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Daycares in Des Moines, IA

399 licensed child care providers in Des Moines, drawn from the state licensing agency's public records. Each profile carries the license number, status, and capacity on record. Where the state publishes nothing for a field, or the daycare is not licensed, the profile says so plainly.

Des Moines averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.6 vs Iowa average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Des Moines3.8
  • Iowa3.2

34 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+1 vs Iowa average

Average Daycare Index Rating across the providers here that carry a score. Each score is built only from the public record available for that provider, and whatever the data cannot answer is excluded rather than guessed at. See scoring guide.

  • Des Moines46
  • Iowa45

19 providers sampled

Ranked lists for Des Moines

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed Des Moines DaycaresCitywide trust indexMost Loved by Des Moines Parents

Highest-confidence providers

Ranked by the Confidence Index lower bound: the score the public record can defend, not the score a single glowing review can inflate. How scoring works.

  1. 1
    Willkie House Inc.

    Licensed Center

    43Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    Mundo Pequeno LLC

    Licensed Center

    42Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    Children's Garden

    Licensed Center

    33Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    La Petite Academy - Des Moines

    Licensed Center

    33Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    Conmigo Early Education Center

    Licensed Center

    28Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    Childserve Des Moines

    Licensed Center

    26Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    Tiny Tots Childcare

    Licensed Center

    25Elevated Risk
  8. 8
    Color My World Child Care & Preschool

    Licensed Center

    21Elevated Risk
  9. 9
    Creative Center For Young Children

    Licensed Center

    21Elevated Risk
  10. 10
    Honey's Daycare LLC

    Registered Child Development Home B

    21Elevated Risk
  11. 11
    Wonder Years Academy

    Licensed Center

    21Elevated Risk
  12. 12
    America's Children of Oakmoor

    Licensed Center

    19Elevated Risk
  13. 13
    Little Angels Learning Center

    Licensed Center

    17Elevated Risk
  14. 14
    Mercy Child Development Center

    Licensed Center

    15Elevated Risk
  15. 15
    Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Boys & Girls Club

    Licensed Center

    13Elevated Risk
  16. 16
    Oak Academy

    Licensed Center

    12Elevated Risk
  17. 17
    Iowa's Child Early Learning Community

    Licensed Center

    10Elevated Risk
  18. 18
    Grand View Child Development Center

    Licensed Center

    8Elevated Risk
  19. 19
    Plymouth Nursery School

    Licensed Center

    7Elevated Risk