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Daycares in Boston, MA

76 licensed child care providers in Boston, 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.

Boston averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.3 vs Massachusetts average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Boston4.2
  • Massachusetts3.9

27 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+2 vs Massachusetts average

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

  • Boston53
  • Massachusetts51

17 providers sampled

Ranked lists for Boston

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
    59Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    Bright Horizons at Fan Pier

    Center-based Care · capacity 142

    46Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    Transportation Children's Center Inc.

    Center-based Care · capacity 78

    43Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    Bright Horizons @ Seaport

    Center-based Care · capacity 54

    42Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    YMCA of Greater Boston @ Huntington Ave.

    Center-based Care · capacity 62

    38Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    Bright Horizons Family Center at Landmark

    Center-based Care · capacity 133

    37Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    Infants and Other People

    Center-based Care · capacity 52

    34Elevated Risk
  8. 8
    Kwong Kow Chinese School

    Center-based Care · capacity 130

    34Elevated Risk
  9. 9
    33Elevated Risk
  10. 10
    Longwood Medical Area Child Care Center

    Center-based Care · capacity 96

    33Elevated Risk
  11. 11
    Seaport Kindercare

    Center-based Care · capacity 93

    33Elevated Risk
  12. 12
    Sunrise Learning Academy 3

    Center-based Care · capacity 77

    29Elevated Risk
  13. 13
    Bright Horizons at Berkeley

    Center-based Care · capacity 104

    23Elevated Risk
  14. 14
    Spruce Street Nursery School

    Center-based Care · capacity 49

    21Elevated Risk
  15. 15
    The Infant Room

    Center-based Care · capacity 44

    13Elevated Risk
  16. 16
    Thrive Childcare Center LLC

    Center-based Care · capacity 43

    10Elevated Risk
  17. 17
    Sunrise Learning Academy LLC

    Center-based Care · capacity 66

    4Elevated Risk