Daycares in Wakefield, MA

All 22 licensed child care facilities in Wakefield, 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 →

22licensed daycares

3.9average safety rating

14%with a clean record

19with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Collins, Christine20 Indian Hill Road	4.7★	None	10
2	Casallas, Blanca134 FARM ST	4.7★	None	10
3	Devlin, Michele27 SHADY AVE	4.6★	1 · 2 high-risk	6
4	Canterbury Children's Center5 Bryant St	4.6★	1	99
5	Childrens Center of Wakefield483 Water St	4.6★	2 · 1 high-risk	66
6	Odyssey Day School2 Audubon Rd.	4.6★	4 · 4 high-risk	89
7	Kindercare Learning Center607 North Ave	4.6★	16 · 9 high-risk	90
8	Brizon, Tatyana59 Bennett Street	4.5★	5 · 11 high-risk	10
9	Pesaturo, Donna2 Grafton St	4.5★	13 · 24 high-risk	10
10	Marcellino, Krystina57 Madison Ave	4.4★	None	6
11	Sallee, Jillian486 Lowell St	4.4★	7 · 7 high-risk	10
12	7 Little Continents Montessori979 Main St	4.3★	None	6
13	Souza, Marilha Marques30 Salem St	4.3★	None	6
14	Three Ducklings LC20 A Del Carmine St	4.3★	4 · 2 high-risk	26
15	Happy Hearts Preschool271 Vernon Street	3.9★	4 · 9 high-risk	39
16	Goncalves Leite, Ana Carolina1 Columbia Rd #2	3.3★	3 · 1 high-risk	6
17	Leite-Benedetto, Natalia10 fourth Street	3.0★	2 · 2 high-risk	8
18	Main Street Learning Academy Wakefield607 North Ave Unit 18	2.7★	9 · 4 high-risk	38
19	7 Continents Montessori963 Main St., Unit 12C	2.5★	12 · 7 high-risk	19
20	Happy Munchkins Learning Center382 Main St	2.3★	19 · 8 high-risk	44
21	Magical Beginnings Wakefield50A Audubon Road	2.2★	3 · 3 high-risk	141
22	Garcia Fontana Mattos, Mariana290 Salem St	2.2★	6 · 2 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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