Daycares in Franklin, MA

All 31 licensed child care facilities in Franklin, 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 →

31licensed daycares

4.1average safety rating

10%with a clean record

28with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Bright Horizons of Franklin2 CONSTITUTION BLVD	4.8★	None	110
2	Franklin Children's School, Inc.900 CHESTNUT ST	4.8★	None	61
3	Shimkus, Linda25 Shady Lane	4.7★	None	6
4	Prospect Hill Country Day School54 PROSPECT ST	4.6★	None	67
5	Wright, Linda5 Willow Street	4.6★	None	8
6	Higgins, Phyllis262 Partridge Street	4.6★	1 · 1 high-risk	6
7	Greenhalgh, Virginia408 Paula Lane	4.6★	3 · 2 high-risk	10
8	Gosselin, Sharon1 Thomas Drive	4.6★	6 · 3 high-risk	8
9	Dean College Children's Center144 SCHOOL ST	4.6★	2 · 1 high-risk	30
10	Grossman, Katherine483 CHESTNUT STREET	4.6★	7 · 7 high-risk	8
11	Kindercare Learning Center 138442 POND ST	4.6★	16 · 21 high-risk	117
12	Primrose School of Franklin700 Union St.	4.5★	2 · 2 high-risk	132
13	Holmes, Debra106 Mill Street	4.5★	2 · 2 high-risk	10
14	Next Generation Childrens Center of Franklin, LLC831 W CENTRAL ST	4.5★	9 · 5 high-risk	203
15	Francis, Nancy22 Old Grove St.	4.5★	6 · 10 high-risk	10
16	Downtown Preschool and Daycare240 Cottage St.	4.4★	1	18
17	Pomarico, Christina455 Maple Street	4.4★	1 · 1 high-risk	10
18	Banks, Ashley9 Colt Road	4.4★	1 · 4 high-risk	8
19	The Learning Experience Franklin515 West Central Street	4.3★	None	126
20	Active Kids800 CHESTNUT ST	4.1★	2 · 1 high-risk	111
21	Souza, Heather50 Charles River Drive	4.0★	8 · 10 high-risk	8
22	Solstice Montessori LLC59 Union St.	3.8★	8 · 3 high-risk	18
23	Conley, Jennifer11 Stanford Road	3.8★	5 · 9 high-risk	8
24	Sunrise Montessori School31 HAYWARD ST	3.6★	3 · 1 high-risk	40
25	The Elemen-Tree House838 UPPER UNION Street	3.5★	4 · 4 high-risk	52
26	Qi School650 PLEASANT ST	3.5★	12 · 15 high-risk	69
27	Millard, Amy679 Oak Street	3.3★	6 · 6 high-risk	6
28	Arechaga, Katherine8 Joval Ct	3.2★	4 · 2 high-risk	10
29	Huang, Yan Mei272 Lincoln Street	3.2★	8 · 6 high-risk	6
30	Miller, Jennifer4 Shady Lane	2.9★	7 · 4 high-risk	6
31	Garelick Early Learning Center45 FORGE HILL RD	2.1★	12 · 18 high-risk	173

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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