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5,417 Daycare Centers in Ohio

Browse 5,417 daycare centers across Ohio. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.

Choosing Daycare Centers in Ohio

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

Ohio has about 5,417 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.

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

Daycare Breakdown in Ohio

There are 5,417 daycares in Ohio: 274 headstart facilities, 1,006 before/after school centers, 394 religious facility daycares, and 3,743 childcare and preschool centers.

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My Place Child Care & School Age Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

MY PLACE CHILD CARE & SCHOOL AGE CENTER receives highly polarized reviews with both strong praise and serious concerns. Positive reviews highlight excellent care, communication, and a well-maintained facility, while negative reviews cite unprofessional phone conduct, inadequate hygiene practices, and safety concerns regarding staff handling of infants.

Excellent care qualityresponsive communicationloving staff
Address
1335 E. Main St., Newark, OH
Phone
(740) 349-3505
Westbrook Park Nursery School
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

Westbrook Park Nursery School has received mixed reviews. Positive feedback highlights family-friendly amenities, welcoming atmosphere, and outdoor recreational facilities. However, multiple recent reviews express serious concerns about staff conduct, management decisions regarding a longtime director, and customer service issues.

Family-friendly environmentoutdoor recreation facilities (playgroundslake access
Address
2521 Twelfth Street Nw, Canton, OH
Phone
(330) 456-4797
Middletown Christian Early Learning Center
Church Daycare
3.2

Middletown Christian Early Learning Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviewers praise qualified and kind staff, small class sizes, academic lesson plans, clean facilities, and good security. However, negative reviews cite serious concerns including inadequate infant care, unaddressed behavioral issues among children, insufficient supervision of aggressive students, cleanliness problems in some areas, and perceived favoritism toward church members.

Qualified and kind staffsmall class sizesacademic lesson plans
Address
3015 N. Union Road, Middletown, OH
Phone
(513) 424-6788
Crossroads Child Development Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.2

NOTE: These reviews are for a methadone/addiction treatment clinic, not a daycare center. Reviews are mixed, with most praising Dr. Soria and counselors for compassionate care, but recent negative reviews cite staff changes, administrative issues, and concerns about medical decision-making affecting patient treatment.

Caring and passionate medical staff (particularly former Dr. Soria)multiple program optionsaccepts Medicaid
Address
311 Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH
Phone
(513) 475-5342
Designed For Destiny Child Care Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1
Address
3530 Soldano Blvd, Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 332-2081
Aminatas Daycare LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1
Address
5125 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 878-5500
Leaders Of The Future Childcare Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Leaders of the Future has highly polarized reviews. Multiple long-term parents praise the friendly staff, clean facility, flexible scheduling, and quality care. However, serious concerns include alleged staff misconduct resulting in a child's injury, unprofessional customer service, and reported non-payment of vendor bills.

friendly and caring staffclean facilitysummer activities
Address
29106 Lakeshore Blvd, Willowick, OH
Phone
(440) 944-8687
The Children'S Center @ Southwoods
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

THE CHILDREN'S CENTER @ SOUTHWOODS in Boardman, Ohio receives mixed reviews. Parents praise the staff's excellent care, helpfulness, and the clean facility. However, several reviews criticize communication and follow-through on directions, with some complaints about staff professionalism.

Excellent staff carehelpful and kind staffclean facility
Address
100 Debartolo Place, Boardman, OH
Phone
(330) 729-2180
Little Stars Early Learning Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Little Stars Early Learning Center receives highly polarized reviews. The majority of parents (6 five-star reviews) praise the clean facility, caring and knowledgeable staff, structured learning approach, and cultural diversity. However, a significant minority (4 low-star reviews) raise serious concerns about staff quality, lack of responsiveness to parent concerns, facility cleanliness, and customer service.

Clean facilitycaring and well-trained staffstructured
Address
5171 Mayfield Road, Lyndhurst, OH
Phone
(216) 235-7608
Flying Colors Preschool
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Flying Colors Preschool receives polarized reviews with strong opinions on both ends. Parents with children requiring special needs support praise the staff's dedication to speech therapy and individualized attention. However, multiple parents report poor communication, unresponsive staff, limited operating hours, and concerns about how mandatory reporting is handled.

Excellent for children with special needsspeech therapy effectivenesscaring and helpful staff
Address
119 Union St, Newark, OH
Phone
(740) 349-1629
A Better Choice Childcare
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1
Address
2572 Cleveland, Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 268-8503
The Learning Circle At Jennings Center For Older Adults
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Note: This facility is a senior care center, not a daycare. Reviews are highly mixed, with praise for compassionate individual staff members and quality care contrasting sharply with complaints about poor communication, unresponsive management, maintenance issues, and inconsistent staff professionalism.

