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After-School Care in Thornton, CO

Daycares for school-age children in Thornton, with the ages each one serves, its hours and its state record.

daycares for school-age children in Thornton
47
daycare centers
47
take infants
12
State license records

All daycares for school-age children in Thornton

Showing 1 to 30 of 47

Providers on paid plans are listed first, then those that say they pick up from school, then A to Z by name. We do not rank daycares.

  1. Before- and after-schoolSchool-age

    Cub Care

    7800 East 133rd Avenue, Thornton, CO

    School-age only
  2. Child care centerSchool-age

    Goddard School

    4.8· 49 reviews

    4203 E 136th Avenue, Thornton, CO

    Infants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
  3. Before- and after-schoolSchool-age

    Playology

    3960 128th Ave, Thornton, CO

    School-age only
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How this list is made: Thornton daycares whose Colorado record lists school-age children among the ages served. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

Cost

What daycare costs in Thornton

Full-time infant care in Adams County has a median of $392 a week at a center and $246 at a home daycare. A year at the center median is 24% of the county's median household income. Each daycare sets its own price, so call to ask.

Infant

Center$392
Home daycare$246

Toddler

Center$331
Home daycare$222

Preschool

Center$271
Home daycare$222

Adams County median, full time, per week. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022.

Before you enroll

Choosing after-school care in Thornton

  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.

Questions

Questions

How many daycares for school-age children are in Thornton?

47 daycares for school-age children are listed in Thornton. 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.

Are these daycares licensed in Colorado?

Every listing here comes from the Colorado child care license records.