Daycares in Waltham, MA

All 43 licensed child care facilities in Waltham, 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 →

43licensed daycares

4.3average safety rating

7%with a clean record

40with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Sampson, Grace31 MARIVISTA AVENUE	4.8★	None	6
2	Bergantino, Patricia58 WEIR RD	4.8★	None	8
3	Feeley, Donna106 PRENTICE STREET	4.8★	None	6
4	Bower, Elizabeth15 Ellison Park	4.7★	None	8
5	Paxton Cianfrone, Rebecca51 Dix St	4.7★	None	10
6	Seale, Deborah11 Plympton Circle	4.6★	None	10
7	YMCA of Greater Boston at Waltham Dual Language School at South Middle School617 Lexington Street	4.6★	None	39
8	Campana, Christina756 Trapelo Rd	4.6★	None	7
9	Cimenian, Vilma48 Grant Avenue	4.6★	None	10
10	Bourgeois, Maizie45 LORETTA RD	4.6★	1 · 3 high-risk	10
11	YMCA of Greater Boston at the Stanley Elem. School250 SOUTH STREET	4.6★	1 · 1 high-risk	65
12	Connors-Ball, Alyce50 PARMENTER ROAD	4.6★	1 · 4 high-risk	10
13	Macdonald, Rosangela6 Princeton Avenue	4.6★	None	10
14	Khazraei, Fakhrolzaman183 LINCOLN ST	4.6★	1 · 3 high-risk	6
15	Waltham Creative Start169 ELM STREET	4.6★	2 · 1 high-risk	116
16	Waltham Day Care Center50 CHURCH STREET	4.6★	1 · 4 high-risk	39
17	One Two Three Day School, Inc.439 LEXINGTON STREET	4.6★	1 · 7 high-risk	28
18	YMCA Children's Center Waltham725 LEXINGTON STREET	4.6★	3 · 4 high-risk	74
19	Little Dragons Early Education, LLC22 Bedford Street	4.6★	None	23
20	Bright Horizons @ Waltham176 SECOND AVENUE	4.6★	13 · 11 high-risk	104
21	Groussis, Marina18 ORCHARD AVENUE	4.6★	5 · 13 high-risk	6
22	Goncharova, Evgenia3 Overlook Rd.	4.5★	None	6
23	YMCA of Greater Boston at Northeast Elementary70 PUTNEY LANE	4.5★	5 · 2 high-risk	52
24	Discovery Village Child Care Center295 Weston Street	4.5★	1 · 4 high-risk	150
25	YMCA of Greater Boston at Kennedy Middle School725 Lexington St.	4.5★	None	130
26	KCE-Champions LLC @ Plympton20 FARNSWORTH STREET	4.5★	5 · 10 high-risk	65
27	Dakin, Joecy Cintra12 Waverley Oaks Road	4.4★	3 · 4 high-risk	10
28	Montessori Kids Universe Waltham475 Winter St, Suite #15	4.3★	None	3
29	Villar Peguero, Karina Madelin68 Prospect Hill Rd	4.3★	None	6
30	Tapia, Amina24 Albert St	4.3★	4 · 2 high-risk	6
31	Lemberg Children's Center457 OLD SOUTH STREET, MS44	4.1★	3 · 4 high-risk	82
32	Alverio, Johena86 Colburn Street	4.0★	2 · 2 high-risk	8
33	Sosa Diaz, Adamary Isabel9 Falmouth Rd	4.0★	7 · 6 high-risk	10
34	Grigoryan, Lalita123 Whitman Road	3.9★	1 · 7 high-risk	10
35	Mazariegos Mazariegos, Elcira22 Emery St	3.8★	8 · 5 high-risk	10
36	YMCA of Greater Boston at the Fitzgerald Elementary School140 BEAL ROAD	3.7★	3 · 3 high-risk	78
37	Huang, Wei186 Lura Lane	3.7★	6 · 8 high-risk	10
38	YMCA After School Program @ MacArthur Elementary494 LINCOLN STREET	3.6★	1 · 2 high-risk	117
39	Sosa, Ricarda132 Chaffee Avenue	3.6★	5 · 9 high-risk	10
40	Kids' Corner Carroll1841 Trapelo Rd	3.5★	10 · 5 high-risk	39
41	Waltham Boys & Girls Club AfterSchool Program20 EXCHANGE STREET	3.5★	17 · 19 high-risk	78
42	YMCA of Greater Boston @ the Whittemore School30 PARMENTER ROAD	3.3★	8 · 7 high-risk	52
43	Waltham Childcare Center760 Main Street	2.6★	25 · 8 high-risk	35

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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