Compassionate and caring staff membersquality long-term carehospice services available
Address
10204 Granger Rd, Garfield Hts, OH
Phone
(216) 581-2900
Abc Academy Day Care
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

ABC Academy has highly polarized reviews. Long-term families praise the experienced owner, trained staff, comprehensive programming, and indoor facilities. However, recent reviews raise serious concerns about inconsistent discipline policies, lack of accountability from leadership, alleged favoritism, staff turnover, and unprofessional communication.

Experienced owner and trained staffcomprehensive programming and field tripssafe environment
Address
900 Beechwood Road, Whitehall, OH
Phone
(614) 231-5601
Kid'S Center INC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Kid's Center Inc receives mixed reviews with significant concerns about safety and supervision. While some parents praise the staff's professionalism and their children's developmental progress, multiple reviewers report serious issues including inadequate supervision of infants, unsafe discipline practices, inconsistent pricing, and potential violations of state childcare regulations.

Amazing and professional staffgood child development and learninghelps with potty training
Address
250 Winckles St, Elyria, OH
Phone
(440) 323-5437
Willard Child Development Center LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Willard Child Development Center receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Some parents praise the welcoming staff, cleanliness, and happy children, while others report serious concerns including inadequate handling of behavioral issues, safety incidents, and staff conduct problems.

Welcoming staffclean facilitychildren enjoy attending
Address
401 S Conwell Ave, Willard, OH
Phone
(419) 933-2900
Abacus Child Care Centers INC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

ABACUS Child Care Centers in Akron receives sharply divided reviews. Positive reviews praise good development monitoring, nutritious meals, caring teachers, and children's enthusiasm about attending. Negative reviews describe inadequate supervision, unresponsive staff, unprofessional behavior, and lack of incident reporting.

Child development monitoringnutritious mealscaring and engaging teachers
Address
839 S. Arlington, Akron, OH
Phone
(330) 773-4200
Abc Academy Of Fremont
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

ABC Academy has highly polarized reviews. Long-term families praise the experienced owner, caring staff, structured programming, and indoor facilities. However, multiple recent reviews cite serious concerns about unprofessional leadership, inconsistent discipline policies, staff turnover, and alleged mishandling of behavioral issues and safety incidents.

Experienced owner and trained staffwell-planned educational programmingindoor play area
Address
151 S Taft Ave, Fremont, OH
Phone
(419) 332-2240
Abacus Infant Toddler Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Reviews are highly polarized, with 5 positive reviews praising staff, child development, and a welcoming environment, and 5 negative reviews citing inadequate supervision, staff disrespect, lack of incident reporting, and neglect of individual children's needs. Parents report significant improvements in recent years, though serious concerns about infant care quality persist.

Good nutrition and meal planningchild development monitoringresponsive to parent concerns
Address
1037 Wyley Ave, Akron, OH
Phone
(330) 773-4200
Mattie B. James Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3.1

Mattie B. James Center receives mixed reviews with significant variation in parent experiences. While some parents praise the learning environment and staff, particularly director Morgan, others report serious concerns about staff professionalism and alleged inappropriate conduct. The facility appears to have undergone changes in management that some parents feel negatively impacted quality.

Strong educational focusdirector Morgan's helpfulness and resourcefulnesslearning environment
Address
969-999 Crupper Road, Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 431-2094
Story Orchard Learning Academy
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
2041 Airport Highway, Swanton, OH
Phone
(419) 826-9039
Birds Nest Learning Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
7197 Paddison Rd, Cincinnati, OH
Phone
(513) 240-3911
Children R Us Daycare
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
1046 E Weber Rd, Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 791-8832
Daystarz Child Care Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
3323 Cleveland Ave, Grove City, OH
Phone
(614) 871-4172
Elite Academy & Childcare Center INC.
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
1390 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 641-7726
Hoggy'S Extended Childcare
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
1616 Brice Rd, Reynoldsburg, OH
Phone
(614) 256-4224
Humble Beginnings Childcare And Learning Center
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
1548 Lockbourne Rd, Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 928-3035
J'S Learning Academy LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
5360 Cleveland Ave, Minerva Park, OH
Phone
(614) 259-3504
Kiddie Blossom Learning Center LLC
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
1733 Brice Rd, Reynoldsburg, OH
Phone
(614) 869-6930
Kiddie Kare
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
4085 Venture Place, Groveport, OH
Phone
(614) 507-7440
Little Gems Learning Place
Child Daycare & Preschools
3
Address
2030 Leonard Avenue, Columbus, OH
Phone
(614) 258-4367

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Frequently asked questions

There are 5,417 all daycares across Ohio. Browse by city to find options near you.
All licensed daycare facilities in Ohio are listed in our directory. You can also verify a facility's license status through Ohio'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 Ohio, consider:
  • Licensing status and inspection history
  • Staff-to-child ratios (Ohio 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 Ohio 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.