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Daycares in Schenectady, NY

132 licensed child care providers in Schenectady, 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.

Schenectady averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

-0.5 vs New York average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Schenectady3.3
  • New York3.8

32 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+3 vs New York average

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

  • Schenectady53
  • New York50

14 providers sampled

What changed in Schenectady 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 teachers35% of reviews, from 33%+1.4 pts

Complained about less

No complaint fell enough to report.

Ranked lists for Schenectady

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed Schenectady DaycaresCitywide trust indexMost Loved by Schenectady Parents

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
    Little Scholars Viaport Inc.

    DCC · capacity 103

    47Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    Giggles N' Cakes Daycare

    GFDC · capacity 16

    41Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    Devesh Childcare Inc.

    GFDC · capacity 16

    38Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    Early Little Learners Daycare

    GFDC · capacity 16

    38Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    Happy Little Learners Daycare

    GFDC · capacity 16

    38Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    KIDS ADVENTURES DAYCARE LLC

    DCC · capacity 58

    36Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    Little Chatter Box Day Care

    GFDC · capacity 16

    31Elevated Risk
  8. 8
    Crossroads Center for Children

    DCC · capacity 120

    30Elevated Risk
  9. 9
    Capital Church, Inc.

    DCC · capacity 134

    29Elevated Risk
  10. 10
    Parkwood Child Care Center, INC.

    DCC · capacity 83

    28Elevated Risk
  11. 11
    Bright Hope Center Inc.

    SACC · capacity 10

    20Elevated Risk
  12. 12
    Schenectady Day Nursery, Inc.

    DCC · capacity 96

    16Elevated Risk
  13. 13
    A Magic Kingdom

    DCC · capacity 116

    7Elevated Risk
  14. 14
    Boys and Girls Club of Schenectady @ Steinmetz Homes

    SACC · capacity 34

    6Elevated Risk