Daycares in Hanover, MA

All 14 licensed child care facilities in Hanover, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

14licensed daycares

3.0average safety rating

7%with a clean record

13with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	O'Dowd, Rebecca124 Cedar Street	4.4★	None	10
2	Cheney, Aimee55 Hillside Dr	4.3★	None	6
3	Armstrong, Laura79 Olde Forge Rd	4.0★	4 · 2 high-risk	10
4	The Learning Ladder Preschool, Inc.580 Webster Street	3.9★	2 · 2 high-risk	20
5	Brown Bear Academy197 Rockland Street	3.8★	2 · 4 high-risk	32
6	Smith, Lisa237 Old Town Way	3.7★	2 · 2 high-risk	8
7	Lutheran Church Nursery School77 Rockland St	3.4★	4 · 6 high-risk	39
8	Center Pre-School and Child Care409 Columbia Road	2.8★	9 · 10 high-risk	56
9	Sviridova, Daria83 Brook Circle	2.4★	12 · 10 high-risk	10
10	Harmony Family Preschool590 Main Street	2.3★	7 · 6 high-risk	22
11	South Shore YMCA After School Program at Laura's Center for the Arts97 Mill Street	2.0★	11 · 8 high-risk	65
12	South Shore YMCA Early Learning Center1075 WASHINGTON STREET	2.0★	8 · 14 high-risk	159
13	Vaz Dutra, Jamile280 Silver St	2.0★	10 · 12 high-risk	10
14	Cadence Academy Preschool - Hanover673 Washington Street	1.5★	23 · 15 high-risk	81

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.