Daycares in Buffalo, NY
222 licensed child care providers in Buffalo, 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.
Buffalo averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
-0.2 vs New York averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Buffalo3.5
- New York3.8
59 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
-6 vs New York averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- Buffalo44
- New York50
27 providers sampled
What changed in Buffalo 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
- Staff and teachers29% of reviews, from 21%+8.1 pts
Complained about less
No complaint fell enough to report.
Ranked lists for Buffalo
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.
- 1BUFFALO HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER, INC.44Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 133
- 2Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Inc.38Elevated Risk
SACC · capacity 170
- 3Ripen With Us Child Care Center, Inc.35Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 151
- 4The Salvation Army of Buffalo29Elevated Risk
SACC · capacity 100
- 5Jannie's Babies Daycare LLC28Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 24
- 6Storytime Child Care, Inc.28Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 153
- 7Cambridge Child Care27Elevated Risk
GFDC · capacity 16
- 8Nanny's Nook Quality Home Daycare, Inc.26Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 54
- 9Puddle Jumpers LLC26Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 66
- 10Holy Cross Head Start, Inc.25Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 84
- 11Kiddie Corner Child Care Center, Inc.24Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 32
- 12Welcoming Wonder Childcare LLC24Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 25
- 13First Friends Day Care23Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 29
- 14Great Expectations Child Care Center, Inc.23Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 174
- 15OUR FUTURE LEADS DAYCARE INC.23Elevated Risk
GFDC · capacity 16
- 16Halloran Day Care LLC21Elevated Risk
FDC · capacity 8
- 17Queen City Early Childhood Center21Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 82
- 18SECOND MOTHER CHILDCARE INC.21Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 59
- 19West Side Community Services, Inc.20Elevated Risk
SACC · capacity 44
- 20Buffalo State Child Care Center18Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 86
- 21Sweet Pea Family Daycare inc.17Elevated Risk
GFDC · capacity 16
- 22Kid's Kampus Child Care Center, Inc.12Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 100
- 23Brinson's Family Day Care LLC11Elevated Risk
GFDC · capacity 16
- 24Puddle Jumpers LLC10Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 99
- 25University at Buffalo Child Care Center, Inc.8Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 89
