Daycares in Chicago, IL
2,356 licensed child care providers in Chicago, 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.
Chicago averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
+0.1 vs Illinois averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Chicago4.0
- Illinois3.9
377 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
-2 vs Illinois averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- Chicago47
- Illinois48
269 providers sampled
What changed in Chicago this year
The share of dated parent reviews mentioning each theme, over the last twelve months against the twelve before them. Shares rather than totals, because we hold more recent reviews than old ones and counting raw mentions would show everything rising. Only themes with enough mentions to be worth reading appear here.
Praised more than last year
- Safety and supervision4% of reviews, from 2%+2.5 pts
- Staff and teachers40% of reviews, from 38%+2.2 pts
- Learning and curriculum6% of reviews, from 4%+2.1 pts
Complained about less
- Staff and teachers3% of reviews, from 4%-1.3 pts
Ranked lists for Chicago
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.
- 1CATERPILLAR CARE68Mixed Signals
DCC · capacity 42
- 2LITTLE SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER65Mixed Signals
DCC · capacity 57
- 3TINY TOTS INCORPORATED65Mixed Signals
DCC · capacity 70
- 4RAYITO DE SOL SPANISH IMMERSION ELC58Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 219
- 5THE GODDARD SCHOOL OF WEST LOOP58Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 138
- 6FAMILIES TOGETHER COOP NURSERY SCHOOL57Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 40
- 7MOTHER'S NATURE CHILDCARE INC54Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 80
- 8THE GODDARD SCHOOL OF ROSCOE VILLAGE54Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 140
- 9MONTESSORI GIFTED PREP51Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 92
- 10DISCOVER MONTESSORI49Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 50
- 11THE LITTLE SCHOLARS CLUB, CO.49Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 50
- 12KIDZ CREATIVE CORNER48Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 49
- 13HAPPY KIDS PRESCHOOL & DAYCARE CENTER47Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 50
- 14KIDS WORK CHICAGO TOO DBA KWCT RIVERVIEW47Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 307
- 15WEST BEVERLY KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER47Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 99
- 16EXPLORA LEARNING CENTER 1 LLC46Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 35
- 17SMART LOVE PRESCHOOL46Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 55
- 18GREEN BEGINNINGS LLC45Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 101
- 19TIERRA ENCANTADA OLD IRVING PARK INC45Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 175
- 20CORNERSTONE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CTR44Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 108
- 21HAPPY KIDS PRESCHOOL & DAYCARE CTR LLC44Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 44
- 22KIDS FUTURE DAY CARE CENTER44Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 68
- 23WISE OWL DAYCARE, LLC44Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 111
- 24ELIZABETH'S RAINBOW KIDS ACADEMY LLC43Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 117
- 25GROWING SEEDS PRESCHOOL LLC43Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 16
