
Browse 1,586 before or after school daycare across Tennessee. 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 Tennessee can make the decision-making process smoother.
Tennessee has about 3,658 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Tennessee. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 3,658 daycares in Tennessee: 285 headstart facilities, 1,586 before/after school centers, 566 religious facility daycares, and 1,221 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 1,221 |
| Headstart Programs | 285 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 566 |
| Before or After School | 1,586 |
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Martha O'Bryan Center K-8 is a school-based daycare in Nashville with consistently positive reviews praising staff warmth and communication. Beyond childcare, the center provides extensive family support services including food assistance, adult education, job coaching, and community resources. Parents appreciate the staff's genuine care and the center's mission to help underprivileged families.
YMCA Child Care Services-West Hills receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents. Parents consistently praise the safe environment, engaged staff, and variety of activities including swimming classes. The facility is described as reliable and stress-free childcare that allows parents to work with confidence.
Fairmont Elementary Pre-K receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the kind and caring staff, while a minority report serious concerns about food quality, staff friendliness, communication, and special needs accommodations.
Fairmont Elementary - Educare receives mixed reviews. While several parents praise the kind and caring staff, newer facility, and positive experiences, others report significant concerns about unfriendly staff, poor communication with parents, inadequate meal quality, and issues with special needs accommodations.
One parent reports feeling at ease knowing their children are in the care of the after-school program.
One parent reports a lack of communication regarding their child's activities and updates. The feedback highlights a significant concern about being uninformed about daily occurrences.
Parents consistently praise Ross Early Learning for its quality instruction, caring teachers, and age-appropriate educational practices. The school offers enrichment activities like gardening classes and before/after care options. Families report high satisfaction across multiple generations of attendance.
Ross Early Learning Center receives consistently high praise from parents across multiple generations of families. Parents highlight excellent teaching quality, age-appropriate instruction, and a caring staff environment. The school offers enrichment activities like gardening classes and before/after care options.
One parent warns that the beautiful new facility may not live up to its appearance and advises caution. The review suggests potential discrepancies between the facility's aesthetic and actual quality.
One parent describes the program as an excellent environment for young people to mature, while others report negative experiences, including feelings of forced religion and low budget quality. A few reviewers simply state they do not recommend the facility.
Parents report positive experiences with teachers and playgrounds, but significant concerns exist regarding customer service issues and inadequate care for children with disabilities. The facility has received mixed ratings with both high praise and serious complaints about billing, communication, and incident handling.
Belle Forest Community School Pre-K receives mixed reviews with ratings ranging from 1-5 stars. Multiple parents praise the staff's attentiveness, safety measures, and caring environment, while others report concerns about unfair disciplinary practices, inadequate support for special needs students, and poor teacher-parent communication.
Belle Forest Community School ELOP receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied families who appreciate the attentive staff, safe environment, and focus on learning, but significant concerns from other parents about inconsistent discipline practices, inadequate support for special needs students, and poor staff communication and attitudes.
Reviews are highly polarized with fabricated/nonsensical positive reviews contrasting sharply with detailed negative accounts. Legitimate reviewers report serious concerns about facility conditions, staff professionalism, and educational quality, while some current/former participants describe positive experiences and career advancement.
One parent reports that their children tested above expected age groups and praises Ms. Jennifer Martin, while a separate review mentions a failed attempt to make a child an 'alpha'.
One parent describes the school system as dysfunctional, citing inconsistent closure policies and bus drivers who allegedly endanger students by driving away before they are safely on the sidewalk. Additional feedback includes complaints about verbally abusive drivers and staff who speak negatively about children behind parents' backs.
Memphis Oral School for the Deaf Preschool is a specialized school-based program in Germantown that focuses on helping deaf and hard of hearing children develop listening and speaking skills through cochlear implants and hearing aids. All 10 reviews are 5-star ratings praising the school's staff expertise, individualized care, and documented success in helping children mainstream into public schools and achieve academic excellence.
YMCA FUN COMPANY AT WALTER HILL receives mixed reviews with significant complaints about management practices and staff conduct. Parents report issues with billing policies, lack of flexibility during hardship, poor staff-child interactions, and inadequate handling of safety incidents. A few positive reviews mention friendly staff and good facilities at the YMCA location.
One parent describes the location as having nothing to offer. The single review reflects a highly negative experience with no positive aspects identified.
One parent describes Ashley Academy as a non-nurturing environment marked by deception, bigotry, and deep-seated ableism, warning that the school prioritizes its reputation over student well-being. The reviewer notes that while some individual teachers were compassionate, the institution fosters a toxic social climate and fails to provide inclusive or supportive care for children.
A single reviewer criticizes the school-based program for soliciting donations through unapproved channels, arguing that this practice misrepresents district support and unfairly burdens parents. The feedback highlights severe concerns regarding staff compensation, noting that educators with advanced degrees and decades of experience do not receive a living wage despite the use of tax dollars.
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