Daycares in Lexington, MA

All 36 licensed child care facilities in Lexington, 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

4.1average safety rating

11%with a clean record

32with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Hancock Nursery School, Inc.1912 Massachusetts Ave	4.8★	None	60
2	Community Nursery School, Inc.2325 Massachusetts Ave	4.7★	None	45
3	First Circle Learning Center80 Maple St	4.7★	None	103
4	Swann, Pia411 BEDFORD ST	4.7★	None	10
5	Bright Horizons at Lexington903 WALTHAM ST	4.6★	1 · 2 high-risk	153
6	Gavan, Arlene11 SUNNY KNOLL TER	4.6★	1 · 2 high-risk	8
7	Knowledge Beginnings429 Marrett Rd	4.6★	4 · 8 high-risk	81
8	Children's Center of Lexington1580 Massachusetts Ave	4.6★	5 · 10 high-risk	69
9	Hayden Centre Childcare24 Lincoln St	4.6★	12 · 9 high-risk	147
10	Waverley Square Daycare of Lexington451S LOWELL ST	4.6★	11 · 11 high-risk	54
11	My Weekday School, Inc.2600 Massachusetts Avenue	4.5★	None	56
12	Ortiz Rivera, Yanisse281 Lexington st springfield	4.5★	None	10
13	Kidsborough@Fiske55 Adams Street	4.5★	None	52
14	Kidsborough@Bowman9 Philip Road	4.5★	None	91
15	Fuse Preschool110 HARTWELL AVE SUITE 100	4.5★	6 · 6 high-risk	45
16	Kidsborough@Bridge55 Middleby Road,	4.4★	2	78
17	Kidsborough@Harrington328 Lowell Street,	4.4★	2 · 1 high-risk	104
18	Lexington Creative Start55 Coolidge Ave	4.4★	3	42
19	Kelly, Pauline33 Follen Road	4.4★	7 · 6 high-risk	6
20	Kidsborough@Hastings7 Crosby Road	4.4★	4 · 6 high-risk	117
21	Great Meadows Childcare at the Waldorf School of Lexington703 Massachusetts Ave	4.3★	None	9
22	Qin, Yan311 Concord Ave	4.3★	None	6
23	Rodriguez Portillo, Eunice71 Bow Street	4.3★	5 · 10 high-risk	10
24	Leap School210 Marrett Road	3.9★	3 · 2 high-risk	111
25	Roy, Swati17 Hutchinson Road	3.9★	3 · 9 high-risk	10
26	Feng, Lu17 Whipple Rd	3.8★	6 · 11 high-risk	10
27	Zhou, Jianhua16 Locke Lane	3.8★	6 · 10 high-risk	6
28	Lexington Playcare Center6 Meriam St	3.7★	4 · 3 high-risk	55
29	The Billy Dalwin Pre-School of Temple Emunah9 Piper Rd	3.7★	9 · 6 high-risk	56
30	Fan, Wenting15 Idylwilde Rd.	3.5★	6 · 17 high-risk	10
31	The Jewish Preschool of Lexington9 Burlington St	3.5★	14 · 18 high-risk	39
32	Little Bees Lab Preschool Lexington2 Militia Dr	3.4★	9 · 5 high-risk	35
33	Technology Children's Center at Lincoln Lab5 Forbes Road	3.2★	2 · 4 high-risk	117
34	Kidsborough@Estabrook117 Grove Street	3.0★	3 · 4 high-risk	91
35	Sol-Solecito Spanish Immersion Learning Center, Inc.363 Massachusetts Ave	3.0★	8 · 15 high-risk	58
36	The Goddard School332 Concord Ave	2.8★	5 · 5 high-risk	150

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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