Daycares in El Dorado, AR

All 21 licensed child care facilities in El Dorado, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in Arkansas: about $622/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in Arkansas →

21licensed daycares

4.3average safety rating

71%with a clean record

6with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	SOUTH ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES714 W. Grove	4.5★	None	74
2	East Main Kindergarten1416 East Main Street	4.5★	None	46
3	Retta Brown Preschool505 Dixie Drive	4.4★	None	60
4	Victory Childcare Center LLC 2714 W Faulkner St.	4.4★	1	108
5	Teddy And Friends Child Care Center1617 North College Avenue	4.4★	None	59
6	Fairview Head Start/Early Head Start Center800 Barnes Street	4.3★	None	128
7	First Baptist Child Learning Center300 W Main St	4.3★	None	117
8	First United Methodist Kindergarten of El Dorado, Inc.201 South Hill	4.3★	None	98
9	Happy Hearts Learning Academy824 Camp	4.3★	None	42
10	Kingdom Castle Academy2501 Junction City Road	4.3★	None	28
11	Learning Nest Preschool Inc.1010 W Combs Street	4.3★	None	56
12	Little Blessings Day Care509 West Cedar	4.3★	None	10
13	Morning Star Head Start Center804 Lockhart Street	4.3★	None	102
14	Parkers Chapel Preschool209 Parkers Chapel Road	4.3★	None	43
15	Parkers Chapel ABC Preschool401 Parkers Chapel Rd.	4.3★	None	61
16	SOUTH ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES910 W Liberty	4.3★	None	82
17	Success Learning Academy900 E Main St	4.3★	None	61
18	West Side Christian School2400 West Hillsboro Street	4.3★	None	19
19	West Woods ABC Preschool1500 North Bradford Avenue	4.3★	None	100
20	West Woods Head Start Center1500 N Bradford Ave	4.3★	None	92
21	Westside Christian Day Care2400 W Hillsboro St	4.3★	1 · 1 high-risk	215

Ranked by DaycareAlert's violations-based safety rating (recency-weighted state inspection findings), then by fewest recent violations. "Violations (2 yr)" counts citations in the last two years so cities and facilities are comparable regardless of how far back a state's records go. Data comes directly from state licensing agencies — always open a facility's full record before deciding.

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