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.

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

14licensed daycares

4.2average safety rating

7%with a clean record

13with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	O'Dowd, Rebecca124 Cedar Street	4.8★	None	10
2	Armstrong, Laura79 Olde Forge Rd	4.6★	4 · 2 high-risk	10
3	Harmony Family Preschool590 Main Street	4.6★	7 · 6 high-risk	22
4	Brown Bear Academy197 Rockland Street	4.6★	2 · 4 high-risk	32
5	Center Pre-School and Child Care409 Columbia Road	4.6★	2 · 10 high-risk	56
6	Smith, Lisa237 Old Town Way	4.4★	2 · 2 high-risk	8
7	Cheney, Aimee55 Hillside Dr	4.3★	None	6
8	The Learning Ladder Preschool, Inc.580 Webster Street	4.1★	2 · 2 high-risk	20
9	Lutheran Church Nursery School77 Rockland St	4.1★	4 · 6 high-risk	39
10	South Shore YMCA Early Learning Center1075 WASHINGTON STREET	3.8★	8 · 14 high-risk	159
11	Sviridova, Daria83 Brook Circle	3.8★	12 · 10 high-risk	10
12	Cadence Academy Preschool - Hanover673 Washington Street	3.8★	23 · 15 high-risk	81
13	South Shore YMCA After School Program at Laura's Center for the Arts97 Mill Street	3.7★	11 · 8 high-risk	65
14	Vaz Dutra, Jamile280 Silver St	3.6★	10 · 12 high-risk	10

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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