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.

26licensed daycares
4.0average safety rating
15%with a clean record
22with violations on record
#DaycareRatingViolations (2 yr)Capacity
1Diann's Daycare207 N Bernard St4.3None
2Innovative Network of Knowledge-Ruston Center1201 Martin Luther King Drive4.3None
3Miles of Smiles Child Care Center2106 Farmerville Hwy Ste C4.3None
4Teresa Jones1986 Wafer Rd4.3None
5Lakeisha Dade404 Edgewood St4.3None
6Cenla Christian Childcare Center of Ruston1004 Center St4.21
7Wanda Kaye Cooks206 Lafayette St4.21
8Cindy Jones103 King Ave4.12
9Jerlean Varice Fowler1406 Avon Ave4.12
10Paul E. Slaton Head Start Center1400 Oakdale St4.11
11Emmanuel Baptist Church Preschool1200 Farmerville Hwy4.1None
12Shining Stars Ruston107 Greene Ln4.11
13Lincoln Head Start Center421 W Vaughn Ave4.11
14Montessori School of Ruston700 Woodward Ave4.11
15Sunshine & Smiles Childcare Center1405 S Vienna St4.02
16Louisiana Tech University Early Childhood Education Center401 W Louisiana Ave3.93
17Reignbow Playhouse Childcare Center200 Louanne Ave3.85
18Miles of Smiles Child Care Center775 S Bonner St3.85
19Young Learning Academy907 Gilman St3.85
20New Living Word Ministries Child Care Center1900 W Barnett Springs Ave3.75
21Bethel Christian School Childcare Center2901 Winona Dr3.75
22Ruston Early Learning Center LLC900 McDonald Ave3.75
23Kidz-N-Harmony Early Learning Center222 Mount Harmony Church Rd3.76
24String-A-Long-Daycare-Center508 S Monroe St3.64
25Miles of Smiles Child Care Center400 S Bonner St3.58
26Life Church.LA Preschool3000 S Vienna St3.56

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.