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Daycares in Kearney, NE

68 licensed child care providers in Kearney, 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.

Kearney averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.6 vs Nebraska average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Kearney4.1
  • Nebraska3.5

9 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

-1 vs Nebraska average

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

  • Kearney44
  • Nebraska46

4 providers sampled

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
    KEARNEY FAMILY YMCA

    Child Care Center · capacity 182

    30Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    HAND IN HAND PRESCHOOL

    Preschool · capacity 20

    29Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    SMILING FACES ACADEMY - EAST

    Child Care Center · capacity 116

    13Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    LIGHTHOUSE ACADEMY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

    Child Care Center · capacity 60

    11Elevated Risk