Daycares in Danvers, MA

All 27 licensed child care facilities in Danvers, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in Massachusetts: about $1,933/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in Massachusetts →

27licensed daycares

4.4average safety rating

30%with a clean record

19with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Pacheco, Lorraine393 MAPLE ST	4.8★	None	10
2	Davis, Joanne10 ARDMORE DR	4.8★	None	6
3	Early Discoveries Child Care Center323 LOCUST ST	4.7★	None	51
4	Fox Hill School81 WATER ST	4.6★	None	34
5	Fun Club At Highlands School190 HOBART ST	4.6★	None	78
6	Great Beginnings Learning School28 WATER ST	4.6★	None	39
7	Stepping Stones Nursery School46 CHERRY ST	4.6★	None	24
8	Little Hands Children's Center55 Poplar Street	4.6★	None	48
9	Fun Club @ Riverside School95 LIBERTY ST	4.6★	2 · 1 high-risk	65
10	Maple Street Church Nursery90 MAPLE ST	4.6★	1 · 1 high-risk	35
11	Fun Club @ Great Oak School76 Pickering Street	4.6★	4 · 3 high-risk	78
12	Imagination Station-Danvers140 Commonwealth Ave	4.6★	None	52
13	Ideal Baby Steps20 Locust St., Unit C and D	4.5★	1	10
14	Kids at Play Learning Center, LLC41 Centre St.	4.5★	2 · 1 high-risk	29
15	Children's Montessori Center12 BradStreet Avenue	4.5★	3	29
16	Cotter, Kayla21 Hyde Street	4.4★	None	6
17	Walker, Jucielly5 Gates St	4.4★	None	10
18	Fun Club @ Thorpe1 Avon Road	4.4★	1	78
19	Rizzo, Alicia94 Conant St	4.4★	3 · 3 high-risk	6
20	Primrose School of North Shore - Danvers308 Andover Street	4.4★	2 · 1 high-risk	168
21	Danvers YMCA Middle-School Youth Center at Holton Richmond55 Conant St	4.3★	None	26
22	St. Mary of the Annunciation School14 Otis St.	4.3★	None	60
23	Fun Club @ Smith15 Lobao Drive	4.0★	1 · 1 high-risk	78
24	Saint Paul Early Education Inc.130 Sylvan St. Unit 2	4.0★	2 · 2 high-risk	10
25	A Bright Beginning Too132 NORTH ST	3.8★	7 · 4 high-risk	70
26	Run-A-Muck Child Care Center5 Hutchinson Drive	3.7★	6 · 7 high-risk	69
27	Danvers YMCA Pre-Kindergarten & School's Out Kids Club34 PICKERING ST	3.1★	21 · 12 high-risk	129

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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