
Browse 3,743 child daycare & preschools across Ohio. 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 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.
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.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 3,743 |
| Headstart Programs | 274 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 394 |
| Before or After School | 1,006 |
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Kids World CDC receives mixed reviews. Parents praise the safe, entertaining, and educational environment with a caring director and staff. However, concerns include transportation safety issues, communication difficulties, and staff competency problems.
One parent highlights that the center provides a clean, affordable, and respectful environment where staff treat children with genuine care. Additional feedback notes that the teachers are friendly, professional, and enthusiastic in their approach to childcare.
Learning Tree receives mixed reviews with strong praise from long-term families but serious concerns from recent visitors. Most satisfied parents highlight clean facilities, structured environment, caring staff, and happy children, while others report poor customer service, staff conduct issues, and accessibility problems.
Sunny Day Academy receives mixed reviews with most parents praising the caring staff, clean facility, educational activities, and communication via the Tadpole app. However, a minority of parents reported concerns about staff turnover, lack of educational structure, and instances of inappropriate staff behavior.
Most reviewers praise Simpy's Playhouse for its caring staff, safe environment, and developmental support, with one parent noting 4 years of positive experience. However, two recent reviews express serious safety concerns about a child being left on a bus, with complaints about lack of transparency when questioned about the incident.
One parent describes the staff as friendly, caring, and compassionate toward the children, while two others report extremely negative experiences with specific individuals and administrative operations. Despite positive remarks about the children's enjoyment, the negative feedback highlights severe rudeness and administrative failures.
Danis Garden Childcare receives mixed reviews. Multiple parents praise the facility, staff professionalism, cleanliness, and family-like atmosphere, while others report serious safety concerns including unsecured doors, uncovered hazards, inadequate supervision, and poor facility conditions.
One parent describes a highly negative experience involving unprofessional staff, lack of qualifications, and unsanitary conditions. The review details a serious incident where a child was physically restrained by staff and alleges that the director was unresponsive and dishonest.
Small Steps - Big Strides has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the caring staff, educational programs, safety, and accommodations for special diets. However, negative reviewers report serious concerns including inadequate supervision, unsafe incidents, poor handling of toddler behavior, lack of support for children with disabilities, and unprofessional staff conduct.
One parent highlights exceptional care from specific teachers who create a nurturing, engaging, and safe environment that fosters child confidence and learning. In contrast, other parents report significant operational failures, including unreturned calls, missed scheduled tours, and a general lack of reliability in services offered.
One parent highlights the center as one of the best learning environments available, while another describes it as caring and loving. A third review offers a critical perspective, suggesting an imbalance in care between older and younger children.
Wee Care Learning Center receives consistently high praise from parents who report their children thrive academically and socially under the care of warm, enthusiastic staff. Parents highlight excellent communication, individualized attention (including special needs support), cleanliness, and reasonable pricing. The center fosters a strong sense of community among staff, parents, and children.
Apples Of Gold Childcare 2 receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff as hands-on, patient, and caring, with long-term parents expressing strong satisfaction. Negative reviews from former employees cite serious concerns about director conduct, inadequate health monitoring, and unsafe incidents.
Brilliant Beginnings has polarized reviews with seven 5-star ratings praising caring staff, cleanliness, family atmosphere, and specialized services, but three 1-star reviews citing serious concerns about child supervision, unexplained injuries, unprofessionalism, poor hygiene, unreliability, and lack of director accessibility.
One parent describes the facility as awesome and safe, while another reports severe physical abuse by a teacher, including hitting children and refusing to investigate complaints. The remaining feedback is limited to a general desire for a safe environment for working parents.
Hannah's Child Development Center has received mixed reviews with stark contrasts. Positive reviews praise staff management, child development, and overall satisfaction. However, multiple recent reviews describe serious safety incidents involving inadequate supervision of a 4-year-old autistic child who left the facility unattended, lack of parent notification, non-functional camera systems, and alleged cover-up attempts.
Hannah's Child Development Center IV has received highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise staff management, child development, and overall quality. However, multiple recent reviews describe serious safety incidents involving inadequate supervision of a 4-year-old autistic child who left the facility unsupervised, along with allegations of delayed parent notification, lack of functional camera footage, and attempted cover-up of the incident.
Lullaby Infant Club receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Five-star reviews praise the caring owner and teachers, educational activities, and long-term parent loyalty. One-star reviews cite unprofessional billing practices, price increases mid-enrollment, unprofessional phone communication, concerns about child care quality, and allegations of prioritizing profit over child welfare.
The Learning Academy receives mixed reviews with significant polarization. Positive reviews praise the staff's dedication, educational activities, and strong communication, though some note administrative understaffing. Negative reviews raise serious concerns about classroom management, child safety, and inadequate supervision during free play.
Parents consistently praise EDUCARE ACADEMY III for its caring, attentive staff and safe, clean environment. Children show developmental progress, engagement in learning activities, and enthusiasm about attending. Parents appreciate strong communication, involvement in their child's daily life, and the center's ability to work with children with special needs.
Wee Care Learning Center receives consistently positive feedback from parents who praise the caring, enthusiastic staff and strong child development outcomes. Parents highlight excellent communication, cleanliness, flexible scheduling, and special attention to children with disabilities or medical needs. The facility is described as a welcoming family environment where children thrive academically and emotionally.
Start Fresh Learning Academy receives mixed reviews. Parents praise the cleanliness, healthy food, and quality of teachers. However, multiple parents reported unprofessional behavior and arguing by staff members in front of children during business hours.
West Alexandria Day Care Center receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the loving, welcoming staff and the owner's caring approach, with one parent noting 13 years of use. However, serious concerns have been raised about inappropriate physical handling of children and unprofessional practices.
TOTS Learning Center receives mixed reviews with strong polarization between parents. Five parents praise the caring staff, welcoming environment, field trips, and Christ-centered education, while four parents report serious concerns about child safety, inadequate supervision of aggressive children, unprofessional enrollment practices, and inflexible policies toward children with behavioral challenges.
One parent highlights the center's excellent organization, supportive programs for special needs families, and multi-generational staff, while another reports a serious safety incident involving an untrained high school worker and a lack of adult supervision. The negative feedback emphasizes that injuries occurred without proper incident reporting and that high schoolers were left unsupervised with special needs children.
Parents report severe safety and supervision failures, including uncontained children, physical rough handling, and incidents of hair pulling. Reviewers also cite unprofessional staff conduct, ignored special dietary needs, and an unsuitable environment for children requiring individualized attention.
One parent highlights the staff's deep care for each child, while another reports a negative experience involving poor communication, lost registration, and denial of entry. The few reviews so far mention these contrasting experiences with the center's operations and staff interactions.
YWCA Family Center Safe & Sound is a shelter facility that receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews highlight caring staff, helpful resources, and spiritual support, while negative reviews cite strict rules, limited amenities for sick residents, and insufficient job placement assistance.
One parent highlights exceptional progress and a supportive, family-like environment for special needs children, while a separate review criticizes the center for prioritizing business growth over client well-being. The positive feedback emphasizes transparent communication and respectful, play-based therapy, whereas the negative experience focuses on perceived manipulative service expansion tactics.
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