Daycares in Massachusetts

9,225 licensed child care facilities across Massachusetts, each scored on one nationwide scale from the state's own licensing and inspection records — not ads. Pick a city to see its daycares ranked.

9,225licensed daycares

3.5average safety rating

15%with a clean record

7,230with high-risk findings

#	City	Licensed daycares	Avg rating
1	Daycares in Lawrence, MA	505	3.5★
2	Daycares in Springfield, MA	473	3.8★
3	Daycares in Worcester, MA	423	3.6★
4	Daycares in Lowell, MA	288	3.3★
5	Daycares in Lynn, MA	264	3.3★
6	Daycares in Dorchester, MA	227	3.4★
7	Daycares in Boston, MA	221	3.6★
8	Daycares in Brockton, MA	165	3.3★
9	Daycares in Methuen, MA	159	3.6★
10	Daycares in Haverhill, MA	145	3.4★
11	Daycares in Everett, MA	139	3.5★
12	Daycares in Framingham, MA	133	3.7★
13	Daycares in Fitchburg, MA	120	3.5★
14	Daycares in Revere, MA	116	3.6★
15	Daycares in Hyde Park, MA	115	3.5★
16	Daycares in Cambridge, MA	106	3.1★
17	Daycares in Malden, MA	104	3.4★
18	Daycares in Fall River, MA	103	3.2★
19	Daycares in Chicopee, MA	91	3.9★
20	Daycares in Peabody, MA	90	3.5★
21	Daycares in Quincy, MA	90	3.4★
22	Daycares in Leominster, MA	83	3.5★
23	Daycares in Mattapan, MA	74	3.3★
24	Daycares in Newton, MA	71	3.2★
25	Daycares in Marlborough, MA	68	3.7★
26	Daycares in Roslindale, MA	65	3.4★
27	Daycares in Somerville, MA	63	3.5★
28	Daycares in Woburn, MA	62	3.5★
29	Daycares in Holyoke, MA	62	3.9★
30	Daycares in New Bedford, MA	60	3.4★
31	Daycares in Randolph, MA	60	3.2★
32	Daycares in Salem, MA	60	3.6★
33	Daycares in Roxbury, MA	60	3.3★
34	Daycares in Taunton, MA	59	3.3★
35	Daycares in Pittsfield, MA	59	3.5★
36	Daycares in Medford, MA	56	3.6★
37	Daycares in Hyannis, MA	55	3.1★
38	Daycares in Chelsea, MA	53	3.6★
39	Daycares in Brookline, MA	52	3.1★
40	Daycares in Weymouth, MA	51	3.4★
41	Daycares in East Boston, MA	50	3.5★
42	Daycares in Arlington, MA	47	3.7★
43	Daycares in Dracut, MA	47	3.7★
44	Daycares in Attleboro, MA	46	3.3★
45	Daycares in Braintree, MA	46	3.4★
46	Daycares in Jamaica Plain, MA	46	3.3★
47	Daycares in Westfield, MA	46	4.1★
48	Daycares in Plymouth, MA	45	3.6★
49	Daycares in Natick, MA	45	3.4★
50	Daycares in Watertown, MA	43	3.5★
51	Daycares in Waltham, MA	43	3.8★
52	Daycares in Dedham, MA	42	3.4★
53	Daycares in Beverly, MA	39	3.7★
54	Daycares in Billerica, MA	39	3.5★
55	Daycares in Milford, MA	38	3.5★
56	Daycares in Tewksbury, MA	38	3.5★
57	Daycares in Norwood, MA	36	3.4★
58	Daycares in Lexington, MA	36	3.5★
59	Daycares in Gardner, MA	36	3.4★
60	Daycares in Shrewsbury, MA	36	3.7★
61	Daycares in Belmont, MA	36	3.8★
62	Daycares in Burlington, MA	34	3.8★
63	Daycares in West Springfield, MA	34	3.8★
64	Daycares in Andover, MA	33	3.1★
65	Daycares in West Roxbury, MA	33	3.4★
66	Daycares in Milton, MA	32	3.2★
67	Daycares in Needham, MA	32	3.2★
68	Daycares in Stoughton, MA	32	2.9★
69	Daycares in Saugus, MA	31	3.4★
70	Daycares in Franklin, MA	31	3.4★
71	Daycares in Canton, MA	30	3.4★
72	Daycares in Westford, MA	30	3.6★
73	Daycares in Hudson, MA	29	3.8★
74	Daycares in Ashland, MA	27	3.4★
75	Daycares in Danvers, MA	27	4.0★
76	Daycares in Wellesley, MA	27	3.6★
77	Daycares in Southbridge, MA	27	3.7★
78	Daycares in Sharon, MA	26	3.3★
79	Daycares in Sudbury, MA	26	3.4★
