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After-School Care Near Me

Daycares for school-age children across 33 states and DC. Search your town to see each one's hours, ages and, where we hold it, the state record.

daycares for school-age children
90,135
states
33
in Texas
12,562
in Chicago, IL
2,273

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State license recordInspection records
What puts a daycare on this listThe state record lists school-age children among the ages it serves.A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

By state

After-school care by state

Pick a state on the map or in the list to see its towns, A to Z.

Map of US states shaded by number of listings. The list of states below links to each state page.

Under 600600+2,000+3,000+8,000+Not listed yet
Alabama1,565Alaska372Arkansas617California1,529Colorado2,237Connecticut1,028Delaware947District of Columbia99Florida9,506Georgia3,640Hawaii634Illinois8,304Indiana2,024Kentucky1,309Maryland5,719Massachusetts1,651Missouri2,194Montana711Nebraska2,614New Jersey4,080New York3,511North Carolina4,110Ohio224Oklahoma2,223Pennsylvania3,376South Dakota120Tennessee1,743Texas12,562Utah51Vermont696Virginia3,939Washington2,218West Virginia82Wisconsin4,500
Top 10 states
Top 10 statesListed
Texas12,562
Florida9,506
Illinois8,304
Maryland5,719
Wisconsin4,500
North Carolina4,110
New Jersey4,080
Virginia3,939
Georgia3,640
New York3,511
Daycares for school-age children listed per state, October 2026.

Towns

Largest towns

Only towns with 3 or more have their own after-school care page.

Chicago, IL2,273 school-ageMilwaukee, WI1,741 school-ageHouston, TX1,348 school-agePhiladelphia, PA965 school-ageBaltimore, MD895 school-ageMiami, FL806 school-ageOmaha, NE699 school-ageTampa, FL671 school-ageSan Antonio, TX635 school-ageJacksonville, FL604 school-ageAustin, TX501 school-ageBrooklyn, NY487 school-ageOrlando, FL455 school-ageCharlotte, NC427 school-ageIndianapolis, IN424 school-ageOklahoma City, OK395 school-ageDallas, TX388 school-ageSt Louis, MO360 school-ageFort Worth, TX359 school-ageLincoln, NE343 school-ageEl Paso, TX322 school-ageBronx, NY321 school-ageLouisville, KY320 school-ageSeattle, WA312 school-age

Before you enroll

Choosing after-school care

  1. 1

    Ask about school pickup

    Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, and how.

  2. 2

    Ask about school breaks

    Ask whether it is open on school holidays, snow days and in summer.

  3. 3

    Ask about homework time

    Ask whether there is quiet time for homework and what else children do.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, the ages it serves and the inspection record, where we hold them.

Other programs

Daycare Near Me210,469Infant daycare73,843In-home daycares82,532Montessori schools5,643Christian & church daycares12,236Preschools & pre-K105,148Affordable daycare51,74524-hour daycare1,068Night daycare9,508Early morning daycare42,925Weekend daycare3,587Part-time daycare7,360Drop-in daycare1,785Bilingual daycare2,549Head Start10,675Florida VPK5,453

Questions

Questions about after-school care

How many daycares for school-age children are listed?

Over 90,000 daycares for school-age children are listed across 33 states and DC. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

Do these daycares pick children up from school?

Some do. Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, how, and what it costs.

How much does after-school care cost?

It varies by county. In the middle US county, full-time care for a school-age child at a center has a median of $120 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022). Each town page shows its own county's median. After-school-only care usually costs less; ask each daycare.

Are these daycares licensed?

Yes. Every listing here comes from a state child care license record.