Daycares in New Bedford, MA

All 60 licensed child care facilities in New Bedford, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

60licensed daycares

3.4average safety rating

8%with a clean record

55with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Positive Action Day Care591 Summer Street	4.6★	None	39
2	North Star LC - Schooner Program80 Rivet Street	4.5★	None	61
3	Stolmeier, Sandra1014 Tobey Street	4.4★	None	6
4	DeValles Day Care Program201 Crapo Street	4.4★	None	117
5	Little People's College - Dartmouth360 Dartmouth Street	4.4★	1	117
6	Gomes, Celina53 White lock St Apt 1	4.3★	None	6
7	Little People's College - Welby107 Welby Road	4.3★	None	150
8	Moreno Lara, Paola1195 Cove Rd	4.3★	None	6
9	NorthStar Early Education Academy10 Hyacinth Street	4.3★	None	96
10	Romero Vera, Adriana24 Ambergris Lane	4.3★	None	6
11	Monteiro, Frances1134 Forbes Street	4.3★	2	8
12	Brager, Delia42 Ohio Street	4.3★	1	8
13	Dennison Memorial Sch Age DayCare755 South 1st Street	4.3★	1	33
14	Little People's College-374374 Rockdale Avenue	4.2★	None	186
15	West End Day Nursery of New Bedford170 Cedar St	4.2★	None	82
16	Little People's College - Sassaquin4241 Acushnet Avenue	4.1★	None	162
17	Children's Paradise, Inc4 Waldo Street	4.1★	3	30
18	Rainbow Day Care Center532 Brock Ave	4.0★	1 · 4 high-risk	37
19	Little People's College - Rockdale321 Rockdale Ave	4.0★	2 · 3 high-risk	63
20	Little People's College - Church850 Church St	4.0★	None	294
21	Canelon, Maria394 Summer Street	4.0★	None	8
22	Creative Playschool3374 Acushnet Avenue	3.9★	None	24
23	Charbonneau, Wren14 Leland Street	3.9★	1 · 4 high-risk	10
24	Costa, Carmen53 Oak Street	3.9★	1 · 2 high-risk	10
25	P.A.C.E. Head Start32 Madison St	3.9★	2 · 4 high-risk	131
26	N.B.Public Schools-Parenting Teen181 Hillman Street c/o Building 1 Room 2019	3.9★	1 · 2 high-risk	21
27	Children's Paradise, Inc3132 Acushnet Avenue	3.9★	None	128
28	Valentin-Burgos, Juan211 Weld St.	3.8★	2	6
29	Days of Discovery581 Church Street	3.8★	3 · 3 high-risk	44
30	Days of Discovery Child Care Center575 Church Street	3.8★	1 · 5 high-risk	89
31	P.A.C.E. Head Start247 Smith Street	3.8★	4 · 1 high-risk	113
32	READY SET LEARN306 Mt. Pleasant Street	3.7★	3	10
33	Crayon Campus - Howland651 Orchard Street	3.7★	1 · 8 high-risk	241
34	Crayon Campus - Nash478 Nash Road	3.6★	2 · 5 high-risk	40
35	Early Learning Child Care322 Maxfield St	3.6★	4 · 1 high-risk	102
36	Heather Ambrose305 Earle St	3.4★	5 · 1 high-risk	8
37	Raposo, Constance100 Maple Street	3.3★	5 · 10 high-risk	8
38	Sgt Carney Academy After Sch44 Summer Street	3.3★	2 · 12 high-risk	60
39	Adamides, Maria356 Frieda St	3.0★	2 · 2 high-risk	6
40	Tejeda, Joselyn333 Elm Street	3.0★	2 · 2 high-risk	6
41	Sunshine’s Place, Inc211 Acushnet Avenue	3.0★	6 · 3 high-risk	53
42	Children’s Paradise, Inc.385 Rockdale Avenue	2.9★	3 · 3 high-risk	31
43	After The Bell At Carney School247 Elm Street	2.8★	8 · 3 high-risk	39
44	Vasquez De Garcia, Eduvigis702 Summer Street	2.8★	3 · 7 high-risk	8
45	YWkids - YWCA SE MA20 South Sixth St.	2.7★	6 · 4 high-risk	52
46	Castillo, Yudelka287 Bolton st	2.7★	6 · 5 high-risk	10
47	Rivera Berrios, Germaries193 Chancery Street Apt 1	2.7★	2 · 11 high-risk	10
48	Valentin Burgos, Ana456 Mill St.	2.6★	5 · 9 high-risk	10
49	Early Learning Academy831 Mount Pleasant Street	2.6★	5 · 9 high-risk	20
50	Jimenez, Carmen112 Mount Pleasant Street Apt. 1	2.3★	5 · 12 high-risk	8
51	Smola, Nicholas38 Mary Street	2.3★	11 · 10 high-risk	10
52	New Bedford YMCA Preschool & School Age25 South Water Street	2.1★	8 · 11 high-risk	169
53	Little Explorers LLC2763 Acushnet Avenue	2.0★	10 · 7 high-risk	24
54	Frometa De Matos, Luz del Alba347 Orchard St. 1	2.0★	11 · 7 high-risk	10
55	Blessed Angels Academy1060 Cove Road	1.8★	11 · 9 high-risk	54
56	Pennington, Christina305 Highland Street	1.8★	15 · 14 high-risk	8
57	Orellana Cordova, Jenifer128 Cottage St	1.7★	15 · 7 high-risk	6
58	Hernandez, Viry122 Durfee Street	1.7★	14 · 12 high-risk	10
59	Anny Nivar de Leclere35 penniman st	1.5★	17 · 13 high-risk	7
60	Brilliant Children's College and Day Care535 Ashley Blvd	1.4★	29 · 23 high-risk	34

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.