Daycares in Dalton, GA

All 32 licensed child care facilities in Dalton, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

32licensed daycares

3.9average safety rating

63%with a clean record

12with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Camp Lighthouse500 South Thornton Avenue	4.3★	None	—
2	Dalton Public Schools - Blue Ridge After School Program100 South Bogle Street	4.3★	None	—
3	Dalton Public Schools - Brookwood Elementary After School Program501 Central Avenue	4.3★	None	—
4	Dalton Public Schools - City Park Elementary Afterschool Program405 School Street	4.3★	None	—
5	Dalton Public Schools - Park Creek After School Program1500 Hale Bowen Drive	4.3★	None	—
6	Dalton Public Schools - Westwood After School Program708 Trammell Street	4.3★	None	—
7	Dalton State College650 College Drive	4.3★	None	—
8	Dalton State College - Nature Exploration CampLakeshore Park - 28 Cedar Street	4.3★	None	—
9	Dalton's Best After School1132 E Walnut Ave.	4.3★	None	—
10	Family Resource Agy. of N. Georgia, Beaverdale Head Start9196 Highway 2	4.3★	None	42
11	Family Resource Agy. of N. Georgia, Dalton High Early Head Start1500 Manly Street	4.3★	None	25
12	Salvation Army Music and Arts Day Camp1109 N Thornton Avenue	4.3★	None	—
13	Thomas, Aretha A1701 Rio Vista Drive	4.3★	None	6
14	Whitfield County School System - Antioch Elementary1819 Riverbend Road	4.3★	None	—
15	Whitfield County School System - Dug Gap Elementary2032 Dug Gap Road	4.3★	None	—
16	Whitfield County School System - Eastside Elementary102 Hill Road	4.3★	None	—
17	Whitfield County School System - New Hope Elementary1175 New Hope Road	4.3★	None	—
18	Whitfield County School System - Valley Point Elementary3798 South Dixie Highway 2	4.3★	None	—
19	Whitfield County School System - Varnell Elementary School4421 Highway 2	4.3★	None	—
20	Whitfield County Schools - Pleasant Grove Elementary2725 Cleveland Road	4.3★	None	—
21	Whitfield-Dalton Day Care Center515 S. Pentz St.	4.2★	1	345
22	Family Resource Agency, Dalton Heritage Pre-K3050 Booker Drive	3.8★	1 · 1 high-risk	163
23	Precious Possessions Preschool & Daycare2511 Cleveland Highway	3.8★	3	223
24	First United Methodist Church Daycare Center500 South Thornton Avenue	3.6★	6 · 1 high-risk	82
25	Friendship House1300 S. Hamilton St.	3.5★	5	200
26	McElrath, Wanda L707 Dawnville Road	3.4★	7	6
27	Hawkins, Patricia E429 BARBARA AVENUE	3.4★	12	6
28	KCLC of Varnell101 Kids Drive	3.3★	6 · 2 high-risk	182
29	First Baptist Church Children's Learning Center311 N. Thornton Ave.	3.1★	11 · 1 high-risk	214
30	Kids Community Learning Center2209 Cleveland Highway	2.6★	7 · 3 high-risk	182
31	Christ Church Presbyterian510 South Tibbs Road	2.2★	22 · 3 high-risk	210
32	Wildflowers Playschool1601 Hickory St	1.5★	21 · 5 high-risk	32

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.