Daycares in Portsmouth, NH

All 12 licensed child care facilities in Portsmouth, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in New Hampshire: about $1,190/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in New Hampshire →

12licensed daycares

4.3average safety rating

0%with a clean record

12with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Discovery Child Enrichment Center30 Rye Street	4.4★	1	143
2	Seacoast Community School at the Meadows40 Wedgewood Road	4.4★	1	22
3	Seacoast Community School- Little Harbour - PEAK50 Clough Drive	4.4★	None	114
4	Seacoast Community School - New Franklin PEAK1 Franklin Ave	4.3★	1	45
5	Seacoast Community School-Community school @ Little Harbour50 Clough Drive	4.3★	1	18
6	The Early Learning Center at Temple Israel200 State Street	4.3★	1	32
7	Seacoast Community School100 Campus Drive Suite 20	4.3★	2	240
8	Seacoast Community School - Dondero PEAK32 Van Buren Avenue	4.3★	1	84
9	The Children's Garden290 Peverly Hill Road	4.3★	2	30
10	The Treehouse School of Portsmouth100 State Street	4.2★	2	28
11	Great Bay Kids - Pease Tradeport81 New Hampshire Avenue	4.2★	4	270
12	KinderCare Learning Center - Portsmouth72 Mirona Road	4.2★	5 · 5 high-risk	148

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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