Daycares in Gloucester, MA

All 23 licensed child care facilities in Gloucester, 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 →

23licensed daycares

4.3average safety rating

4%with a clean record

22with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Shannah Montessori21B LEXINGTON AVE	4.8★	None	29
2	Muniz, Michel9 FOREST ST	4.8★	None	6
3	Cape Ann YMCA @ Beeman138 CHERRY ST	4.7★	None	26
4	Drayer, Jocelyn34 Hodgkins St.	4.7★	None	6
5	Happy Day School39 Gloucester Ave.	4.6★	1 · 1 high-risk	39
6	Connolly, Whitney5 Seaview Road	4.6★	None	8
7	Mclain, Zenaida108 Centennial Avenue	4.6★	6 · 2 high-risk	8
8	Pathways for Children Head Start at Emerson29 EMERSON AVE	4.6★	1 · 5 high-risk	287
9	Woodland Place Childcare Center16 Gibbs Hill Drive	4.6★	2 · 2 high-risk	29
10	Oliver, Katelyn10 Warner St	4.5★	None	10
11	Cape Ann Y ASP @ Plum Cove15 Hickory St.	4.5★	2 · 2 high-risk	39
12	The GTM YMCA Early Learning Center7 Gloucester Crossing	4.5★	8 · 9 high-risk	130
13	Windsorlane Child Care Center92 Western Ave	4.4★	2	25
14	Kindred Gardens Early Learning and Care at Eastern Avenue85 Eastern Ave Suite 101	4.4★	1 · 1 high-risk	68
15	Annisquam Preschool Inc1123 Washington St.	4.4★	3 · 5 high-risk	39
16	Kindred Gardens Early Learning and Care 1115C Dr Osman Babson Road	4.3★	None	25
17	Cape Ann YMCA @ East Veterans11 WEBSTER ST	4.1★	4 · 1 high-risk	52
18	Griffin, Hyacinth134 CENTENNIAL AVE	4.0★	1 · 2 high-risk	10
19	Kindred Garden Early Learning and Care5A Dr. Osman Babson Road	4.0★	1 · 2 high-risk	41
20	Skinner, Venessa10 MOUNT VERNON ST	4.0★	5 · 5 high-risk	10
21	Majestic Harbor Community School127 EASTERN AVE	3.3★	3 · 12 high-risk	99
22	Pacheco, Debra1 Gee Avenue	3.2★	10 · 17 high-risk	6
23	West Parish After School10 Concord Street	3.1★	5 · 4 high-risk	52

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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