Daycares in Ruston, LA

All 26 licensed child care facilities in Ruston, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in Louisiana: about $657/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in Louisiana

26licensed daycares
4.3average safety rating
15%with a clean record
22with violations on record
#DaycareRatingViolations (2 yr)Capacity
1Lakeisha Dade404 Edgewood St4.5None
2Cindy Jones103 King Ave4.42
3Emmanuel Baptist Church Preschool1200 Farmerville Hwy4.4None
4Lincoln Head Start Center421 W Vaughn Ave4.41
5Montessori School of Ruston700 Woodward Ave4.41
6Diann's Daycare207 N Bernard St4.3None
7Innovative Network of Knowledge-Ruston Center1201 Martin Luther King Drive4.3None
8Miles of Smiles Child Care Center2106 Farmerville Hwy Ste C4.3None
9Teresa Jones1986 Wafer Rd4.3None
10Cenla Christian Childcare Center of Ruston1004 Center St4.31
11Wanda Kaye Cooks206 Lafayette St4.31
12Jerlean Varice Fowler1406 Avon Ave4.32
13Paul E. Slaton Head Start Center1400 Oakdale St4.31
14Shining Stars Ruston107 Greene Ln4.31
15New Living Word Ministries Child Care Center1900 W Barnett Springs Ave4.35
16Bethel Christian School Childcare Center2901 Winona Dr4.35
17Ruston Early Learning Center LLC900 McDonald Ave4.35
18Young Learning Academy907 Gilman St4.35
19Sunshine & Smiles Childcare Center1405 S Vienna St4.22
20Reignbow Playhouse Childcare Center200 Louanne Ave4.25
21Miles of Smiles Child Care Center775 S Bonner St4.25
22Louisiana Tech University Early Childhood Education Center401 W Louisiana Ave4.23
23Miles of Smiles Child Care Center400 S Bonner St4.28
24Kidz-N-Harmony Early Learning Center222 Mount Harmony Church Rd4.26
25String-A-Long-Daycare-Center508 S Monroe St4.23
26Life Church.LA Preschool3000 S Vienna St4.26

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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