Daycares in Gardner, MA

All 36 licensed child care facilities in Gardner, 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 →

36licensed daycares

4.2average safety rating

8%with a clean record

33with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	MOC Child Care & Head Start Services / School Age Program68 COLEMAN ST	4.7★	None	92
2	Mechanic Child Care and Head Start Center95 MECHANIC ST. - SUITE B	4.7★	None	98
3	Mcgrath, Deborah63 LEAMY ST	4.6★	1	8
4	Cormier, Suzanne79 ROBILLARD ST	4.6★	1 · 2 high-risk	8
5	Bourgeois, Heidi70 BARTHEL AVE	4.6★	4 · 3 high-risk	10
6	MOC Child Care & Head Start Services - Garrison Ctr. for ECE444 GREEN ST	4.6★	1 · 2 high-risk	39
7	Dubey, Heidi25 JUNE ST	4.6★	2 · 3 high-risk	8
8	Maillet, Paula29 BROOKSIDE DR	4.6★	7 · 7 high-risk	8
9	Meridian Gymnastics and Youth Fitness Preschool871 W BROADWAY	4.6★	1 · 5 high-risk	20
10	Bradley, Becky105 BROOKSIDE DR	4.6★	3 · 6 high-risk	8
11	Guild of St. Agnes - Gardner155 GREEN ST	4.6★	9 · 8 high-risk	121
12	Fitzsimmons, Amy72 Brook Lane	4.5★	7 · 8 high-risk	10
13	Santiago Rivera, Ramona55 Glenwood Street	4.5★	7 · 10 high-risk	10
14	Hope for Kids29 Pleasant St	4.5★	26 · 28 high-risk	60
15	Marcia Rogeria de Sa Melo74 Lynde st Apt 2	4.4★	1 · 1 high-risk	8
16	Mochia, Rita18 Warwick Road	4.4★	1	6
17	Hildreth, Lauren79 Hill St	4.4★	3 · 3 high-risk	8
18	Tiburcio Medina, Indhira190 Waterford Street	4.4★	11 · 8 high-risk	8
19	Herrera, Dora49 Euclid St	4.4★	3 · 3 high-risk	6
20	Fowler, Jennifer74 Oak St.	4.4★	7 · 7 high-risk	8
21	Flanagan, Joanna1433 Green St.	4.3★	None	6
22	Gonzalez Bayarres, Daiana A976 Pearl St	4.3★	None	6
23	Vaquerano, Carmen82 School St.	4.3★	None	6
24	Calderon Mendia de Aguilar, Fabiola66 Sylvan Road	4.3★	1	6
25	Reynoso Recio, Karen Clara37 Draper Rd	4.3★	2 · 1 high-risk	6
26	Tineo Rodriguez , Yelisa159 Greenwood St.	4.3★	5 · 2 high-risk	6
27	Leger, Shauna79 ASHLEY DR	4.0★	6 · 7 high-risk	8
28	Barbosa Meireles, Debora40 Crawford St	3.9★	2 · 3 high-risk	10
29	Goguen, Christine306 PINE ST	3.7★	4 · 8 high-risk	8
30	Klever Kids Preschool & Extended Day Program1055 WEST ST	3.7★	8 · 7 high-risk	45
31	Clark, Jessica342 WEST ST	3.6★	6 · 5 high-risk	8
32	DeFrancesco, Denee254 Chestnut St.	3.5★	5 · 9 high-risk	8
33	Bushee, Janine362 PARK ST	3.5★	17 · 14 high-risk	6
34	Guerrero, Miriam227 Pine Street	3.2★	4 · 3 high-risk	6
35	Flores Parsons, Marleni80 Crestwood Dr	3.0★	10 · 7 high-risk	6
36	123 Grow Child Center, INC.112 Central St	2.0★	13 · 5 high-risk	64

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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