Daycares in Ithaca, NY

All 39 licensed child care facilities in Ithaca, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in New York: about $1,705/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in New York →

39licensed daycares

4.4average safety rating

100%with a clean record

0with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Academic Plus Inc.302 W Buffalo St	4.4★	None	129
2	Amuse U Daycare	4.4★	None	8
3	Barber, Judy260 Jersey Hill Rd.	4.4★	None	8
4	Belle Sherman After School Program501 Mitchell Street	4.4★	None	108
5	Cayuga Heights School Age Program110 East Upland Road	4.4★	None	100
6	Coddington Road Community Center, Inc.920 Coddington Rd	4.4★	None	168
7	Community Nursery of Cayuga Heights, Inc.309 Highland Road	4.4★	None	44
8	Corner of the Sky	4.4★	None	16
9	Creative Care by Karin, LLC1523 Trumansburg Road	4.4★	None	16
10	Downtown Ithaca Children's Center506 First Street	4.4★	None	92
11	Durfee, Melinda	4.4★	None	8
12	Enfield School Age Program, Inc.20 Enfield Main Road	4.4★	None	60
13	Fall Creek School Age Program, Inc202 King St.	4.4★	None	70
14	Greater Ithaca Activities C.-SACC318 North Albany St.	4.4★	None	168
15	Ithaca Community Childcare at Kendal2230 N. Triphammer Rd.	4.4★	None	20
16	ITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER, INC.579 Warren Rd	4.4★	None	265
17	Ithaca Montessori School12 Ascot Place	4.4★	None	107
18	Namaste Montessori School and Day Care Center1608 Trumansburg Rd	4.4★	None	33
19	Northeast Kids Count, Inc.425 Winthrop Drive	4.4★	None	80
20	Owl Creek Nature Playschool326 1/2 Stone Quarry Road	4.4★	None	16
21	South Hill School Age Program520 Hudson Street	4.4★	None	78
22	Southside Community Center305 South Plain Street	4.4★	None	50
23	Stepping Stones Montessori208 East Buffalo Street	4.4★	None	21
24	Tompkins Community Action, Inc.1 Bella Vista Drive	4.4★	None	21
25	Tompkins Community Action, Inc.210 Hancock Street Suite #2	4.4★	None	32
26	West Hill Educare310 Richard Place	4.4★	None	12
27	YMCA SACC Year Round School's Out Y Site50 Graham Road West	4.4★	None	120
28	Acorn Ithaca LLC35 Turkey Hill Road	4.3★	None	16
29	Aspen Grove Caterpillars111 E York Street	4.3★	None	16
30	Aspen Grove Ithaca, LLC	4.3★	None	16
31	Cindy's Chinese Class Inc.23 Cinema Drive, Suite 2	4.3★	None	79
32	Downtown Ithaca Children's Center201 East Tompkins Street	4.3★	None	15
33	Growing Wildflowers Childcare Program141 Troy road	4.3★	None	16
34	KING MONTESSORI ACADEMY320 King Rd East	4.3★	None	6
35	Little Learners Academic Readiness Program, LLC	4.3★	None	16
36	RAFT TRILINGUAL MONTESSORI DAYCARE2343 N Triphammer Rd	4.3★	None	26
37	RAFTEDU CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER INC.943 Dryden Rd	4.3★	None	47
38	Tenwolde, Marcia554 Spencer Road	4.3★	None	16
39	Tompkins Community Action, Inc661 Spencer Road	4.3★	None	62

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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