
Browse 1,189 child daycare & preschools 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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Austin Academy for Kids has highly polarized reviews. Two parents praised the caring staff and personal attention, while five parents reported serious safety and care concerns including neglected medical orders, inadequate supervision, unprofessional staff behavior, and retaliation against complaints.
Little Blessings receives highly polarized reviews. Multiple parents praise the stable staff, cleanliness, Christian environment, and quality care, with children thriving academically and socially. However, several parents report serious concerns including sick children attending, unreported incidents, and one negative customer service experience.
One parent highlights the facility's strong security and caring staff, describing it as the best preschool in the area, while another expresses excitement about enrolling a younger child with the same teachers.
One parent describes an experience where personal items disappeared, injuries occurred, and unauthorized billing persisted despite the child's removal. A second review warns that the center charges for services not provided.
Kidspiration Pediatric Therapy Services in Mountain Home has received highly polarized reviews. While some parents praise the facility's therapy quality, therapists, and communication, multiple parents report serious safety concerns including unexplained bruises, scratches, and injuries on their children, particularly those who are nonverbal or autistic, with complaints that management has been unresponsive to these incidents.
The Children's Center receives highly polarized reviews. Three parents praise the caring staff, good teacher-to-student ratios, competitive pricing, and family-like atmosphere. However, four parents report serious concerns including inadequate supervision, inappropriate discipline practices, poor communication about health/safety issues, and allegations of physical abuse.
Ethel's Educational Express CDC has extremely polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the caring staff, safe environment, and personalized attention to children's needs. However, negative reviews cite serious concerns about operational reliability, sudden closures, refund disputes, and failure to pick up children.
CrossKids has mixed reviews with strong polarization. Positive reviews praise the clean environment, kind staff, Christian values, and welcoming atmosphere. Negative reviews cite serious concerns about management responsiveness, staff accountability, hygiene issues, and lack of investigation into child safety problems.
Look What I Can Do Learning Center in Brookland, Arkansas receives consistently positive feedback from parents. All 10 recent reviews gave 5-star ratings, with parents praising the caring staff, child development outcomes, and strong communication. Families report their children thrived academically and socially, with many forming lasting friendships.
The Kidsney Zone Early Learning Academy receives polarized reviews with strong praise for educational quality, cleanliness, and caring staff, but serious concerns about child safety, owner management style, workplace environment, pricing, and COVID-19 response protocols.
Coleman's Children Academy has highly polarized reviews. One parent praised the facility as wonderful and clean with good food and activities, while multiple parents reported serious concerns including safety issues, poor hygiene/illness transmission, unprofessional staff communication, lack of supervision, missing items, and inadequate incident reporting.
One parent highlights the amazing staff and excellent care for their child, while another describes a highly negative experience involving a year-long wait for services and a refusal to conduct necessary developmental tests for their grandsons.
The few reviews so far mention rude leadership, mismanagement of inquiries, and inadequate supervision resulting in physical injuries. Parents report being treated poorly by the director and receiving false information about age eligibility. Additionally, children are reportedly coming home with bite marks and bruises, with staff offering only apologies for the lack of attention.
Youth Home is an in-patient mental health facility for struggling teens, not a traditional daycare. Reviews are overwhelmingly positive from current and former patients and parents, praising therapeutic care, trauma-informed staff, and life-changing outcomes. A small number of negative reviews cite concerns about isolation protocols during restricted status, staff qualification variability, and past experiences with rigid approaches to socialization.
Ms. Carries Day School receives mixed reviews. Five parents gave 5-star ratings praising staff care, flexibility, and children's happiness, while five parents gave 1-star ratings citing safety concerns, lack of supervision, favoritism, poor incident response, and unprofessional staff behavior.
Little Bitty City Daycare receives mixed reviews with significant concerns about staff professionalism and consistency. While some parents praise the caring environment and therapy services, multiple reviews highlight issues with staff rudeness, high teacher turnover, inconsistent child care practices, and poor communication. The daycare appears to have stronger classroom care in some areas but serious gaps in administrative support and staff continuity.
Little Bitty City Enrichment Center receives mixed reviews with significant concerns about staff professionalism and consistency. While some parents praise the center's family-oriented approach and therapy services, multiple reviewers report chronic issues with staff turnover, rude office personnel, inconsistent diaper changes, and poor communication between teachers.
This facility receives mixed reviews. While many patients praise individual therapists and psychiatrists for their compassionate care and effective treatment, significant complaints center on poor phone accessibility, rude administrative staff, and inconsistent therapy session quality and frequency.
Kirsty's Place West receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents who praise the caring, friendly staff and welcoming environment. Parents report their children make developmental progress and are excited to attend daily. One parent gave a 1-star rating with no details provided.
Reviews are mixed but predominantly positive. Parents praise dedicated teachers, good curriculum, and support for students with special needs. Some concerns exist about inconsistent rule enforcement and staff quality.
One parent highlights significant developmental progress and supportive communication through tools like Brightwheel, while another reports negative experiences involving teacher mockery and neglect of basic needs.
One parent highlights significant developmental progress in speech and social skills, praising the center's use of Brightwheel for communication and its supportive, patient staff. In contrast, another parent reports a negative experience where their child was mocked for accidents and left hungry, describing the environment as poor.
Feedback for Ouachita Child Enrichment ABC is divided, with one parent highlighting significant developmental progress and supportive staff, while another reports negative experiences regarding teacher behavior and basic care. The positive review emphasizes personalized attention and communication tools, whereas the negative review cites emotional distress and neglect of basic needs.
Parents highlight the center's clean environment, strong educational and faith-based foundation, and community-focused ownership, while others report serious concerns regarding unprofessional phone interactions, severe staff bullying leading to child anxiety, and chronic short staffing.
One parent describes the facility as wonderful with professional staff who provided helpful support during a difficult time. In contrast, another reviewer reports a negative experience, citing rudeness from the director during an initial phone inquiry about enrollment for an infant.
One parent describes Bright Beginnings as a program that prioritizes Medicaid reimbursement rates over child care quality. The reviewer alleges that staff discriminate against children with special needs and exhibit rude, uncooperative behavior from the directors.
One parent reports a 1-star experience involving staff neglect of a child's medical AFO brace requirements and inappropriate classroom management, including loud music and isolation of a crying child. The reviewer alleges that administration was unresponsive to complaints and attempted to deflect responsibility for the facility's conduct.
A parent highlights the benefits of Christ Lutheran Preschool's small class sizes and tight-knit community, noting that students grow together through eighth grade. The review emphasizes strong academic, arts, and athletic programs, along with affordable tuition due to state assistance programs.
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