80	Daycares in Chelmsford, MA	25	3.3★
81	Daycares in South Lawrence, MA	25	3.4★
82	Daycares in Brighton, MA	24	3.4★
83	Daycares in Walpole, MA	24	3.2★
84	Daycares in Dorchester Center, MA	23	3.5★
85	Daycares in Clinton, MA	23	3.4★
86	Daycares in Winchester, MA	23	3.3★
87	Daycares in Gloucester, MA	23	3.7★
88	Daycares in North Attleboro, MA	22	3.0★
89	Daycares in Melrose, MA	22	3.3★
90	Daycares in Wakefield, MA	22	3.2★
91	Daycares in Auburn, MA	22	3.7★
92	Daycares in North Andover, MA	21	3.4★
93	Daycares in Dudley, MA	21	4.1★
94	Daycares in Hingham, MA	21	3.5★
95	Daycares in Winthrop, MA	21	3.6★
96	Daycares in Agawam, MA	21	4.2★
97	Daycares in Webster, MA	21	3.8★
98	Daycares in West Yarmouth, MA	21	3.2★
99	Daycares in Marblehead, MA	20	3.7★
100	Daycares in Reading, MA	20	3.8★
101	Daycares in Stoneham, MA	20	3.5★
102	Daycares in South Boston, MA	20	3.4★
103	Daycares in Bellingham, MA	20	3.5★
104	Daycares in Abington, MA	19	3.3★
105	Daycares in Mansfield, MA	19	3.0★
106	Daycares in Middleboro, MA	19	3.3★
107	Daycares in Centerville, MA	19	3.1★
108	Daycares in Marshfield, MA	18	3.4★
109	Daycares in Medway, MA	18	3.6★
110	Daycares in Holden, MA	18	3.5★
111	Daycares in Oxford, MA	18	3.9★
112	Daycares in Northampton, MA	18	3.9★
113	Daycares in Acton, MA	18	3.3★
114	Daycares in East Longmeadow, MA	18	3.8★
115	Daycares in Uxbridge, MA	18	3.7★
116	Daycares in Nantucket, MA	17	3.7★
117	Daycares in Hopkinton, MA	17	3.4★
118	Daycares in North Reading, MA	17	3.8★
119	Daycares in Swampscott, MA	17	3.5★
120	Daycares in Athol, MA	17	4.1★
121	Daycares in Belchertown, MA	17	3.8★
122	Daycares in Ludlow, MA	17	4.2★
123	Daycares in Northborough, MA	17	3.4★
124	Daycares in Holbrook, MA	17	3.1★
125	Daycares in Seekonk, MA	16	3.2★
126	Daycares in Foxboro, MA	16	3.0★
127	Daycares in Amherst, MA	16	3.7★
128	Daycares in Adams, MA	16	4.3★
129	Daycares in Charlton, MA	16	3.9★
130	Daycares in East Bridgewater, MA	15	3.6★
131	Daycares in Norton, MA	15	3.4★
132	Daycares in Somerset, MA	15	3.4★
133	Daycares in Swansea, MA	15	3.4★
134	Daycares in Scituate, MA	15	3.2★
135	Daycares in Westwood, MA	15	3.2★
136	Daycares in Dalton, MA	15	3.9★
137	Daycares in Easthampton, MA	15	4.2★
138	Daycares in North Adams, MA	15	4.0★
139	Daycares in Greenfield, MA	15	4.0★
140	Daycares in Indian Orchard, MA	15	3.9★
141	Daycares in South Hadley, MA	15	3.7★
142	Daycares in Raynham, MA	15	3.2★
143	Daycares in Amesbury, MA	15	3.2★
144	Daycares in Hanover, MA	14	3.3★
145	Daycares in Norwell, MA	14	3.3★
146	Daycares in Holliston, MA	14	3.5★
147	Daycares in Wayland, MA	14	2.9★
148	Daycares in Charlestown, MA	14	3.3★
149	Daycares in Kingston, MA	14	3.5★
150	Daycares in Whitman, MA	14	3.7★
151	Daycares in Tyngsboro, MA	14	3.7★
152	Daycares in East Falmouth, MA	13	3.8★
153	Daycares in Concord, MA	13	3.6★
154	Daycares in West Boylston, MA	13	3.5★
155	Daycares in South Easton, MA	13	3.4★
156	Daycares in Wilbraham, MA	13	3.8★
157	Daycares in Mashpee, MA	12	3.4★
158	Daycares in Fairhaven, MA	12	3.7★
159	Daycares in Westborough, MA	12	3.2★
160	Daycares in Weston, MA	12	3.5★
161	Daycares in Wilmington, MA	12	3.3★
162	Daycares in Newburyport, MA	12	3.2★
163	Daycares in Whitinsville, MA	12	3.6★
164	Daycares in Longmeadow, MA	12	4.0★
