After-School Care in Arkansas
Daycares for school-age children in Arkansas, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares for school-age children listed
- 617
- towns
- 128
- towns have their own after-school care page
- 44
- of all Arkansas daycares
- 28%
Map of Arkansas: each dot is a town with daycares for school-age children, sized by how many are listed
Arkansas
Largest towns for after-school care in Arkansas
Programs
Programs in Arkansas
Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.
| Program | Listed |
|---|---|
| All daycares | 2,215 |
| Take infants | 963 |
| Child care centers | 2,027 |
| Accept subsidy | 890 |
| In-home daycares | 188 |
| Christian & church daycares | 185 |
| Montessori schools | 38 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 1,478 |
| Night daycare | 32 |
| Early morning daycare | 460 |
| Weekend daycare | 39 |
| Part-time daycare | 48 |
| Drop-in daycare | 13 |
| After-school care | 617 |
| Bilingual daycare | 13 |
| Head Start | 236 |
The Arkansas state record
Arkansas Office of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Arkansas.
- License list
- The state's public list of licensed child care
- Ages served
- The ages on each license
- Inspections
- Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
- Cited rules
- Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Before you enroll
Choosing after-school care in Arkansas
- 1
Ask about school pickup
Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, and how.
- 2
Ask about school breaks
Ask whether it is open on school holidays, snow days and in summer.
- 3
Ask about homework time
Ask whether there is quiet time for homework and what else children do.
- 4
Check the license record
Open a listing for its state license, the ages it serves and the inspection record, where we hold them.
Arkansas
Cost, inspections and ratios in Arkansas
A to Z
All 128 Arkansas towns with after-school care, A to Z
A7 towns
B14 towns
- Bald Knob1 school-age
- Barling1 school-age
- Batesville3 school-age
- Bay1 school-age
- Beebe4 school-age
- Bella Vista1 school-age
- Belleville1 school-age
- Benton16 school-age
- Bentonville26 school-age
- Berryville1 school-age
- Bismarck1 school-age
- Blytheville3 school-age
- Brookland4 school-age
- Bryant8 school-age
C7 towns
D5 towns
- Danville1 school-age
- Dardanelle1 school-age
- De Queen1 school-age
- Dover1 school-age
- Dumas1 school-age
E6 towns
F5 towns
- Farmington4 school-age
- Fayetteville25 school-age
- Flippin1 school-age
- Fort Smith10 school-age
- Fouke1 school-age
G4 towns
- Glenwood1 school-age
- Green Forest2 school-age
- Greenbrier3 school-age
- Greenwood3 school-age
H10 towns
- Hamburg1 school-age
- Harrisburg1 school-age
- Harrison5 school-age
- Heber Springs3 school-age
- Hensley3 school-age
- Hope2 school-age
- Hot Springs17 school-age
- Hoxie1 school-age
- Huntington1 school-age
- Huntsville2 school-age
I1 town
- Imboden1 school-age
J2 towns
- Jacksonville13 school-age
- Jonesboro18 school-age
L5 towns
- Lake City1 school-age
- Little Rock105 school-age
- Lockesburg2 school-age
- Lonoke1 school-age
- Lowell3 school-age
M18 towns
- Mabelvale2 school-age
- Magnolia5 school-age
- Malvern2 school-age
- Manila2 school-age
- Marion1 school-age
- Marmaduke1 school-age
- Marvell1 school-age
- Maumelle6 school-age
- Mayflower1 school-age
- McCrory1 school-age
- Melbourne1 school-age
- Mena1 school-age
- Mineral Springs1 school-age
- Monette1 school-age
- Monticello6 school-age
- Morrilton2 school-age
- Mountain Home5 school-age
- Murfreesboro1 school-age
N2 towns
- Nashville2 school-age
- North Little Rock24 school-age
P9 towns
- Pangburn1 school-age
- Paragould6 school-age
- Paris2 school-age
- Pea Ridge1 school-age
- Pearcy1 school-age
- Pine Bluff18 school-age
- Pottsville1 school-age
- Prairie Grove2 school-age
- Prescott1 school-age
Q1 town
- Quitman1 school-age
R5 towns
- Ratcliff1 school-age
- Redfield1 school-age
- Rison2 school-age
- Rogers30 school-age
- Russellville8 school-age
S11 towns
- Salem1 school-age
- Searcy9 school-age
- Sheridan1 school-age
- Sherwood13 school-age
- Shirley1 school-age
- Siloam Springs4 school-age
- Springdale31 school-age
- Springfield1 school-age
- Star City1 school-age
- Strawberry1 school-age
- Stuttgart1 school-age
W8 towns
- Waldron1 school-age
- Walnut Ridge2 school-age
- Ward1 school-age
- Warren1 school-age
- West Fork1 school-age
- West Memphis8 school-age
- White Hall4 school-age
- Wynne2 school-age
No town on this list matches. Check the spelling, or search by ZIP code above.
Nearby
Nearby states
Questions
Questions about after-school care in Arkansas
How many daycares for school-age children are in Arkansas?
617 daycares for school-age children are listed in 128 Arkansas towns. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.
Which Arkansas town has the most daycares for school-age children?
Little Rock, with 105 listed. Next are Springdale (31) and Rogers (30).
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.
Who licenses daycares in Arkansas?
Arkansas Office of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Arkansas. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.