receives mixed reviews with strong praise from some parents about caring teachers and happy children, but serious concerns from others regarding handling of children with behavioral needs and staff conduct. Multiple parents reported negative experiences including sudden dismissal of a child with ADHD and allegations of staff using inappropriate language with children.

caring and sweet teacherschildren enjoy attendingtreats children well
Address
2832 Snow Road, Lexington, KY
Phone
(859) 269-8736
Kribs2kids LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

KRIBS2Kids LLC receives mostly positive feedback, with parents praising the friendly and helpful staff, engaging activities, and clean facilities. However, one negative review documented a serious incident involving a late staff arrival, lack of communication about management absence, and unprofessional behavior between staff and a parent in front of children.

Friendly and helpful staffengaging learning activitiesclean facility
Address
111 Fairmeade Road, Louisville, KY
Phone
(502) 632-2940
Kids In Training Enrichment Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

Parents have highly polarized views of Kids In Training Enrichment Center. Positive reviews praise the caring staff, educational activities, flexible scheduling, and trust in the facility's leadership. However, negative reviews cite serious concerns including inadequate staffing ratios, non-compliance with state guidelines, lack of director presence, and safety concerns.

Caring and wonderful staffeducational activities and learning opportunitiesflexible scheduling and hours for working parents
Address
845 U.S. Highway 641 Spur, Benton, KY
Phone
(270) 527-3990
Learning Ladder
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Learning Ladder receives mixed reviews. Parents with children enrolled praise staff communication, attentiveness, and educational value, though some note older equipment. However, multiple reviewers report significant cleanliness and safety concerns about the facility, including dirty play equipment, unsanitary conditions, and maintenance issues.

Staff communication and attentivenessEducational developmentAffordable pricing
Address
6408 North Preston Highway, Louisville, KY
Phone
(502) 957-5437
Kids Kare Too Child Development Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1
Address
170 Eagle Nest Drive, Paducah, KY
Phone
(270) 898-4760

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Frequently asked questions

There are 1,890 all daycares across Kentucky. Browse by city to find options near you.
All licensed daycare facilities in Kentucky are listed in our directory. You can also verify a facility's license status through Kentucky's childcare licensing agency. Licensed facilities must meet state standards for safety, health, staff-to-child ratios, and staff qualifications.
When comparing daycare options in Kentucky, consider:
  • Licensing status and inspection history
  • Staff-to-child ratios (Kentucky sets minimum requirements by age group)
  • Staff qualifications and training
  • Safety measures and facility cleanliness
  • Parent reviews and Google ratings
  • Curriculum and daily schedule
  • Location, hours, and cost
Daycare costs in Kentucky vary by location, child's age, and facility type. Full-time center-based care typically ranges from $150 to $400+ per week. Infant care is generally more expensive due to lower staff-to-child ratio requirements. Urban areas tend to have higher costs than rural areas.