Daycares in Needham, MA

All 32 licensed child care facilities in Needham, 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 →

32licensed daycares

3.9average safety rating

6%with a clean record

30with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Needham Extended Day Program - Broadmeadow120 BROAD MEADOW RD	4.8★	None	100
2	Needham Extended Day Program - Eliot135 WELLESLEY AVE	4.7★	None	82
3	Orifice, Elizabeth1585 GREAT PLAIN AVE	4.7★	None	10
4	Needham Extended Day Program - Williams585 Central Ave	4.6★	1 · 5 high-risk	100
5	Carter Center For Children Inc.800 HIGHLAND AVE	4.6★	3 · 1 high-risk	60
6	Lekousi, Cheryl1236 GREAT PLAIN AVE	4.6★	8 · 7 high-risk	6
7	Pine Village Preschool65 4TH AVE	4.6★	11 · 5 high-risk	46
8	Schmalz, Magda32 HOOVER RD	4.6★	1 · 11 high-risk	6
9	Noah's Ark Preschool1154 GREAT PLAIN AVE	4.5★	2 · 1 high-risk	39
10	The Learning Tree Preschool Inc.225 Highland Ave,	4.5★	7 · 5 high-risk	37
11	Scalliwags Early Learning Center426 Hunnewell Street	4.4★	4 · 3 high-risk	22
12	Coutu, Ana Claribel193 Garden St	4.3★	None	6
13	Shriftman, Elena415 Hillside Ave	4.3★	None	10
14	Needham Extended Day-Mitchell SiteMITCHELL SCHOOL	4.1★	1 · 3 high-risk	82
15	Needham Children's Center, Inc.1688 Central Ave	4.1★	3 · 2 high-risk	140
16	Mcgrath, Wendi707 Greendale Avenue	4.1★	5 · 4 high-risk	6
17	Gan Aliyah Preschool1664 CENTRAL AVE	4.1★	2 · 4 high-risk	40
18	Wonder Garden59 East Militia Heights Drive	3.9★	6 · 1 high-risk	26
19	Scalliwags Needham1346 South St.	3.9★	9 · 9 high-risk	25
20	Carter Nursery School800 HIGHLAND AVE	3.8★	4 · 2 high-risk	47
21	Tobin Beaudet Schools72 SCHOOL ST	3.7★	11 · 3 high-risk	62
22	Needham Extended Day-Newman SiteNewman School	3.5★	5 · 3 high-risk	100
23	First Circle Learning Center165 Chestnut Street	3.5★	13 · 8 high-risk	141
24	Needham Montessori School238 Highland Ave.	3.4★	10 · 14 high-risk	78
25	Vaksman, Alla171 Gould Street	3.2★	6 · 6 high-risk	10
26	Needham Children's Center Inc.23 Dedham Ave	3.1★	5 · 3 high-risk	19
27	Needham ACE10 Kearney Road, Suite 152	3.1★	11 · 14 high-risk	34
28	Tobin Beaudet Schools dba Club 14581458 GREAT PLAIN AVE	2.7★	10 · 11 high-risk	120
29	Charles River YMCA Out of School Time Program863 GREAT PLAIN AVE	2.7★	17 · 17 high-risk	52
30	A to Z Preschool and Childcare LLC126 Gould St.	2.6★	19 · 5 high-risk	75
31	Kindercare Child Care Center1000 HIGHLAND AVE	2.6★	25 · 31 high-risk	101
32	Temple Beth Shalom Children's Center670 HIGHLAND AVE	2.3★	10 · 9 high-risk	339

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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