165	Daycares in Rockland, MA	12	3.0★
166	Daycares in Rutland, MA	12	3.9★
167	Daycares in Bridgewater, MA	11	3.5★
168	Daycares in Pembroke, MA	11	3.4★
169	Daycares in Medfield, MA	11	3.4★
170	Daycares in Ipswich, MA	11	3.4★
171	Daycares in Bedford, MA	11	3.7★
172	Daycares in Winchendon, MA	11	4.0★
173	Daycares in Feeding Hills, MA	11	4.5★
174	Daycares in Ware, MA	11	4.2★
175	Daycares in Hanson, MA	10	3.7★
176	Daycares in Millis, MA	10	3.5★
177	Daycares in Lincoln, MA	10	4.0★
178	Daycares in Lunenburg, MA	10	3.3★
179	Daycares in Millbury, MA	10	3.2★
180	Daycares in Paxton, MA	10	3.3★
181	Daycares in Sturbridge, MA	10	3.8★
182	Daycares in Westminster, MA	10	3.6★
183	Daycares in Plainville, MA	10	3.0★
184	Daycares in Lakeville, MA	10	2.9★
185	Daycares in Cheshire, MA	10	4.2★
186	Daycares in East Taunton, MA	10	3.7★
187	Daycares in Spencer, MA	10	3.8★
188	Daycares in Marstons Mills, MA	9	2.9★
189	Daycares in Vineyard Haven, MA	9	3.4★
190	Daycares in Carver, MA	9	3.5★
191	Daycares in Maynard, MA	9	3.6★
192	Daycares in Bradford, MA	9	3.1★
193	Daycares in Blackstone, MA	9	3.8★
194	Daycares in Upton, MA	9	3.6★
195	Daycares in Florence, MA	9	3.8★
196	Daycares in Sandwich, MA	9	3.7★
197	Daycares in Allston, MA	9	3.0★
198	Daycares in West Bridgewater, MA	9	3.5★
199	Daycares in Dartmouth, MA	9	3.6★
200	Daycares in Forestdale, MA	9	3.8★
201	Daycares in Ashburnham, MA	9	3.3★
202	Daycares in Falmouth, MA	9	3.2★
203	Daycares in Avon, MA	8	3.4★
204	Daycares in Duxbury, MA	8	3.5★
205	Daycares in Sterling, MA	8	4.0★
206	Daycares in Turners Falls, MA	8	4.3★
207	Daycares in Wareham, MA	8	3.4★
208	Daycares in Acushnet, MA	8	3.5★
209	Daycares in North Grafton, MA	8	3.3★
210	Daycares in South Dartmouth, MA	7	3.6★
211	Daycares in Westport, MA	7	3.2★
212	Daycares in Cohasset, MA	7	3.3★
213	Daycares in Boxford, MA	7	3.3★
214	Daycares in Ayer, MA	7	3.8★
215	Daycares in Orange, MA	7	4.2★
216	Daycares in Pepperell, MA	7	3.6★
217	Daycares in West Newton, MA	7	3.3★
218	Daycares in Southampton, MA	7	4.1★
219	Daycares in North Dartmouth, MA	7	3.2★
220	Daycares in Chestnut Hill, MA	7	3.6★
221	Daycares in Rowley, MA	7	3.1★
222	Daycares in Templeton, MA	7	3.7★
223	Daycares in Palmer, MA	7	4.3★
224	Daycares in Shirley, MA	7	3.9★
225	Daycares in Townsend, MA	7	3.4★
226	Daycares in Brewster, MA	6	4.2★
227	Daycares in South Dennis, MA	6	3.7★
228	Daycares in North Easton, MA	6	3.3★
229	Daycares in Wrentham, MA	6	3.7★
230	Daycares in Lynnfield, MA	6	3.5★
231	Daycares in Groton, MA	6	3.6★
232	Daycares in Harvard, MA	6	3.6★
233	Daycares in Sutton, MA	6	3.5★
234	Daycares in Halifax, MA	6	3.8★
235	Daycares in Rehoboth, MA	6	3.4★
236	Daycares in Southborough, MA	6	4.2★
237	Daycares in Hampden, MA	6	4.0★
238	Daycares in Granby, MA	6	4.1★
239	Daycares in Southwick, MA	6	4.1★
240	Daycares in Georgetown, MA	6	3.3★
241	Daycares in Edgartown, MA	6	3.3★
242	Daycares in Salisbury, MA	6	3.6★
243	Daycares in Barre, MA	6	3.5★
244	Daycares in Bourne, MA	6	3.0★
245	Daycares in Lanesboro, MA	6	3.9★
246	Daycares in Grafton, MA	6	3.5★
247	Daycares in South Yarmouth, MA	6	3.6★
248	Daycares in Barnstable, MA	6	3.0★
249	Daycares in West Barnstable, MA	5	2.5★
250	Daycares in Teaticket, MA	5	3.5★

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