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.

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

60licensed daycares

4.2average safety rating

8%with a clean record

55with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	North Star LC - Schooner Program80 Rivet Street	4.8★	None	61
2	Positive Action Day Care591 Summer Street	4.8★	None	39
3	DeValles Day Care Program201 Crapo Street	4.8★	None	117
4	West End Day Nursery of New Bedford170 Cedar St	4.8★	None	82
5	Little People's College - Church850 Church St	4.8★	None	294
6	Little People's College-374374 Rockdale Avenue	4.7★	None	186
7	Little People's College - Sassaquin4241 Acushnet Avenue	4.7★	None	162
8	P.A.C.E. Head Start247 Smith Street	4.7★	None	113
9	Canelon, Maria394 Summer Street	4.7★	None	8
10	Children's Paradise, Inc3132 Acushnet Avenue	4.7★	None	128
11	Monteiro, Frances1134 Forbes Street	4.6★	2	8
12	Stolmeier, Sandra1014 Tobey Street	4.6★	None	6
13	Brager, Delia42 Ohio Street	4.6★	1	8
14	Little People's College - Dartmouth360 Dartmouth Street	4.6★	1	117
15	Dennison Memorial Sch Age DayCare755 South 1st Street	4.6★	1	33
16	Rainbow Day Care Center532 Brock Ave	4.6★	1 · 4 high-risk	37
17	Children's Paradise, Inc4 Waldo Street	4.6★	3	30
18	Costa, Carmen53 Oak Street	4.6★	1 · 2 high-risk	10
19	P.A.C.E. Head Start32 Madison St	4.6★	2 · 4 high-risk	131
20	Little People's College - Rockdale321 Rockdale Ave	4.6★	2 · 3 high-risk	63
21	Crayon Campus - Howland651 Orchard Street	4.6★	1 · 8 high-risk	241
22	Early Learning Child Care322 Maxfield St	4.6★	4 · 1 high-risk	102
23	Raposo, Constance100 Maple Street	4.6★	5 · 10 high-risk	8
24	Creative Playschool3374 Acushnet Avenue	4.5★	None	24
25	Days of Discovery581 Church Street	4.5★	3 · 3 high-risk	44
26	Charbonneau, Wren14 Leland Street	4.5★	1 · 4 high-risk	10
27	N.B.Public Schools-Parenting Teen181 Hillman Street c/o Building 1 Room 2019	4.5★	1 · 2 high-risk	21
28	Crayon Campus - Nash478 Nash Road	4.5★	2 · 5 high-risk	40
29	Vasquez De Garcia, Eduvigis702 Summer Street	4.5★	3 · 7 high-risk	8
30	Rivera Berrios, Germaries193 Chancery Street Apt 1	4.5★	1 · 11 high-risk	10
31	Children’s Paradise, Inc.385 Rockdale Avenue	4.4★	3 · 3 high-risk	31
32	Frometa De Matos, Luz del Alba347 Orchard St. 1	4.4★	7 · 7 high-risk	10
33	Early Learning Academy831 Mount Pleasant Street	4.4★	5 · 9 high-risk	20
34	Smola, Nicholas38 Mary Street	4.4★	11 · 10 high-risk	10
35	Gomes, Celina53 White lock St Apt 1	4.3★	None	6
36	Little People's College - Welby107 Welby Road	4.3★	None	150
37	Moreno Lara, Paola1195 Cove Rd	4.3★	None	6
38	NorthStar Early Education Academy10 Hyacinth Street	4.3★	None	96
39	Romero Vera, Adriana24 Ambergris Lane	4.3★	None	6
40	Adamides, Maria356 Frieda St	4.3★	2 · 2 high-risk	6
41	Valentin-Burgos, Juan211 Weld St.	4.3★	2	6
42	Brilliant Children's College and Day Care535 Ashley Blvd	4.3★	25 · 23 high-risk	34
43	Sunshine’s Place, Inc211 Acushnet Avenue	4.1★	6 · 3 high-risk	53
44	Jimenez, Carmen112 Mount Pleasant Street Apt. 1	4.0★	2 · 12 high-risk	8
45	Heather Ambrose305 Earle St	3.7★	5 · 1 high-risk	8
46	Pennington, Christina305 Highland Street	3.7★	11 · 14 high-risk	8
47	Days of Discovery Child Care Center575 Church Street	3.6★	1 · 5 high-risk	89
48	Little Explorers LLC2763 Acushnet Avenue	3.6★	10 · 7 high-risk	24
49	Tejeda, Joselyn333 Elm Street	3.4★	2 · 2 high-risk	6
50	READY SET LEARN306 Mt. Pleasant Street	3.4★	3	10
51	Castillo, Yudelka287 Bolton st	3.2★	6 · 5 high-risk	10
52	New Bedford YMCA Preschool & School Age25 South Water Street	3.2★	4 · 11 high-risk	169
53	Sgt Carney Academy After Sch44 Summer Street	3.2★	2 · 12 high-risk	60
54	YWkids - YWCA SE MA20 South Sixth St.	3.1★	6 · 4 high-risk	52
55	Orellana Cordova, Jenifer128 Cottage St	3.1★	15 · 7 high-risk	6
56	Valentin Burgos, Ana456 Mill St.	3.0★	5 · 9 high-risk	10
57	After The Bell At Carney School247 Elm Street	2.9★	8 · 3 high-risk	39
58	Blessed Angels Academy1060 Cove Road	2.9★	11 · 9 high-risk	54
59	Hernandez, Viry122 Durfee Street	2.8★	14 · 12 high-risk	10
60	Anny Nivar de Leclere35 penniman st	2.7★	17 · 13 high-risk	7

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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