Daycares in Chesterton, IN

All 18 licensed child care facilities in Chesterton, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

18licensed daycares

3.9average safety rating

33%with a clean record

12with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Chesterton Montessori School135 W Lincoln Ave	4.3★	None	—
2	Duneland Family YMCA - Liberty Intermediate/Middle School50 W 900 N	4.3★	None	—
3	Duneland Family YMCA - Westchester Intermediate/Middle School1050 S 5th Street	4.3★	None	—
4	Duneland Family YMCA - Bailly Elementary800 South 5th Street	4.3★	None	—
5	Duneland Family YMCA - Camp Shorwau651 Morgan Ave	4.3★	None	—
6	Wee Care Child Development Center, Inc.421 Sand Creek Drive	4.3★	None	60
7	Amy Brown	4.2★	1	12
8	Duneland Family YMCA - Brummitt Elementary2500 Indian Boundary Rd.	4.2★	None	—
9	Duneland Family YMCA-Liberty Elementary50-1 West 900 North	4.2★	None	—
10	The Learning Nook 2	4.2★	None	16
11	Building Blocks Child Care	4.1★	1	12
12	Growing Kids Learning Center1828 S 11th Street	4.0★	1 · 1 high-risk	246
13	Waverly Child Care Home, Inc.	3.9★	None	16
14	The Learning Nook	3.5★	3 · 1 high-risk	16
15	Forchetti Family YMCA Center for Early Learning270 E Burdick Rd	3.5★	5 · 1 high-risk	198
16	LaPetite Academy131 Venturi Drive	3.4★	5 · 4 high-risk	130
17	Duneland YMCA Preschool651 W Morgan Ave	2.8★	4 · 3 high-risk	—
18	The Nanny's	2.7★	5 · 3 high-risk	12

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.