
Compare 201 child daycare & preschools in Oklahoma City. Average rating: 4.18/5 stars. See top 10 ranked daycares, compare by type, and find the right childcare for your family.
Oklahoma City has 201 licensed child daycare & preschools with 1,710 parent reviews averaging 4.18/5.69 are top-rated with 4.5+ stars — 44% of rated programs, well above average.The highest-rated options cluster around 73117 (avg 4.78 stars), while 73170 has the largest selection (13 programs).Start with our top-10 ranked list below or filter by philosophy.
Ranked using a weighted score that combines Google rating with the number of parent reviews — daycares with more reviews rank higher than those with a high rating but few reviews. Last updated: March 2026.
8116 N Western, Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 30 children
Parents consistently praise Tender Childcare LLC for its exceptional cleanliness, beautiful and well-organized facilities, and caring staff led by director Rochelle. Children show strong development and learning outcomes while parents appreciate the excellent communication, welcoming atmosphere, and special events. The facility is highly recommended by multiple families who have used the center.
6101 Sw 66th St, Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 120 children
The Launching Pad receives consistently high praise from parents for its caring, stable staff and child-centered approach to development. Parents highlight the low teacher turnover, open communication, and personalized attention given to children across multiple age groups. The facility is described as a welcoming, safe environment where children thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
11600 S. Western Ave., Oklahoma City, OK · Church Daycare · Capacity: 70 children
Shartel Church of God is a religious facility that receives consistently positive feedback. Reviews praise the welcoming and friendly atmosphere, quality of worship services, and various community events. The facility is noted for its clean, well-appointed space and accommodating leadership.
6101 Nw 139th St, Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 202 children
Primrose School of NW OKC receives universally positive feedback from parents who praise the caring staff, strong leadership under Ms. A, and high-quality curriculum. Parents consistently report their children thrive academically and emotionally, with staff treating children as family members. Multiple families have remained enrolled for several years and some have even driven significant distances to continue attendance.
3700 N. Walker, Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 77 children
Reviews praise First Christian Preschool MDO for being welcoming and community-oriented. Parents highlight the church's commitment to serving the community through free breakfast programs, sack lunches, and community events. The facility is described as a non-judgmental, friendly environment.
14343 N Macarthur, Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 200 children
The reviews provided are for Church of the Servant, a religious institution, not for Warm World School daycare. The reviews cannot be used to evaluate the daycare's quality, services, or parent satisfaction.
12201 N. Western, Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 184 children
Special Care Inc. is a specialized daycare center in Oklahoma City that focuses on caring for children with special needs and behavioral challenges. Parents consistently praise the staff's expertise, compassion, and commitment to individualized support. The facility is described as clean, inclusive, and dedicated to improving children's quality of life while providing emotional and financial support to families.
7710 Nw 10th St., Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 23 children
Reviews praise the organization for caring staff, safe environment, and helpful service. Visitors highlight the food pantry's efficiency, variety of resources, and welcoming treatment of clients. Staff are noted for pulling together during busy periods and treating everyone with respect and dignity.
3000 W. Hefner Rd., Oklahoma City, OK · Child Daycare & Preschools · Capacity: 30 children
Gan Israel Early Learning Center receives perfect ratings from reviewers who praise its welcoming and inclusive community atmosphere. Parents highlight the quality of education, caring staff, and engaging Jewish cultural events and services. Visitors consistently commend the hospitality, spiritual leadership, and sense of community regardless of religious background.
1001 Nw 92nd St, Oklahoma City, OK · Church Daycare · Capacity: 45 children
St. Jude's Dynamic Kidz receives perfect 5/5 ratings from all parents surveyed. Parents consistently praise the caring, loving staff who create a family-like environment where children feel safe, happy, and engaged in learning. Families report significant developmental progress and appreciate the center's communication and willingness to work with parents on challenges like potty training.
