
Browse 1,615 child daycare & preschools across Missouri. 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 Missouri can make the decision-making process smoother.
Missouri has about 2,331 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Missouri. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 2,331 daycares in Missouri: 232 headstart facilities, 249 before/after school centers, 235 religious facility daycares, and 1,615 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 1,615 |
| Headstart Programs | 232 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 235 |
| Before or After School | 249 |
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Reviews are mixed with significant quality concerns reported. While some parents praise the center's cleanliness, staff care, and child development, others report serious issues including unexplained injuries, frequent staff turnover, and alleged inappropriate discipline practices involving food withholding.
ABC Daycare receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied parents but serious concerns from others. Positive reviews highlight friendly, engaged staff, good learning activities, and children who enjoy attending. However, negative reviews report issues with toileting practices, inadequate support for children with developmental delays, poor administrative communication, and inconsistent quality across staff.
Tendercare Learning Center (now Lily Pad Learning Center) has a strong educational curriculum and caring teachers, but faces significant concerns regarding facility maintenance, cleanliness, and health/safety protocols. Parents report mixed experiences, with some praising the learning program while others cite serious issues with facility conditions and management practices.
Reviews are mixed with significant concerns about facility maintenance and management. While some parents praise the learning curriculum and teacher quality, others report serious issues including poor hygiene, worn equipment, unsafe conditions, and inadequate health protocols.
Parents describe Bolivar R-1 Schools as generally good with qualified staff, though opinions are mixed. Common concerns include grading practices, physical education intensity, and perceived bias from certain staff members. Some parents also expressed frustration with school board policies on masks and quarantining, as well as procedural matters like public comment placement.
These reviews appear to be for a mental health clinic, not a daycare center. The reviews are mismatched to the facility listed (FAMILYFORWARD daycare in St. Louis). Reviews describe experiences with psychiatrists and mental health services, with highly mixed feedback ranging from exceptional individual doctors to serious complaints about administrative issues and medication management.
Turn the Page Child Development Center receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise caring teachers, child development, and communication, while negative reviews raise serious concerns about staff conduct, supervision, safety incidents, and parental communication.
This is not a daycare center—it is Christian Hospital Northeast-Northwest, a medical facility in St. Louis. The reviews provided are patient/hospital visitor experiences, not parent reviews of childcare services. There appears to be a data mismatch.
Parents consistently praise Jump Start Learning Center for its educational approach, clean facility, and friendly staff. Children show measurable academic progress and enthusiasm about attending. The center is noted for serving home-cooked, non-processed meals and maintaining strong parent communication.
Baby Steps Academy II LLC has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the educational programs, staff care, school preparation, and activities. Negative reviewers report billing disputes, mistreatment of children, poor hygiene practices, staff conduct concerns, and deceptive fees.
God's Little Tikes receives mixed reviews ranging from 1 to 5 stars. Most positive reviews praise the caring staff, proactive health management, and welcoming environment for children with special needs. However, negative reviews cite serious concerns including failure to honor enrollment deposits, poor communication, inadequate diaper changes and feeding schedules, and missing clothing items.
Wee Tots Day Care Center has highly polarized reviews. Several parents report excellent care, cleanliness, and staff friendliness with their children thriving. However, multiple parents describe serious safety concerns including inadequate supervision, staff misconduct, injuries to children, and ongoing investigations by DFS.
Mother's Touch Learning Center has overwhelmingly positive reviews praising the caring staff, clean facility, and individualized attention to children's development. However, one serious incident involved a child with autism escaping the playground unnoticed for 10-15 minutes, with the facility allegedly failing to notify the parent for 48 days and providing false statements.
A Creative Start Learning Center has highly polarized reviews, with some parents praising excellent teacher engagement, communication, and child development, while others report serious safety concerns, staff inconsistency, unprofessional behavior, and inadequate supervision. The facility appears to have significant operational and management issues that create an unsafe environment for children.
A Creative Start Learning Center has highly polarized reviews. Three parents praised the facility for attentive staff, good communication, and child development, while eight parents reported serious concerns including inadequate supervision, staff misconduct, safety issues, poor management, and lack of professionalism.
Columbia's Finest Child Development Center has highly polarized reviews ranging from 5 stars to 1 star. Positive reviewers praise caring teachers, engaging activities, and convenient extended hours, while negative reviewers report staff rudeness, safety concerns, inconsistent care quality, and alleged cover-ups of incidents between children.
Young Expressions Child Care Center receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the educational focus, involved leadership, clean facility, and caring teachers who help children thrive. However, negative reviewers report serious safety concerns including children leaving the premises unsupervised, alleged physical abuse by staff, poor hygiene practices, and inadequate supervision.
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