Daycares in Gainesville, GA

All 48 licensed child care facilities in Gainesville, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in Georgia: about $771/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in Georgia →

48licensed daycares

4.1average safety rating

52%with a clean record

23with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Atlanta United Football Club-Allen Creek Soccer Complex2500 Allen Creek Rd	4.3★	None	—
2	Discovery Day Camp1581 Community Way	4.3★	None	—
3	Elachee Nature Preschool2125 Elachee Drive	4.3★	None	68
4	Elachee Nature Science Center- Camp Elachee2125 Elachee Drive	4.3★	None	—
5	Forsyth County School System-Chestatee Elementary Afterschool Program6945 Keith Bridge Road	4.3★	None	—
6	FSC Gainesville286 Crescent Drive	4.3★	None	—
7	Gainesville Parks & Recreation1545 Community Way NE	4.3★	None	—
8	Get Air Summer Camp Program2283 Browns Bridge Rd	4.3★	None	—
9	J.A. Walters YMCA Child Watch & Kid's Time Day Camp2455 Howard Road	4.3★	None	—
10	Lakeview Academy796 Lakeview Drive	4.3★	None	—
11	Lanier Elementary4782Thompson Bridge Road	4.3★	None	—
12	Lanier YMCA Kids Time4782 Thompson Bridge Road	4.3★	None	45
13	McEver Elementary3265 Montgomery Drive	4.3★	None	—
14	Miss Jennifer's Playschool3753 White Sulphur Rd	4.3★	None	9
15	Myers Elementary2676 Candler Road	4.3★	None	—
16	Rock Solid Karate3042 McEver Road	4.3★	None	—
17	Sardis Elementary2805 Sardis Road	4.3★	None	—
18	Specialty Camp (City of Gainesville)830 Green Street Noutheast	4.3★	None	—
19	St. Paul UMC Enrichment Program705 Summit Street	4.3★	None	—
20	Straight Street Camp311 Jesse Jewell Pkwy	4.3★	None	—
21	Sugar Hill Elementary3259 Athens Highway	4.3★	None	—
22	Team Doan Jiu Jitsu & Fitness470 Woodsmill Rd Suite A	4.3★	None	—
23	The Gainesville School of Gymnastics112 Clarks Bridge Road	4.3★	None	—
24	Travel Camp (City of Gainesville)715 Fair Street	4.3★	None	—
25	YMCA Kids Time Camp - Hall5850 Brookton Lula Road	4.3★	None	—
26	Thurmond, Anita K5166 INDIAN CIR	4.3★	1	6
27	Phagan, Sharon F2446 Basin Court	4.2★	2	6
28	Primrose School of Gainesville2171 Sandridge Court	4.2★	2 · 1 high-risk	183
29	E.E. Butler Head Start/Pre-K1300 Athens Street	4.2★	2 · 1 high-risk	420
30	First Baptist Day School751 Green Street, NW	4.2★	3	231
31	Lipscomb, Natasha B1029 Athens Street	4.2★	3	6
32	Mount Vernon YMCA Kids Time4844 Jim Hood Road	4.2★	3 · 1 high-risk	70
33	Sugar Hill YMCA Kids Time3259 Athens Highway	4.2★	3 · 1 high-risk	45
34	WAUKA MOUNTAIN YMCA KIDS TIME5850 BROOKTON LULA RD	4.2★	3	60
35	Few, Paquita1434 Floyd Circle	4.2★	4	6
36	First Presbyterian Church Child Development Center800 S. Enota Drive	4.2★	3 · 1 high-risk	178
37	Sardis YMCA KIDS TIME2805 Sardis Road	4.2★	4	75
38	Sisu2360 Murphy Blvd	4.2★	3 · 1 high-risk	183
39	TLC Childcare, Inc.3105 Joe Chandler Road	4.1★	3 · 1 high-risk	45
40	Georgia Mountains YMCA Child Development Center3368 White Sulphur Rd	4.1★	4 · 2 high-risk	77
41	Lakeview Academy796 Lakeview Drive	4.1★	6 · 1 high-risk	144
42	Pre-K Preparatory Learning Academy438 Prior Street, NE	4.1★	6 · 1 high-risk	100
43	Joyland Child Development Center1080 Rainey St.	4.1★	16 · 3 high-risk	156
44	Magic Years of Learning (Gainesville)122 Gabriel Dr. NE	4.0★	9 · 1 high-risk	150
45	Creative Learners Child Development Center711 Dorsey Street	3.9★	9	146
46	Gainesville Academy1310 Lanier Valley Drive	3.8★	15 · 3 high-risk	151
47	Cedars Preschool at Gainesville2000 Candler Rd.	2.5★	12 · 3 high-risk	117
48	Free Chapel Academy3001 McEver rd	2.0★	7 · 2 high-risk	210

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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