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Daycares in Madison, WI

194 licensed child care providers in Madison, 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.

Madison averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.6 vs Wisconsin average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Madison4.2
  • Wisconsin3.5

62 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+8 vs Wisconsin average

Average Daycare Index Rating across the providers here that carry a score. Each score is built only from the public record available for that provider, and whatever the data cannot answer is excluded rather than guessed at. See scoring guide.

  • Madison55
  • Wisconsin47

35 providers sampled

Ranked lists for Madison

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed Madison DaycaresCitywide trust indexMost Loved by Madison 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
    GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 160

    54Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    BRIGHT HORIZONS AT THE AMER CTR

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 140

    45Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    SWIM AND GYM MIDVALE CAMPUS

    LICENSED CAMP · capacity 80

    44Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    PRESCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 205

    41Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    ASRA'S FAMILY CHILD CARE CENTER

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 56

    40Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    BERNIES PLACE INC

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 54

    37Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    LITTLE BLESSINGS PRESCHOOL

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 22

    37Elevated Risk
  8. 8
    WIL MAR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 30

    37Elevated Risk
  9. 9
    LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 45

    33Elevated Risk
  10. 10
    VA KIDS CENTER INC

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 42

    33Elevated Risk
  11. 11
    MONONA GROVE NURSERY SCHOOL INC

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 38

    32Elevated Risk
  12. 12
    MIDDLETON PRESCHOOL INC

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 16

    31Elevated Risk
  13. 13
    ORCHARD RIDGE NURSERY SCHOOL

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 70

    31Elevated Risk
  14. 14
    SPARTAN DAY CAMP

    LICENSED CAMP · capacity 150

    31Elevated Risk
  15. 15
    THE LEARNING GARDENS

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 160

    31Elevated Risk
  16. 16
    CANGURO CARE LEARNING CENTER

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 41

    30Elevated Risk
  17. 17
    EINSTEIN SCHOOL

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 40

    30Elevated Risk
  18. 18
    MEETING HOUSE NURSERY SCHOOL INC

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 108

    30Elevated Risk
  19. 19
    NEW MORNING NURSERY SCHOOL

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 64

    30Elevated Risk
  20. 20
    LITTLE SPROUTS FAMILY DAYCARE I I

    LICENSED FAMILY · capacity 8

    29Elevated Risk
  21. 21
    TENNEY PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 57

    29Elevated Risk
  22. 22
    BRIGHT CHILD LEARNING CENTER

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 112

    27Elevated Risk
  23. 23
    MIA'S DAYCARE LLC

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 60

    27Elevated Risk
  24. 24
    ART DANCE EDUCATION CHILD CARE

    LICENSED FAMILY · capacity 12

    26Elevated Risk
  25. 25
    HERE WE GROW LEARNING CENTER - GAMMON

    LICENSED GROUP · capacity 170

    24Elevated Risk