Daycares in Columbia, MO
109 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
-0.1 vs Missouri averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Columbia3.5
- Missouri3.7
36 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
+4 vs Missouri averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- Columbia50
- Missouri46
19 providers sampled
Ranked lists for Columbia
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.
- 1DESTINY LEARNING CENTER, LLC59Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 120
- 2LEARNING STAR PRESCHOOL49Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 84
- 3END OF THE RAINBOW CDC47Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 140
- 4SPROUT ACADEMY PRE-SCHOOL40Elevated Risk
License Exempt Program · capacity 98
- 5O2B KIDS EAST COLUMBIA39Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 152
- 6O2B KIDS WEST COLUMBIA36Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 132
- 7WEE CARE EARLY LEARNING CENTER, LLC32Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 49
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PRECIOUS HEARTS LEARNING CENTER, INC.31Elevated RiskChild Care Center · capacity 80
- 9TIGER TOTS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER28Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 207
- 10LOLAS BILINGUAL DAYCARE LLC.27Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 47
- 11NANNY'S EARLY LEARNING CENTER26Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 108
- 12SUPER START PRESCHOOL AND INFANT CARE26Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 95
- 13PAPER MOON EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC22Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 38
- 14MARY LEE JOHNSTON COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER21Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 88
- 15TURN THE PAGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.18Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 75
- 16PAPER MOON EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC15Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 99
- 17THE APPLE SCHOOL14Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 90
- 18BIG STEPS EARLY LEARNING CENTER10Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 55
- 19NORA STEWART EARLY LEARNING CENTER6Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 62