Based on 158 daycares with Google ratings in Oklahoma City
Top qualities mentioned across 1,710 reviews, analyzed by AI
Average ratings by facility type in Oklahoma City, based on parent reviews
Oklahoma City zip codes ranked by average daycare rating
| Zip Code | Daycares | Avg. Rating | Top Rated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73117 | 6 | 4.78 | 6 | |
| 73114 | 12 | 4.51 | 5 | |
| 73162 | 7 | 4.5 | 2 | |
| 73132 | 11 | 4.47 | 4 | |
| 73105 | 7 | 4.42 | 2 | |
| 73112 | 10 | 4.37 | 4 | |
| 73109 | 9 | 4.37 | 4 | |
| 73135 | 12 | 4.34 | 4 | |
| 73170 | 13 | 4.28 | 2 | |
| 73120 | 9 | 4.28 | 2 |
Capacity distribution of daycares in Oklahoma City (8–529 children)
Small
up to 30 children
44
Medium
31–75 children
81
Large
76–150 children
80
Very Large
150+ children
21
Highest rated daycares in Oklahoma City based on parent reviews
8116 N Western, Oklahoma City, OK
Parents consistently praise Tender Childcare LLC for its exceptional cleanliness, beautiful and well-organized facilities, and caring staff led by director Rochelle. Children show strong development and learning outcomes while parents appreciate the excellent communication, welcoming atmosphere, and special events. The facility is highly recommended by multiple families who have used the center.
6101 Sw 66th St, Oklahoma City, OK
The Launching Pad receives consistently high praise from parents for its caring, stable staff and child-centered approach to development. Parents highlight the low teacher turnover, open communication, and personalized attention given to children across multiple age groups. The facility is described as a welcoming, safe environment where children thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
6101 Nw 139th St, Oklahoma City, OK
Primrose School of NW OKC receives universally positive feedback from parents who praise the caring staff, strong leadership under Ms. A, and high-quality curriculum. Parents consistently report their children thrive academically and emotionally, with staff treating children as family members. Multiple families have remained enrolled for several years and some have even driven significant distances to continue attendance.
3700 N. Walker, Oklahoma City, OK
Reviews praise First Christian Preschool MDO for being welcoming and community-oriented. Parents highlight the church's commitment to serving the community through free breakfast programs, sack lunches, and community events. The facility is described as a non-judgmental, friendly environment.
14343 N Macarthur, Oklahoma City, OK
The reviews provided are for Church of the Servant, a religious institution, not for Warm World School daycare. The reviews cannot be used to evaluate the daycare's quality, services, or parent satisfaction.
12201 N. Western, Oklahoma City, OK
Special Care Inc. is a specialized daycare center in Oklahoma City that focuses on caring for children with special needs and behavioral challenges. Parents consistently praise the staff's expertise, compassion, and commitment to individualized support. The facility is described as clean, inclusive, and dedicated to improving children's quality of life while providing emotional and financial support to families.
Oklahoma City offers a robust selection of 201 childcare and preschool facilities for families to explore. Parents frequently highlight clean environments, safety, and attentive staff as the defining features of these centers. For those seeking top-tier options, the 73116 zip code stands out with an impressive average rating of 5/5 across its three local facilities.
Based on Google reviews, daycares in Oklahoma City have an average rating of 4.18 out of 5 across 158 rated facilities, with 44% scoring 4.5 stars or higher. Church Daycare facilities lead with an average of 4.63 stars. Our analysis covers 1,710 parent reviews. Parents in Oklahoma City most frequently praise daycares for clean facility, safe environment, and caring and attentive staff.
When choosing a daycare in Oklahoma City, consider visiting facilities in person, checking their licensing status, and asking about staff-to-child ratios, daily routines, and safety policies.
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Wonderland CDC receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Positive reviews praise the facility's disciplinary approach, academic preparation, and long-term family loyalty, while negative reviews cite director rudeness, staff hostility, rough handling of children, and inflexible drop-off policies.
Trina's Learning Center receives overwhelmingly positive feedback, with parents praising the staff's caring approach, educational quality, and children's developmental progress across all age groups. One negative review cites communication issues, record-keeping problems, and concerns about the owner's defensive and unprofessional responses to parent concerns.
One parent highlights a welcoming teacher and a friendly, inviting environment that supports their child's development, while another reviewer reports a negative experience involving staff members using phones and ignoring children. The few reviews so far mention both satisfaction with the curriculum and safety, as well as concerns about staff attentiveness and professionalism.
WovenLife Child Development Program receives highly polarized reviews, with strong praise from families of children with special needs who appreciate the inclusive environment and onsite therapy services, but significant complaints about communication failures, staffing issues, and unprofessional handling of enrollment and behavioral incidents.
