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Daycares in Columbia, IL

7 licensed child care providers in Columbia, 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.

Columbia averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.8 vs Illinois average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Columbia4.7
  • Illinois3.9

5 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+3 vs Illinois average

Composite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.

  • Columbia51
  • Illinois48

4 providers sampled

Ranked lists for Columbia

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed Columbia Daycares

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
    ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL

    DCC · capacity 20

    39Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    CREATIVE KIDS, INC.

    DCC · capacity 59

    37Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    CHILDREN FIRST LEARNING CNTR - COLUMBIA

    DCC · capacity 117

    31Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    COLUMBIA KINDER COLLEGE

    DCC · capacity 105

    14Elevated Risk