Daycares in Rochester, NY
585 licensed child care providers in Rochester, 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.
Rochester averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
-0.7 vs New York averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Rochester3.0
- New York3.8
67 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
-5 vs New York averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- Rochester45
- New York50
28 providers sampled
What changed in Rochester 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 teachers27% of reviews, from 21%+5.3 pts
Complained about less
No complaint fell enough to report.
Ranked lists for Rochester
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.
- 1Care-A-Lot of North Greece, Inc.40Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 82
- 2The Rochester Childfirst Network39Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 171
- 3DAYSTAR KIDS36Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 61
- 4Charles Settlement House35Elevated Risk
SACC · capacity 64
- 5MOUR MOURS MONTESSORI34Elevated Risk
GFDC · capacity 16
- 6Rich Beginnings Child Care Center, Inc.31Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 178
- 7Kharma Care LLC29Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 96
- 8Marvelous Mind Academy29Elevated Risk
SACC · capacity 22
- 9The Community Place of Greater Rochester, Inc.29Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 29
- 10Montessori School of Rochester27Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 44
- 11The Community Place of Greater Rochester, Inc.23Elevated Risk
SACC · capacity 86
- 12Faith Child Care & Nursery School21Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 99
- 13Home Away From Home Child Care Center LLC21Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 102
- 14Beautiful Beginnings, Childcare Center LLC20Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 46
- 15Expressive Beginnings Child Care20Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 147
- 16Expressive Beginnings Child Care20Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 142
- 17Twelve Corners Day Care Center20Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 85
- 18KEMELIA DAYCare19Elevated Risk
FDC · capacity 8
- 19The Children's Center of Brighton, Inc.19Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 251
- 20Stars of Tomorrow Daycare18Elevated Risk
GFDC · capacity 16
- 21Sunshine Daycare, Inc.18Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 152
- 22Sunshine Village Childcare Center18Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 40
- 23Imagination Childcare Academy, Inc.17Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 284
- 24Kids First Childcare Inc15Elevated Risk
DCC · capacity 100
- 25
Kreative Kids Zone Child Care Center14Elevated RiskDCC · capacity 135
