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.
43licensed daycares
3.6average safety rating
7%with a clean record
40with violations on record
| # | Daycare | Rating | Violations (2 yr) | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seale, Deborah11 Plympton Circle | 4.6★ | None | 10 |
| 2 | Bower, Elizabeth15 Ellison Park | 4.5★ | None | 8 |
| 3 | Sampson, Grace31 MARIVISTA AVENUE | 4.5★ | None | 6 |
| 4 | YMCA of Greater Boston at Waltham Dual Language School at South Middle School617 Lexington Street | 4.4★ | None | 39 |
| 5 | Paxton Cianfrone, Rebecca51 Dix St | 4.4★ | None | 10 |
| 6 | Bergantino, Patricia58 WEIR RD | 4.4★ | None | 8 |
| 7 | Feeley, Donna106 PRENTICE STREET | 4.4★ | None | 6 |
| 8 | Montessori Kids Universe Waltham475 Winter St, Suite #15 | 4.3★ | None | 3 |
| 9 | Villar Peguero, Karina Madelin68 Prospect Hill Rd | 4.3★ | None | 6 |
| 10 | Campana, Christina756 Trapelo Rd | 4.2★ | None | 7 |
| 11 | YMCA of Greater Boston at the Stanley Elem. School250 SOUTH STREET | 4.2★ | 1 · 1 high-risk | 65 |
| 12 | Macdonald, Rosangela6 Princeton Avenue | 4.2★ | None | 10 |
| 13 | Goncharova, Evgenia3 Overlook Rd. | 4.1★ | None | 6 |
| 14 | Bourgeois, Maizie45 LORETTA RD | 4.1★ | 1 · 3 high-risk | 10 |
| 15 | Cimenian, Vilma48 Grant Avenue | 4.0★ | None | 10 |
| 16 | Connors-Ball, Alyce50 PARMENTER ROAD | 4.0★ | 1 · 4 high-risk | 10 |
| 17 | YMCA After School Program @ MacArthur Elementary494 LINCOLN STREET | 4.0★ | 1 · 2 high-risk | 117 |
| 18 | Waltham Creative Start169 ELM STREET | 4.0★ | 2 · 1 high-risk | 116 |
| 19 | Alverio, Johena86 Colburn Street | 3.9★ | 2 · 2 high-risk | 8 |
| 20 | Khazraei, Fakhrolzaman183 LINCOLN ST | 3.9★ | 1 · 3 high-risk | 6 |
| 21 | Waltham Day Care Center50 CHURCH STREET | 3.9★ | 1 · 4 high-risk | 39 |
| 22 | Discovery Village Child Care Center295 Weston Street | 3.8★ | 1 · 4 high-risk | 150 |
| 23 | YMCA of Greater Boston at Kennedy Middle School725 Lexington St. | 3.8★ | None | 130 |
| 24 | Lemberg Children's Center457 OLD SOUTH STREET, MS44 | 3.7★ | 3 · 4 high-risk | 82 |
| 25 | One Two Three Day School, Inc.439 LEXINGTON STREET | 3.7★ | 1 · 7 high-risk | 28 |
| 26 | YMCA Children's Center Waltham725 LEXINGTON STREET | 3.7★ | 3 · 4 high-risk | 74 |
| 27 | Little Dragons Early Education, LLC22 Bedford Street | 3.7★ | None | 23 |
| 28 | Dakin, Joecy Cintra12 Waverley Oaks Road | 3.6★ | 3 · 4 high-risk | 10 |
| 29 | Grigoryan, Lalita123 Whitman Road | 3.6★ | 1 · 7 high-risk | 10 |
| 30 | YMCA of Greater Boston at Northeast Elementary70 PUTNEY LANE | 3.5★ | 5 · 2 high-risk | 52 |
| 31 | Groussis, Marina18 ORCHARD AVENUE | 3.3★ | 5 · 13 high-risk | 6 |
| 32 | Tapia, Amina24 Albert St | 3.2★ | 4 · 2 high-risk | 6 |
| 33 | Huang, Wei186 Lura Lane | 3.2★ | 6 · 8 high-risk | 10 |
| 34 | YMCA of Greater Boston at the Fitzgerald Elementary School140 BEAL ROAD | 3.0★ | 3 · 3 high-risk | 78 |
| 35 | Sosa, Ricarda132 Chaffee Avenue | 2.7★ | 5 · 9 high-risk | 10 |
| 36 | KCE-Champions LLC @ Plympton20 FARNSWORTH STREET | 2.7★ | 5 · 10 high-risk | 65 |
| 37 | Sosa Diaz, Adamary Isabel9 Falmouth Rd | 2.4★ | 7 · 6 high-risk | 10 |
| 38 | Mazariegos Mazariegos, Elcira22 Emery St | 2.1★ | 8 · 5 high-risk | 10 |
| 39 | YMCA of Greater Boston @ the Whittemore School30 PARMENTER ROAD | 2.1★ | 8 · 7 high-risk | 52 |
| 40 | Bright Horizons @ Waltham176 SECOND AVENUE | 1.9★ | 13 · 11 high-risk | 104 |
| 41 | Kids' Corner Carroll1841 Trapelo Rd | 1.8★ | 10 · 5 high-risk | 39 |
| 42 | Waltham Boys & Girls Club AfterSchool Program20 EXCHANGE STREET | 1.8★ | 17 · 19 high-risk | 78 |
| 43 | Waltham Childcare Center760 Main Street | 1.5★ | 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.