One parent reports a negative experience with staff communication, describing a phone interaction where the answerer was rude, claimed to be busy, and yelled at the caller for asking about availability. The reviewer states they would not want their children around that individual.
One parent highlights that the center is engaging for their grandchild, noting significant learning progress and enjoyment of social interactions with peers. Conversely, another reviewer criticizes the business for being unresponsive to phone calls, describing the lack of communication as highly unprofessional.
One parent reports a severe safety incident involving the director driving a bus with only one child on board, which they describe as a nightmare. Another reviewer gives a positive rating, stating the center is definitely five-star quality.
Feedback for this center is mixed, with one parent highlighting positive behavioral improvements in their child due to strong communication with staff, while another expresses severe distrust following incidents of unreported injuries and hostile management responses. The few reviews mention both successful engagement with specific teachers and serious concerns regarding safety protocols and staff conduct.
One parent describes the facility as awesome, while others report serious concerns including unprofessional staff, improper bathroom supervision, and failure to file incident reports. Additional feedback cites a lack of proper notice for termination and allegations of physical mistreatment and neglect by employees.
Wee Kids Child Development Center receives mixed reviews with significant concerns outweighing positive feedback. While one parent praised the staff's friendliness and their children's happiness, multiple parents reported serious issues including inadequate supervision, health and safety concerns, harsh discipline practices, poor communication, and unexplained child dismissals.
One parent reports that their children returned home with bruises and bite marks while attending this center, noting that staff dismissed these injuries and failed to address the concerns despite multiple complaints. Another review alleges severe safety failures, including a lost child incident involving police, unauthorized visitors in classrooms, poor facility maintenance, and questionable staffing practices involving the director's relatives.
Feedback for this center is sharply divided, with one parent highlighting kind staff, fresh meals, and safe supervision, while others describe the environment as unprofessional and the staff as rude or dismissive. Critics express strong concerns about the owner's handling of custody issues, lack of accountability, and overall unsuitability for childcare.
Feedback for Putnam City Smart Start is mixed, with one parent describing it as a great place while another reports receiving moldy food. The center has received only a small number of reviews so far.
Mimi's Garden has received mixed reviews with stark contrasts between experiences. Three parents praised the facility for good learning outcomes and teacher quality, but eight parents reported serious concerns including harsh discipline practices, safety issues, language barriers, inadequate supervision, and reckless van driving.
CREATE&PLAY LEARNING CENTER II receives mixed reviews with significant safety concerns raised by multiple parents. While some parents praise the staff's kindness and after-school care services, serious allegations include child injuries, inappropriate discipline, unsafe driving practices, and staff conduct issues. The facility owner is reported as unresponsive to concerns.
Little Hearts Child Development Center receives mixed reviews with significant quality concerns. Positive reviews praise the owners and staff engagement, while negative reviews cite hygiene issues, unprofessional staff behavior, safety incidents including child-on-child inappropriate contact, transportation problems, and negligent supervision.
One parent describes the facility as 'very unacceptable' and 'pathetic,' alleging severe abuse and questioning how staff can help children while harming them. A second review labels the staff as 'disgusting individuals' and claims they physically beat foster children.
Golden Bears Academy receives mixed reviews with significant concerns about management and operations. While some parents praise the staff, school transportation, and welcoming atmosphere, multiple reviewers report serious issues with the owner's unprofessional behavior, inadequate child supervision, and security vulnerabilities.
One parent reports that the center lacks a proper curriculum and fails to accommodate typical toddler behavior, resulting in frequent early pickups. The reviewer also notes high staff turnover and unsafe conditions, such as being barred from rooms for illness prevention, which ultimately caused their child to become afraid of attending.
Child Time Penn receives mixed reviews with most parents praising the caring staff, attentive teachers, and safe environment for their children. However, a small number of parents reported cleanliness concerns, unprofessional director behavior, and dissatisfaction with food and staff quality.
Parents describe this facility as the best daycare in OKC, highlighting the loving and welcoming nature of the owner and staff, with specific mentions of employees like Ma Felicia and Ma Ronekia. While one review includes unclear text, others express strong satisfaction and eagerness to return. No specific negative aspects regarding care or operations are identified in the available feedback.
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